Robert C Buchanan

Bob Buchanan was born May 13, 1940, in Appleton, Wisconsin.  A 1962 graduate of Lawrence College of Appleton, he also attended Dartmouth College earning his master of business administration in 1967.

Mr. Buchanan joined Fox River Paper Co. as assistant to the president in 1967.  Gaining experience in the paper industry as he moved from mill superintendent to company president in 1974, he immersed himself in all aspects of the business, guiding marketing and sales strategies and running the mill in Appleton.

Fox River Paper’s position as a manufacturer of premium paper products was enhanced through Mr. Buchanan’s approach to internal expansion and product positioning.  Beginning in 1989 he undertook a program of investment in technology and the purchase of existing mills.  Fox River Paper has grown from $6 million in revenue to more than $200 million and is among the market leaders in the premium writing, text, and cover papers market.

Mr. Buchanan’s management style and his focus on the importance of employer/employee relations have been significant factors in the growth of Fox River Paper.

In its October, 2000 issue of Papermaker, PIMA (Paper Industry Management Association) named Buchanan Executive of the Year. PIMA observed that a small paper company can prosper in a land of ever-consolidating giants.

Mr. Buchanan and his wife of 44 years, Bonnie, have two sons, Gus and Philip, and one daughter, Emily.

Bob Buchanan was born May 13, 1940, in Appleton, Wisconsin. A 1962 graduate of Lawrence College of Appleton, he also attended Dartmouth College earning his master of business administration in 1967.

Mr. Buchanan joined Fox River Paper Co. as assistant to the president in 1967. Gaining experience in the paper industry as he moved from mill superintendent to company president in 1974, he immersed himself in all aspects of the business, guiding marketing and sales strategies and running the mill in Appleton.

Fox River Paper’s position as a manufacturer of premium paper products was enhanced through Mr. Buchanan’s approach to internal expansion and product positioning. Beginning in 1989 he undertook a program of investment in technology and the purchase of existing mills. Fox River Paper has grown from $6 million in revenue to more than $200 million and is among the market leaders in the premium writing, text, and cover papers market.

Mr. Buchanan’s management style and his focus on the importance of employer/employee relations have been significant factors in the growth of Fox River Paper.

In its October, 2000 issue of Papermaker, PIMA (Paper Industry Management Association) named Buchanan Executive of the Year. PIMA observed that a small paper company can prosper in a land of ever-consolidating giants.

Mr. Buchanan and his wife of 44 years, Bonnie, have two sons, Gus and Philip, and one daughter, Emily.

Bob Buchanan was born May 13, 1940, in Appleton, Wisconsin. A 1962 graduate of Lawrence College of Appleton, he also attended Dartmouth College earning his master of business administration in 1967.

Mr. Buchanan joined Fox River Paper Co. as assistant to the president in 1967. Gaining experience in the paper industry as he moved from mill superintendent to company president in 1974, he immersed himself in all aspects of the business, guiding marketing and sales strategies and running the mill in Appleton.

Fox River Paper’s position as a manufacturer of premium paper products was enhanced through Mr. Buchanan’s approach to internal expansion and product positioning. Beginning in 1989 he undertook a program of investment in technology and the purchase of existing mills. Fox River Paper has grown from $6 million in revenue to more than $200 million and is among the market leaders in the premium writing, text, and cover papers market.

Mr. Buchanan’s management style and his focus on the importance of employer/employee relations have been significant factors in the growth of Fox River Paper.

In its October, 2000 issue of Papermaker, PIMA (Paper Industry Management Association) named Buchanan Executive of the Year. PIMA observed that a small paper company can prosper in a land of ever-consolidating giants.

Mr. Buchanan and his wife of 44 years, Bonnie, have two sons, Gus and Philip, and one daughter, Emily.

Michael J Kocurek

Dr. Michael Kocurek was born on January 6, 1943, in New York City.  He was educated at the State University of New York and received his doctorate degree in Paper Science and Engineering in 1970. He is one of the world’s most recognized educators in pulp and paper.

In 1970, Dr. Kocurek led the creation of a new academic program oriented to pulp and paper processes at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point.  The Department of Paper Science and Engineering at the UW-Stevens Point rapidly gained national recognition.

In 1986, Dr. Kocurek became executive director of the Herty Foundation in Savannah, Georgia.  During Dr. Kocurek’s ten years with this applied research and development foundation, he brought about significant expansions and improvements.

Since 1997, Dr. Kocurek has been department head of the pulp and paper science program at North Carolina State University. Dr. Kocurek has refortified the academic program and the research activities within the Department of Wood and Paper Science.

Since 1970, Dr. Kocurek has taught over 5,000 paper industry employees from more than 50 corporations in regional and in-mill short courses.  He is the editor and/or author of numerous other written and video paper industry publications.

Dr. Kocurek and his wife, Margaret Carol Hatton, have daughters, Monica and Anne, and one son, Michael, Jr.

Johan Erik Gullichsen

Johan Gullichsen was born on June 28, 1936, in Pihlava, Finland.  He received a master of science degree in 1962.  In 1988, he was awarded a Doctor h.c. in Technology (Honorary Doctor) from Åbo Akademi University.

