| 词条 | Harry Merlo |
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|name = Harry Merlo |image = File:Harry A Merlo.PNG |caption = |imagesize = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|3|5}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|10|24|1925|3|5}} |death_place = |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |other_names = |known_for = President of Louisiana-Pacific |education = |alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley |occupation = Businessman, philanthropist |home_town = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |religion = |spouse = Flo Newton |children = 1 |footnotes = }} Harry A. Merlo (March 5, 1925 – October 24, 2016) was an American businessman and philanthropist in the state of Oregon. A native of California, he was chief executive of then Fortune 500 company Louisiana-Pacific after it was divested by forest products company Georgia-Pacific, which were both then headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Early lifeHarry A. Merlo was born on March 5, 1925, the son of emigrants from Italy.[1] He grew up in Northern California in Stirling City where his mother ran a boarding house.[2] During World War II he was an officer in the United States Marine Corps.[2] He also graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.[2] After the war he started working in the timber business with Rounds and Kirkpatrick Lumber Company in 1949 where he remained until moving to Georgia-Pacific, another lumber company, in the 1960s.[1][2] He married Flo Newton, and they had one son, Harry Merlo Jr.[1] CareerMerlo worked for Georgia-Pacific when Louisiana-Pacific (LP) was divested in 1973.[1] He was the CEO of the then Portland, Oregon-based company.[1] In July 1995, he was forced to resign from LP by the board of directors after the company faced several lawsuits over siding problems.[3] During his time as leader of LP, he also was a professional sports owner. He owned the Portland Timbers, then of the NASL, from 1979 to 1982.[4] As a philanthropist, he donated money to the University of Portland, who named its soccer stadium in his honor.[1] Merlo also donated funds to the World Forestry Center and St. Mary's Home for Boys, among others.[1] The World Forestry Center's Merlo Hall and The Harry A. Merlo Award are both named in his honor.[2] He also had LP sponsor tennis events, including the Louisiana Pacific Coast Indoor.[5] Later lifeFollowing his departure from LP, he spent time running his winery in Sonoma County, California, along with his ranch in Eastern Oregon near La Grande.[4] In 2013, he led a failed effort to convert the Portland Water Bureau into an independent, but still public, entity.[6] Merlo died on October 24, 2016, at the age of 91.[4] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|last1=Manning|first1=Jeff|title=Harry Merlo, last of the great timber chiefs, dies at 91|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/11/harry_merlo_last_of_the_great.html|accessdate=3 November 2016|work=The Oregonian/OregonLive|date=November 2, 2016}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Harry A. Merlo|url=http://www.worldforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/MERLO-HARRY.pdf|publisher=World Forestry Center|accessdate=3 November 2016|date=March 2003}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Schine|first1=Eric|title=The Fall Of A Timber Baron|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1995-10-01/the-fall-of-a-timber-baron|accessdate=3 November 2016|work=Bloomberg|date=1 October 1995}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Jaquiss|first1=Nigel|title=The Timber Baron Harry Merlo Died Last Week|url=http://www.wweek.com/news/2016/10/30/timber-baron-harry-merlo-died-last-week/|accessdate=3 November 2016|work=Willamette Week|date=October 30, 2016}} 5. ^{{cite news|last1=Eggers|first1=Kerry|title=Shoes, Roses, Merlo and more|url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/329554-209299-shoes-roses-merlo-and-more|accessdate=3 November 2016|work=Portland Tribune|date=October 27, 2016}} 6. ^{{cite news|last1=Jaquiss|first1=Nigel|title=Mystery Man Revealed|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-21228-mystery-man-revealed.html|accessdate=3 November 2016|work=Willamette Week|date=October 1, 2013}} External links
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