Plywood Centennial Celebration Highlights

Opening Remarks of John Murphy, Chairman, APA Board of Trustees and William Bennett, President, Plywood Pioneers Association

Excerpts from Remarks of Chet Orloff

Plywood Centennial Celebration Photos

Commemorative Plaque Dedication

Approximately 40 people attended the dedication of a commemorative plaque
at the site where the first commercial softwood plywood was produced in 1905
by Portland Manufacturing Company. The site is along the Willamette River in
the St. Johns district of Portland.

APA Chairman John Murphy (left) and Plywood Pioneers Association President
William Bennett presented remarks at the dedication ceremony.

Among those attending were Wendy Ullman and Bob Patton (right),
descendants of Portland Manufacturing Company co-owner Peter Autzen. With
them are William Bennett (far left) and John Murphy.

Centennial Banquet

APA Chairman John Murphy, who shared banquet
emcee duties with Plywood Pioneers Association
President William Bennett

Plywood Pioneers Association President William
Bennett

Fred Fields, retired president of Coe Manufacturing and winner of the Gustav
Carlson Medal for Process Innovation

Terry Christiansen, receiving the Bronson Lewis Medal for Industry Growth on
behalf of Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Paul Ehinger (left), Paul F. Ehinger & Associates, and Don Deardorff, founder of
Fourply, Inc. and owner of Eagle Plywood Specialties, were each presented a
W.E. Difford Medal for Industry Contribution

Guest speaker Chet Orloff, Oregon historian and
adjunct professor of urban studies and planning at
Portland State University

A hightlight of the evening was the showing of a videotape history of the
industry that included interviews with several longtime industry leaders.