Professor Gullichsen started his career as a research assistant at the Finnish Pulp and Paper Research Institute from 1962-1964.  He then became a project engineer at Ekono until 1970, at which time he co-founded Arhippainen, Gullichsen & Co., serving as president. In 1989 he was appointed professor, Pulping Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, serving until the end of 1999.  He also served as department head of Forest Products Technology from 1990-1992 and dean of the faculty of Process Engineering and Material Science, 1993-1996.

Professor Gullichsen is an innovator in the processing of pulp fiber suspensions at medium consistency.  Medium consistency processing allows a three-fold reduction in water usage. This technology, created and developed by him, provides significant benefits to pulp quality, reduces environmental impact, and thereby, improves the profitability in pulp and paper production. It results in reductions in chemical usage, fiber losses, effluent and energy.  It has been especially valuable in the processing of recycled waste paper.

He is the recipient of more than 60 patents and has over 180 publications around the world.  In addition, he currently holds chairmanships with the Ahlstrom Corporation, the Walter Ahlstrom Foundation, the Runar Bäckströom Foundation and the Viapori Warf Foundation.

Professor Gullichsen and his wife Anna have two daughters, Maria Gullichsen and Maire Gullichsen-Ehrnrooth, and a son, Johan Gullichsen.

James F. Kress

James Kress was born on June 11, 1929, in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  He received his bachelor degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1951.

In 1958 Mr. Kress assumed leadership of operations for Green Bay Packaging.  He became president and director in 1963, taking over the company founded by his father, George F. Kress.  He then became chairman in 1995.   During his 54-year tenure, Green Bay Packaging grew from 640 employees and four divisions to 2,632 employees and 24 divisions.  Today he continues as chairman of the board of the largest privately-held corrugated manufacturer in the United States.

During Mr. Kress’ tenure, he believed that the company’s products could be produced in a more ecologically-responsible manner.  The Green Bay Mill closed its pulp mill in 1991 and began production of linerboard and corrugated medium from 100% recycled fiber.  The conversion allowed the company to recycle more than 400,000 tons of wastepaper annually.  Numerous other companies have followed Green Bay Packaging’s lead in the production of linerboard made with wastepaper.

The company’s Green Bay Mill permanently converted to a closed water system in 1992, making it one of the first mills in the world to have such a system.

James Kress is married to Julie-Anne Kress.  He has four children (William, John, Meg Kress Grunwald, and Ginny Kress) and five step-children (Michael Van Laanen, Allain Van Laanen, Jennifer Christie, Susan Reinfeldt, and Mary Smith).

Bruce Barton Purdy

Bruce Purdy was born November 2, 1917, in Appleton, Wisconsin.  He attended Appleton public schools and Northwestern Military Academy.  He graduated in 1940 from the University of Michigan with a degree in mechanical/industrial engineering.  He enrolled for several years in the Harvard Business School before leaving to join Douglas Aircraft to help with the World War II effort.

In 1944 Mr. Purdy joined Appleton Wire Works.  He retired in 1973, but remained active in the company as a director of Albany International Corporation (the result of a merger of Appleton Wire Works with Albany Felt Company) until 1990.

In 1954, Mr. Purdy transformed the wire weaving technology of the early 1900s for papermachine clothing with the revolutionary development of an automated wire looming operation.  Prior to the development of the automated loom, it took four years of training as an apprentice to become a weaver.  On the first official day running the automated loom at Appleton Wire Works, May Tournow, the forelady of the winding department, successfully ran the largest loom in the plant, with the most expensive wire and with no problem in that first run.  She had never run a loom before.

Purdy was instrumental in creating significant other paper machine clothing manufacturing and performance improvements.
He and his wife, Barbara, have five children, ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Richard P Wollenberg

Richard P. Wollenberg, son of Harry L. and Gertrude (Arnstein) Wollenberg, was born on August 1, 1915, in Juneau, Alaska.  Following education at the University of California at Berkeley (BS Mechanical Engineering, 1936) and Harvard University (MBA, 1938), Mr. Wollenberg accepted a position with Bethlehem Shipping in Quincy, Massachusetts.  In 1939, he joined Longview Fibre Company as safety engineer, beginning a 63-year career in the pulp and paper industry.

Mr. Wollenberg took a leave from Longview in 1941 to serve in the US Army Air Corps.  Returning to Longview Fibre in 1945, Mr. Wollenberg moved through the company ranks, and in 1969, he was named president.  Nine years later he was named chief executive officer, and in 1985, became chairman of the board.  Today he serves as Chairman Emeritus.

Richard P. Wollenberg was instrumental in the growth and success of Longview Fibre Company.  Under his guidance Longview Fibre’s gross sales grew approximately six-fold and most of the company’s national network of 17 container and bag converting plants in 12 states were constructed or acquired.

In addition, a lumber mill in central Washington was constructed to usher the company’s entrance into the solid-wood products business and the firm began producing niche products ranging from raisin trays to a new extensible paper for multiwall bags.  The world-class Longview, Washington, pulp-paper mill doubled its production capacity to approximately 3200 tons/day.  Timberlands, managed under Sustainable Forestry, nearly doubled to 570,000 acres in the Pacific Northwest.  Today the company is one of the largest producers of Kraft paper in North America.

