Background
Turcotte, Lawson Phillippe was born on December 11, 1896 in Grand Mere, Quebec, Canada. Son of Alex and Mary Elizabeth (Kelly) Turcotte.
Turcotte, Lawson Phillippe was born on December 11, 1896 in Grand Mere, Quebec, Canada. Son of Alex and Mary Elizabeth (Kelly) Turcotte.
Student, Sacred Heart College, Grand Mere student, Gabutt Business College, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, 1912-1913.
Accountant, Stacey Lumber Company, Lethbridge, 1913-1915; secretary-treasurer, War Veterans Association, 1919-1925; with, Puget Sound Pulp & Timber Company (merged into Georgia Pacific Corp), Bellingham, Washington, from 1926; successively secretary-treasurer, executive vice president, president, Puget Sound Pulp & Timber Company (merged into Georgia Pacific Corp), Bellingham, 1951-1963; vice-president, director, Georgia Pacific Corporation, from 1963. President Ketchikan Pulp Company, Alaska, from 1951. Director Van West Logging Company, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, American Mail Lines, Seattle, Anglo-Canadian Timber Products Company, Vancouver, Eureka Sawmills Ltd., Vancouver.
President St. Luke's Hospital, Bellingham. Served as sergeant Canada Army, 1915-1919.
Married Eva A. Pearson, September 26, 1923. 1 son, Donald L.