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Former Georgia-Pacific head Robert Pamplin Sr. dies at 97
03:06 PM PDT on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Robert B. Pamplin Sr., 97, the former chairman of timber giant Georgia-Pacific Corp., has died after a long illness.
His son, Robert B. Pamplin Jr., owner of the Pamplin Media Group, said his father died Wednesday morning and suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
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Pamplin went to work as an accountant for Georgia-Pacific when he graduated from Virginia Tech University in 1934 and continued until his retirement in November 1976.
He later joined his son to form the R.B. Pamplin Corp.
A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Agnes Flanagan Chapel at Lewis & Clark College in Portland.
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