Mr. Wollenberg consistently pursued an aggressive modernization program at Longview Fibre to stay globally competitive.  An energy co-generation plant was constructed at the Longview mill, making it virtually energy-sufficient and offering electric energy-marketing options.  The facility also houses a state-of-the-art recycling plant which provides up to 20% of wood fiber for the company’s mill.

Mr. Wollenberg’s work at Longview Fibre made an impact beyond the corporate structure.  Through cooperative projects with equipment manufacturers at the Longview mill, the company developed prototype pulp and paper manufacturing equipment.  From small valves to large pulping and paper machine components, the equipment has been widely used in the paper industry.

His dedication to the paper industry was also exemplified through participation in various national and regional associations including the Institute of Paper Science & Technology, the American Forest & Paper Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Pacific Coast Association of Pulp & Paper Manufacturers.

Mr. Wollenberg has received many professional honors including the World Forestry Center Memorial Chest (2000), Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award (1994), Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation’s Wall of Fame (2000), Kelso-Longview, Washington, Chamber of Commerce Business Individual Award (2002), and an Honorary Doctor of Public Affairs from the University of Puget Sound (1977).  He has been very involved in education initiatives in his community.

Mr. Wollenberg resides in Longview, Washington, with his wife of 64 years, Leone.  They have four sons, one daughter, and six grandchildren.  Son Richard H. (“Rick”) is now the president and chief executive officer of Longview Fibre. (Mr. Wollenberg died in 2014)

Raymond B Mundt

Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, on August 10, 1928, Raymond B. Mundt attended Appleton High School, graduating in 1945.  After serving in the US Navy, Mr. Mundt returned to Wisconsin to further his education.  He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree.  Many years later, he and his wife Ruth would present his alma mater with $2.5 million to develop a business school program to emphasize entrepreneurship and business ethics—the very principles that marked his career.

Mr. Mundt joined Kimberly-Clark Corporation in 1953 as a printing and business papers salesman for the Midwest region, based out of St. Louis.  This was followed by a promotion to the division’s Sales Manager in the firm’s Chicago regional office.  Several years later, Mr. Mundt was asked to go to California.  He was sent with the task of pre-selling product from a new Kimberly-Clark paper machine at the state’s first, fully integrated paper mill.  Because of his successful efforts, Mr. Mundt was promoted to vice president of marketing, and later also vice president of sales, for all of Kimberly-Clark’s printing paper output in the US.

In 1969, Mr. Mundt received his AMP degree from Harvard Business School.  The following year he left Kimberly-Clark and joined Alco Standard Corporation.  Mr. Mundt was named president of the company’s four newly acquired paper distributors ($600 million in sales) and set his sights on creating a national paper and paper products distribution organization.  Under his leadership, the business grew to have annual sales of $6 billion and, under the Unisource name, had a distribution network of companies covering all of North America.  He was named chairman and chief executive officer of Unisource in 1977 and retained the position through 1999.

Mr. Mundt grew this business by promoting the entrepreneurial spirit of the unique, individual companies within Unisource.  He created synergies between all of their presidents but retained their original management teams and encouraged them to operate and grow entirely on their own.  His supportive staff, with expertise in human resources, legal affairs, financial aids, warehousing, and trucking, numbered 12.

In 1973, Mr. Mundt was promoted to vice president of all of Alco Standard and one year later, president and chief executive officer.  He became chairman and chief executive officer of Alco in 1985 and served in that capacity through 1995.  Under his watch, the company had become a $12 billion American corporation with two businesses:  Unisource and Ikon Office Products Company.  Alco reported 25 consecutive record profit quarters and increased shareholders value by 18% compounded every year.

Beyond his work at Alco, Mr. Mundt has contributed to his community on the Board of Directors for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Harvard Business School, Temple University, Philadelphia Symphony, Philadelphia Zoo, and Philadelphia Savings Fund Society.  Professionally he is also a member of the National Paper Trade Association.  The many honors he has received include the Brotherhood Award, National Conference of Christians & Jews (Sept. 1992); Financial World Bronze Award (1982), National Award (1990), and CEO of the Year (1991); Stanley O. Styles Paper Industry Excellence Award (1994); Philadelphia Chapter of Corporate Growth, Peter Hilton Award (1989); American Jewish Human Relations Civic Achievement Award (1992); and Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1998).

Mr. and Mrs. Mundt live in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, and are the parents of R. Scott, William, Robert, and Mary (deceased).

John P Reeve

Born in Neenah, Wisconsin, on October 22, 1912, John P. Reeve spent his college years at Lawrence University.  Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1934, Mr. Reeve found employment with Appleton Papers, where he spent the rest of his 43-year career.

His first position was sales assistant to the sales manager.  The network and friendships he developed with industry peers in the early years proved to be indispensable as he moved into positions of personnel manager, mill manager, vice president, executive vice president, president, and chief executive officer.

Mr. Reeve is credited with leading the company through its tremendous development as a prime supplier of carbonless paper.  There were considerable business and technology risks to be taken with this path.  While NCR had the pressure sensitive technology, Appleton Papers had to develop and implement technology that could coat this material and subsequently handle the rolls of coated paper, while eliminating premature release of the chemicals.  Other, much larger, companies were offered the opportunity and turned it down because of the risk.  Mr. Reeve accepted the challenge.

