COMPANY

Forest products company, founded 1927 as the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. in Augusta, Georgia. Sales in 2003, $20.2B. 61,000 employees. Purchased by Koch Industries in 2005 for $21B.

Official Website:
http://www.gp.com/

Industry:
Resources

Ticker:
NYSE:GP (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Atlanta, GA

Sales:
$19.6B (2004)

Employees:
55,000 (2004)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James E. Bostic, Jr.	Business	c. 1947		EVP at Georgia Pacific, 2001-05
Alston D. Correll	Business	28-Apr-1941		CEO of Georgia-Pacific, 1993-2005
H. James Dallas	Business	c. 1958		CIO of Medtronic
Danny W. Huff	Business	c. 1951		CFO of Georgia Pacific, 1999-2005
John F. Lundgren	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Stanley Works
David J. Paterson	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Bowater
Lee M. Thomas	Government	13-Jun-1944		CEO of Rayonier
Kathleen A. Walters	Business	c. 1951		EVP at Georgia Pacific

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alston D. Correll	Business	28-Apr-1941		CEO of Georgia-Pacific, 1993-2005
David R. Goode	Business	13-Jan-1941		CEO of Norfolk Southern, 1992-2005
Karen N. Horn	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Bank One, 1987-96
M. Douglas Ivester	Business	26-Mar-1947		CEO of Coca Cola, 1997-2000
William R. Johnson	Business	1949		CEO of Heinz
James B. Williams	Business	21-Mar-1933		CEO of SunTrust Banks, 1991-98

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barbara L. Bowles	Business	c. 1946		The Kenwood Group
Donald V. Fites	Business	20-Jan-1934		CEO of Caterpillar, 1990-99
Louis Wade Sullivan	Government	3-Nov-1933		US Secretary of HHS, 1989-93
John D. Zeglis	Business	1947		CEO of AT&T Wireless, 1999-2004

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Donald Hodel	Government	23-May-1935		Reagan's Secretary of Energy & Interior

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation

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