RICHARD H. WOLLENBERG was elected Chief Executive Officer of
Longview Fibre Company effective November 1, 2002, and has held
the office of President since October 2001 with responsibilities
for all company operations including manufacturing, sales,
timberlands and administrative functions. He has been a Director
since 1995; is a member of the Executive Committee, and is on the
Nominating/Corporate-Governance Committee of the Board. He is
based at corporate headquarters in Longview. The third-generation
Wollenberg to be Chief Executive Officer of Longview Fibre
Company, Mr. Wollenberg follows his father Richard P. Wollenberg
and his grandfather Harry L. Wollenberg who was the firm’s first
CEO. Mr. Wollenberg joined Longview Fibre in 1988 as Assistant
General Counsel after working 10 years in Alaska in private law
practice. He was appointed Production Manager for the Western
Container Division in 1993, and advanced to Division Senior Vice
President-Production in 1994, overseeing seven container plants
in Washington, California, Idaho and Utah. In 2000 he was
promoted to Executive Vice President of Longview Fibre with
primary responsibilities involving management of all container
and bag manufacturing and sales. He became President and Chief
Operating Officer October 1, 2001. Among Mr. Wollenberg’s paper
industry activities are membership in TAPPI, and he has served on
the Fibre Box Association Corporate-Counsel Committee. He is a
member of the Washington, Alaska, Oregon and American Bar
Associations. He currently serves on the Reed College, Portland,
Oregon, Board of Trustees, and on the Boards of the World
Forestry Center and Oregon Museum of Science & Industry. He has a
BA degree in Philosophy from Reed College and a Juris Doctor
degree from Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.
Richard Wollenberg - Longview Fibre Company (lfb)
October 13, 2003