From a personnel standpoint, he met the goal through astute hiring policies.  From a management standpoint, he spearheaded the construction of several new coater buildings and installation of additional coater capacity.  The efforts resulted in the company being favorably received and becoming NCR Corporation’s major supplier.  Mr. Reeve’s role in bringing the firm to its eminence in the coating field helped propel the company to a billion dollar enterprise.

Mr. Reeve was a leader through inspiration—bringing out the best in people.  It was he who made the success possible by quietly urging people on to discharge their responsibilities.  It never seemed that he was in charge or in a leadership role.  He was on the sidelines when it came time to acknowledge those who had accomplished the goals he had set.

Under his leadership, Appleton Paper contributed leaders and financial support to community organizations including Lawrence University, The YMCA, and Boy Scouts of America.  Mr. Reeve was personally involved as chairman of the board of Lawrence University.  He also helped with the development of Appleton Memorial Hospital, participating in the original fund drives.  He was president of the Ephraim Historical Foundation in Door County.  He served on Lawrence University’s Board in an emeritus position.

Mr. Reeve is survived by his wife Jean.  They have three children:  James, Elizabeth, and Barbara.

Douglas Atack

Born on August 16, 1923, in Wakefield, England, Douglas Atack received his undergraduate and advanced degrees from the University of Leeds.  He earned his Bachelor of Science (Hons) Chemistry in 1942 and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1945.Dr. Atack’s 33 years as a scientist, leader of a team of talented scientists, and R&D manager at PAPRICAN were preceded by several research and academic positions.  In 1945, he worked as personal assistant to Professor M.G. Evans, FRS, at Leeds University on a UK Government Ministry of Supply project on technical developments for the petrocarbon industry.  That assistantship was followed by positions as post-doctoral Fellow at the National Research Council in Ottawa (1948-1950), I.C.I. Leverhulm Fellow at the University of Manchester (1950-1951), and NRL Fellow at the University of North Carolina (1951-1953).  In 1953, Dr. Atack accepted an assistant professor of chemistry position at Syracuse University.

Dr. Atack began his long career with PAPRICAN in 1954.  The positions he held were many:  head, Wood and Fibre Physics Section, Applied Chemistry Department; chairman, Wood and Fibre Physics Department; director, Applied Physics Division; director, Applied Physics and Engineering Sciences Division; director of education; director of academic affairs; director of research; and vice president.  He retired as vice president in 1989.

Dr. Atack conducted studies on the friction of wood in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge (1955-1956), which eventually led to an understanding of the mechanisms involved in wood grinding.  This research contributed to the development of the pressurized stone groundwood (PGW) process and the thermomechanical (TMP) and chemithermomechanical pulping (CTMP) processes and their introduction to the Canadian industry.  The articles he wrote on the main mechanisms involved in pulpwood grinding and chip refining are now standard references for further development of the TMP and CTMP pulping processes, which, in addition to PGW, today yield 36 million metric tons of pulp per year worldwide.

While at PAPRICAN, Dr. Atack’s research group clarified the chemical changes to lignin caused by softening through steaming and sulfonation.  This led to the development of ultra high-yield processes used by both integrated and market-pulp mills.

He is also credited with introducing scanning electron microscopy to Canada.  Through his work in assisting with the design of the first prototype scanning electron microscope at Cambridge University during a year-long sabbatical, Dr. Atack pioneered the use of the technique in research of fibre morphology during the mechanical pulping process.

His contributions to academics have been many.  As PAPRICAN’s director of academic affairs, Dr. Atack enhanced the cooperative academic program with McGill University, University of British Columbia, and Ecole Polytechnique.  Since 1961, Dr. Atack has also served as auxiliary professor for the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University.  He has been an inspirational teacher and advisor for many graduate students.  Dr. Atack holds two patents and has 51 key publications.

The significant additions Dr. Atack has provided to research and the mechanical pulping industry have been recognized by many honors:  John S. Bates Memorial Gold Medal (1992), L.H. Weldon Award (1962 and 1980), Raimbault de Montigny Award (1984), TAPPI Fellowship (1975), Royal Society of Canada—Fellowship (1989), Chemical Institute of Canada—Fellowship (1989), TAPPI Pulp Manufacture Division—Johan C.F.C. Richter Prize (1994), Association of Pulp and Paper Chemists and Engineers of Germany—Walter Brecht Medal (1982), and Arne Asplund Foundation (Sweden)—Arne Asplund Award (1987).  The Douglas Atack Award was created in 1990 by the Mechanical Pulping Committee of Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada.

Dr. Atack was a member of the Technical Section, CPPA; TAPPI; APPITA; and American Physical Society.  He and his wife made their home in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.  They have one son.

Darwin Smith

With beginnings as an Indiana farm boy, Darwin E. Smith rose to great prominence in the paper industry and business world as chairman and chief executive officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation.  Mr. Smith was born on April 16, 1926, in Garrett, Indiana.  Having served his country in World War II, he returned to the United States and attended Indiana University and Harvard Law School and graduated from both institutions with distinction.

Mr. Smith began his legal career at Sidley & Austin in Chicago.  In 1958 he joined Kimberly-Clark’s legal department and was named general attorney one year later.  He was elected vice president of law and finance in 1962, executive vice president in 1969, president in 1970, and chairman of the board and chief executive officer in 1971.  He was elected to the board of directors in 1967.  Mr. Smith retired as chief executive officer in 1991 and chairman in 1992.

