Matthew Rick Pratt

Background

Pratt, Matthew Rick was born on February 26, 1928 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Dudley and Virginia (Claflin) Pratt.

Education

Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Yale University, 1949; postgraduate, Stanford University Executive Program, 1977.

Career

Mill laborer, trainee, Potlatch Forest, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho., 1953; with, Weyerhaeuser Company, Everett, Washington, 1954-1975; various production, sales and management positions, Weyerhaeuser Company national sales manager, Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, until 1975; executive vice president, American Forest Products Corporation, San Francisco, 1975-1981; president, Isaacson Steel Company, Seattle, 1981-1983; now president, Ironwood Cons. Corporation, Seattle affiliate professor, U. Washington, Seattle. Affiliate professor College Forest Resources, U. Washington.

Membership

Past chairman board Business School University Puget Sound. Member Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Seattle Yacht.

Connections

Married Branwen Bailey, June 25, 1949. Children: Sarah Claflin, Susannah Farrell, Anthony Whittlesey. Married Polly Propp, September 12, 1970.

Father:

Dudley Pratt

Mother:

Virginia (Claflin) Pratt

Spouse:

Branwen Bailey

Spouse:

Polly Propp

child:

Susannah Farrell Pratt

child:

Anthony Whittlesey Pratt

child:

Sarah Claflin Pratt