Robert A. Schmacher

Background

Schmacher, Robert A. was born in 1925 in Marshall, Texas, United States.

Education

Bachelor, University Virginia, 1944.

Career

Vice president Groveton Paper Company, 1946-1956. President Vanity Fair Paper Company, 1956-1963. Vice president Northeast division Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 1963-1974, senior vice president northeastern division Atlanta, 1974-1982, executive vice president pulp and paper, 1982-1985, president, chief operating officer, since 1985, also director.

Achievements

• Robert A. Schmacher has been listed as a noteworthy forest products company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors New Canaan unit American Red Cross. Chairman Cancer Fund, 1964. Chairman Heart Fund, Stamford, Darien and New Canaan, Connecticut, 1967.

Board directors-at-large University Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation.

Connections

Married Dorothy Wemyss, July 23, 1945.

Spouse:

Dorothy Wemyss