Mr. Smith is credited with turning what was perceived as a stodgy old paper company into an innovative consumer products powerhouse.  As noted in a Harvard Business Review article, Kimberly-Clark is one of eleven companies on the Fortune 500 since 1965 that has been elevated from good to great and has maintained its transformed status.  Mr. Smith was recognized for making this accomplishment possible.

Mr. Smith achieved this transformation by building strength within the company.   He redefined and raised corporate goals.  To reach this end he persistently examined the company’s leadership group, winnowing those who did not meet his specifications and promoting those who did.  Mr. Smith also increased the geographical diversification of Kimberly-Clark’s facilities.  The emphasis he placed on consumer products was exemplified by the money he allotted to research and development ($111 million in 1987) and his decision not to give up on the fledgling diaper business, against much opposition.  His vision helped lead HUGGIES® diapers to its rank as the number 1 brand in the country today.

Additionally, he strengthened the company’s position in the tissue segment of the paper industry, pushing both Kimberly-Clark and its competitors to improve and strengthen their tissue technology and facilities.  The financial strength of the industry’s tissue segment today is testament to his efforts.  Mr. Smith also established approaches to strengthen Kimberly-Clark’s people:  forming the Educational Opportunities Plan to provide continuing education to all workers, and the Health Management Program to improve physical and mental health.  He also worked to increase diversity among the workforce.

During Mr. Smith’s tenure as chairman and chief executive officer, Kimberly-Clark stockholders experienced returns of 19.6% annually, generating cumulative stock returns that were 4.1 times greater than those of the general market and outperforming venerable companies including industry rivals.  It had been a welcomed change from the 20 years prior when Kimberly-Clark stock had fallen 36% behind the general market.

His ethics and personal integrity were further exemplified away from Kimberly-Clark.  He served as director of both King Ranch and The Texan Research League, and was on the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Smith was the type of leader who gave credit for success to the employees, the managers, his predecessors, and the customers.  He passed away on December 26, 1995, in Florida and is survived by his wife Lois, sons Steven and Blair, and daughters Pamela and Valerie.

Thomas Grace

Thomas Grace was born on October 3, 1938, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He received a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1960 and a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1963.

Upon graduation, he joined the Lewis Research Center of National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) in Cleveland as an aerospace technologist. In 1965, he joined The Institute of Paper Chemistry in Appleton as assistant professor and research fellow. He served as chair of the engineering department of the faculty from 1970 to 1974 and was professor and senior research associate from 1976 to 1989. Mr. Grace held an adjunct professorship at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, from 1989 until 1994 and then became a part-time professor from January 1995 through June 1997. After that, he became an emeritus professor at IPST. In 1998, he became an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto. He continues to serve in that capacity. In 1988, he formed T M. Grace Company in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Mr. Grace helped bring science to the field of chemical recovery technology, especially helping to put black liquor combustion in recovery boilers on a rational scientific basis. He led the development of the chemical recovery group at The Institute of Paper Chemistry to a level of excellence, and he developed and taught the course on chemical recovery technology, the first course of this type in the world. He demythologized the recovery boiler explosion experience, bringing focus to the most critical issues dealing with safety.

He is an associate editor of the Journal of Pulp and Paper Science. He is a member of TAPPI and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is also a member of the American Paper Institute recovery boiler committee and was secretary of the subcommittee on waste streams in recovery boilers.

Mr. Grace received the AIChE Forest Products Division Award in 1984; the TAPPI Engineering Division Beloit Award in 1991; and was named a TAPPI Fellow in 1987. In 2001, he received the Gunnar Nicholson TAPPI Gold Medal.

He is the author of 71 publications and the author of seven book chapters and reports dealing with the recovery process and related subjects.

Mr. Grace and his wife, Mary, have three daughters, Misty; Michelle; and Mara; and six grandchildren.

Robert W Hagemeyer

Robert Hagemeyer was born on August 23, 1925, in Detroit, Michigan. He enrolled at the University of Michigan where he received his bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering in 1948.

He joined Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation, progressing to manager of the pigments department. In 1965, he joined Pfizer, Inc., as manager of paper industry products for the mineral, pigments, and metals division. In 1974, he joined J.M. Huber Company in Atlanta as manager of special projects. He retired from there in 1990, after which he served as a consultant and advisor to the industry until his death.

Mr. Hagemeyer is credited with having been the force behind establishing the coating division of TAPPI and later the coating and graphic arts division. He chaired both divisions and many of their conferences. He also served on the TAPPI board of directors.

Mr. Hagemeyer was the recipient of numerous awards during his career, including having a scholarship established in his name by the coating and graphic arts division. In 1985, he received TAPPI’s highest leadership award, the Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award, and in 1995, TAPPI’s Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award. He is the only person ever to receive both awards.

He is the author of 41 publications. A seminal publication was “The Effect of Particle Shape and the Chemical Composition on the Packing Characteristics of Pigment Combinations”, TAPPI, 1960. This publication greatly increased the interest in calcium carbonate for improved coated paper sheets. Together with his helping to influence Pfizer to develop on-site plants, Mr. Hagemeyer’s promotion of the pigment through filler for fiber substitution saved the paper industry hundreds of millions of dollars, while generating improved products.

