Merlo, Harry A., 1925-2016

Abstract Papers of Harry Merlo (1925-2016), a timber executive from Portland, Oregon. Merlo was the first chief executive of the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation after it was spun off from Georgia-Pacific in 1973. In 1995, he was forced to resign in the wake of lawsuits about the firm's home-siding products and a 56-count federal indictment charging the company with a scheme to defraud customers and with skirting environmental regulations. This collection includes materials relating to business Merlo...