Mr. Hagemeyer died on January 15, 2001. His wife, Yolande, died July 5, 2003. They are survived by three children, Judy Randall Hagemeyer; H. John Hagemeyer; and Robert W. Hagemeyer Jr.

Matti Kankaanpää

Matti Kankaanpää was born on November 6, 1927, in Jyvaskyla, Finland. He obtained his technical education at Helsinki University of Technology, where he received a master of science degree in 1951. He worked at Wartsila, Kone ja Silta from 1950 to 1956, becoming chief engineer. In 1957, he joined Beloit Corporation in Wisconsin as research and staff engineer. In 1963, he joined Jaakko Pöyry, and was vice president when he left to join Valmet Corporation in 1971 as assistant director of the pulp and paper machinery division. In 1982, he was elected chairman, president, and chief executive officer. He retired in 1992.

The main focus of his career has been the further development of new technologies related to the papermaking process. Some of Mr. Kankaanpaa’s most important contributions were the Valmet Sym-Former and Speed-Former, as well as some of the Sym-Press family of high-speed press sections. These were patented under Mr. Kankaanpää’s name in the 1970s and ’80s and were developed by Valmet Corporation into highly successful products, having been applied to hundreds of paper machine deliveries by the corporation from the 1970s to the present time.

Mr. Kankaanpää has 30 patents in the field of papermaking. He wrote three chapters in the Technical handbook published by the Finnish Paper Engineers’ Association in 1968; an article on new sheet forming methods in Norsk Skogindustri in 1970; and a 1972 article in Paperi ja Puu/Paper and Timber.

A member of TAPPI since 1957, he was made a TAPPI Fellow in 1988. He received the Finnish Paper Engineers’ Association’s Lampen Medal in 1983 and an honorary doctor of technology, H.C., by Tampere University of Technology, Finland, in 1987.

Among his leadership contributions, Mr. Kankaanpää served as chairman of the board, Federation of Finnish Metal and Engineering Industries; vice chairman of the board, Confederation of Finnish Industries; chairman of the Finnish Foreign Trade Association; and chairman of the Finnish Academy of Technology.

He and his wife, Iris, were married in 1952. They have two sons, Jarmo and Kai, and a daughter, Heidi.

Harry F. Lewis

Harry Lewis was born May 27, 1891, in Denver, Colorado. His father was a secretary with the YMCA, and the family moved from Denver to Pueblo, Colorado, and then to Brooklyn and finally Manhattan in New York. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City, after which, he enrolled in Wesleyan University, where he received bachelor of science and master of science degrees in 1912 and 1913, respectively. He earned his doctorate at the University of Illinois in 1916.

Mr. Lewis joined the research staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Chemistry in Washington, D.C., and then the research department of the National Analine and Chemical Company, Buffalo, New York, where he helped develop the post-World War I dye industry in the United States. He taught organic chemistry at Grinnell and Cornell colleges in Iowa and also taught courses at Ohio Wesleyan University and the University of Maine.

In 1930, following The Institute of Paper Chemistry’s founding in 1929, Mr. Lewis was invited by Henry Wriston, president of Lawrence College and a member of the board of directors of the Institute, to join the staff as professor of organic chemistry. At that time, there were two students and one other faculty member, Otto Kress. Courses were also given by five Lawrence College professors. From 1933 to 1956, Mr. Lewis served at the Institute as dean and research associate, where he led the development of academic programs. In 1956, he retired as dean and became vice president; he then assumed emeritus status.

One of his most outstanding contributions to the paper industry was the enthusiastic selling to college students of the career opportunities in the industry. For many years, he was touring speaker for the American Chemical Society, visiting more than 200 colleges and universities.

Mr. Lewis was a member of TAPPI, serving as chair of the fundamental research committee for 25 years. He then became chair of the research and development division. He was a member of the executive committee from 1952 to 1954. He was also a member of the American Chemical Society, where he chaired the division of cellulose chemistry and the division of chemical education. Mr. Lewis represented the latter on the American Association for the Advancement of Science Cooperative Committee on the Teaching of Science. He served on several national research council committees. In his free time, Mr. Lewis was active in the YMCA on local, regional, and national levels.

Mr. Lewis, who authored numerous publications and was awarded 31 patents, received the Mitscherlich Award of the German Pulp and Paper Association in 1955; the TAPPI Gold Medal in 1956; and the Scientific Apparatus Makers Award in Chemical Education from the American Chemical Society in 1959. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Lewis died on November 17, 1969. He and his wife, Mildred, also deceased, had two daughters, Jean and Helen; three sons, Harry Jr. (deceased); Ben; and David; and 13 grandchildren.

Derek H. Page

Derek Page was born November 22, 1929, in Sheffield, England. He attended Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, England, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in physics, with honors, in 1953, followed by a master of arts in 1957, and his doctorate in 1968. In 1953, he joined British Insulated Calendars Cables as a physical chemist, and in 1955, the British Paper and Board Industry Research Association as principal research officer. In 1964, he joined the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada as section head in fibre physics, followed by division director of materials science, and then served as director of research for physical sciences until his retirement in 1993, when he was appointed distinguished professor of physics at the IPST. He is currently scientific editor of the Journal Pulp and Paper Science and is a consultant to the industry.

Since 1955, Dr. Page has applied his skills as a physicist and a microscopist to the understanding of the structure and properties of fibers and of paper. He and the teams he led have produced classical work in the fields of fiber structure; effects of beating and refining; strength of wet webs; fiber-fiber bonding; image analysis; printing; paper permanence; and the stress-strain curve and tensile strength of single fibers and of paper.

Dr. Page, who holds two patents and has authored or co-authored 112 published articles, was best known for his development of a theory for the tensile strength of paper in terms of the properties of the fibers and the structure of the sheet. The “Page equation” has been used extensively in industry to explain the processing change effects on paper strength.

A founding member of the TAPPI paper physics committee, Dr. Page subsequently became chairman. He was also chairman of the 1972 Gordon Research Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of Paper and founded and became the first chairman of the PAPTAC committee on recycling. He chaired the International Paper Physics Conference in 1973. Dr. Page edited the proceedings of the TAPPI seminar “The Physics and Chemistry of Wood Pulp Fibers”, Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1969. and served on the editorial advisory board of Pulp and Paper Canada from 1983 to 1993. He has served on the program committee of Oxford and Cambridge Fundamental Symposia since 1970.

Dr. Page was elected Fellow in the following organizations: TAPPI; International Academy of Wood Science; Royal Microscopical Society; and Institute of Physics. He is also a member of several other technical societies. In 1999, he received the highest honor granted by PAPTAC, the John S. Bates Memorial Gold Medal.

A member of the “Magic Circle” as an undergraduate student at Cambridge, he continued to give magic shows for children at PAPRICAN’s Christmas party until his retirement.

Dr. Page is married to Louise Auclair. He has three children by his first marriage, Susan, Ruth, and Elizabeth, and four stepchildren by his second marriage, Kathline, Jonathan, Elizabeth, and Marc. He has 13 grandchildren.

Dr. Page passed away on April 7, 2017.

Carl C. Landegger

Carl Landegger was born September 20, 1930, in Austria. He obtained his college education at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., where he received a bachelor of science degree in 1951. Following graduation, he joined the U.S. Air Force as a 2nd. Lt. and served in the Philippines and Korea. Upon leaving the service, he joined Parsons and Whittemore Inc. and became assistant general manager of Black Clawson’s paper machine division in 1956. In 1961, he was named executive vice president, and in 1965, president and chief executive officer of Black Clawson. From 1976 to 1984, he was chairman of Parsons and Whittemore. In 1984, he purchased Black Clawson Company.During his career, Mr. Landegger led a team that was one of the pioneers of twin wire forming. His teams were also instrumental in improving the efficiency of recycling waste paper. He wrote over 100 articles for various journals covering business systems, forward planning, and technical matters,

Mr. Landegger was a trustee and director of IPST at Georgia Tech; director of Georgetown University; past director of the Pulp and Paper foundations of the universities of Maine and North Carolina; and former chairman of the Forest Engineering Institute of Canada. A TAPPI Fellow, he is also a TAPPI director and chairman of the TAPPI international division. He was awarded Austria’s “Goldene Ehrenzeichen” in 1995.

Besides his professional activities, he is a director of the New York Runner Club and of the Gregorian Foundation.
Mr. Landegger and his wife, Renee, have five children and 14 grandchildren.

Thomas Schmidt

Thomas H. Schmidt was born in Neenah, Wisconsin, November 22, 1939. He received his diploma at Neenah High School, and after attending Marquette University, Milwaukee, he transferred to University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received a bachelor of science degree (cum laude) in 1962.

His first position after graduation was with Zigman-Joseph Associates, Milwaukee, as account manager. In 1963, he moved to CUNA International, Madison, as projects manager in the public relations department, progressing to director, public relations in 1968. He joined Appleton Mills in 1969 as public relations manager, and in 1976, became executive director followed by president of Wisconsin Paper Council. He retired in June 2002.

Mr. Schmidt became recognized as a leader in promoting the benefits of cooperative industry-wide collaborative programs to benefit the industry. He also led the development of innovated pro-active governmental affairs and public relations programs that defined a new era in industry-regulator relations.

Particularly in the 1990s, he led Wisconsin’s paper industry in a new direction, forming voluntary, cooperative partnerships with governmental regulators that focused on cost effective efforts to move beyond regulatory requirements. Examples are the Pollution Prevention Partnership (P3), 1992; the Green Guarantee, 1995; and Wisconsin Paper Council Environmental Management System, 1998. These successful efforts serve as a model for other states and other industries.

Memberships include Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI); Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA); Public Relations Society of America; and the American Society of Association Executives. He serves as a director of Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin; Great Lakes Forestry Alliance; and on Governor’s Council on Forestry.

He was the first recipient of the Paper Industry Management Association’s Vision 300 award, recognizing the individual who has done the most to raise the image of the paper industry and educate the general public about the industry’s role in North American business and culture.

Mr. Schmidt and his wife, Darlene, have a son, Chris, and a daughter, Terri.

Stanley Buckman

Stanley J. Buckman was born November 24, 1908, in Tyndall, South Dakota. He received bachelor of science and Ph.D. degrees in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota College of Forestry in 1931 and 1933.

Dr. Buckman co-founded Central Laboratories, Inc. in 1941. Central’s first project was developing a decay-resistant wood for military use during World War II. He became one of the country’s leading authorities on wood preservation. The laboratory provided products for wood and fabrics for military uses and other essential defense purposes.

In 1945, Dr. Buckman founded Buckman Laboratories, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee. The company’s first product was microbiocide BMS-11, widely used for controlling slimes in paper machine systems. Today, Buckman Laboratories provides pulp and paper industry chemicals for control of pitch, stickies, deposits, retention and drainage aids, foam control, dye retention, recycling, water and wastewater treatment, and corrosion and scale control.

Although he was actively involved in all operations of the company, his first love was research and development. He was always in touch and knew the status of every project, initiating many of them. His name appears on most of the company’s initial patents as inventor or co-inventor, and he authored 26 publications.

Colleagues cite his contagious, youthful enthusiasm. He focused on the future, his optimism made it exciting, and his logic cut through the peripheral to the final solution. He was a member of 13 professional organizations related to his expertise, including American Chemical Society; American Society for Testing Materials; Canadian Pulp and Paper Association; Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI); Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA); New York Academy of Science; and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Buckman died September 10, 1978, in Memphis. His wife, Mertie W. Buckman and a son, John D. Buckman, are also deceased . He is survived by a son, Robert H. Buckman, and three grandchildren.

Richard Pratt

Richard J. Pratt was born in Danzig, of Polish parents, March 12, 1934, emigrating to Australia from pre-war Poland in 1938 via England. He graduated from University High School in 1952 and enrolled at University of Melbourne. At age 18, he was juggling study, theatre, and his position as company salesman for the family business, Visy Board. After a brief theatre career in London, he returned to Melbourne and the company,
Upon the death of his father, Mr. Pratt took over the company in 1969. At that time, it had annual turnover of about A$5 million. In 2002, group turnover exceeds A$3 billion (U.S. $1.7 billion).
One of the features of the Pratt Group Expansion was waste reclamation. Its first paper recycling mill was built in 1979. In 1997, Pratt Industries opened the world’s most advanced paper recycling facility on Staten Island, New York. Visy recycles more than 1.2 million tons of paper in the U.S.A. and Australia each year. The company recently expanded its new technical centre in Coolaroo, Victoria. In November 2001, the company officially opened it’s A$450 million kraft pulp and paper mill at Tumut, New South Wales. The mill has been hailed as the world’s cleanest and most technically advanced kraft paper mill.
Currently chairman of Visy Industries, Mr. Pratt’s public services include foundation chancellor, Swinburne University of Technology; chair of finance committee, U. S. Coral Sea Commemorative Council; president, Victorian Arts Center Trust; chairman, Australian Business Arts Foundation; and chairman, Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria.
Mr. Pratt received the AC, Companion of the Order of Australia in 1998, Australia’s highest honor. He had also received the AO, Officer of the Order of Australia, in 1985. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Swinburne University of Technology and Monash University. He was named the Packaging Achiever of the year by the Packaging Council of Australia.
Mr. Pratt and his wife, also an AC recipient, have a son, Anthony Joseph, chairman of Visy Industries, U.S.A.; and two daughters, Heloise Waislitz, chairman, Pratt Foundation; and Fiona Geminder, director, Visy Recycling.

Nathan Bergstrom

Nathan H. Bergstrom was born in Neenah, Wisconsin, April 25, 1895. After Neenah High School, he enrolled at Lawrence College, Appleton. He left in 1915 during his senior year at his father’s request to help in production at Bergstrom Paper Company.

He served in the 4th Wisconsin Infantry-Artillery, including time in France, from July 1917 to May 1919. After returning to Bergstrom Paper, he was named treasurer in 1921, secretary and treasurer in 1929, vice president in 1935, president in 1948, and chairman of the board in 1962. He served as president of Bergstrom Foundation from 1954 until retirement from both the company and the foundation in 1970. He was a director from 1919 until 1971.

In the 1930s, Mr. Bergstrom provided leadership for development of the company’s de-inking system. The firm’s de-inking process uniquely used a three-tower, three-stage process, resulting in more thorough bleaching and a product of exceptional brightness. The company used 70 percent recycled fibers, dramatically reducing costs while providing greater dimensional stability and opacity. These advances enabled Bergstrom Paper to expand into bible and legal papers, maps, and offset printing and writing papers.

Mr. Bergstrom co-founded the Wisconsin Paper Group, which allowed small producers to ship orders at favorable freight rates, and served as president from 1951-1952. He also helped develop what became Wisconsin Paper Council, an information service model largely adopted by American Paper and Pulp Association.

He was a highly-active member and official of Association of Pulp Consumers; American Paper and Pulp Association; and National Council for Stream Improvement, Inc.

Civic activity included Theda Clark Memorial Hospital; Boys&Mac226; Brigade; First National Bank of Neenah; World War II national committees; and state library development organizations.

Mr. Bergstrom died January 27, 1981. Preceding him in death were wives, Agnes Bergstrom and Ernestine W. Bergstrom, and a daughter, Alice Perry B. Moore. He is survived by two daughters, Marjorie B. Moore and Natalie B. Rindal.