Background
Orr, San Watterson was born on September 22, 1941 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of San Watterson and Eleanor Augusta Orr.
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San Watterson Orr
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Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin, 1963; Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin, 1966.
Career
Secretary, tres., board directors, Yawkey Lumber Company, Wausau, Wisconsin, since 1971; Chairman of the Board, Wausau Paper Mills Company, 1989-1997; president, Woodson Fudiciary Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, since 1979; also board directors, Woodson Fudiciary Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware president, Forewood, Inc., Wausau, since 1979; also board directors, Forewood, Inc., Wausau chairman, Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corporation, Wausau, 1982-1997; chairman, Mosinee (Wisconsin) Paper Corporation, 1987-1997; director, M&I First American Bank, Wausau, since 1988; vice chairman, M&I First American Bank, Wausau, since 1997; director, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, since 1994; Chairman of the Board, chairman of the executive committee, Wausau-Mosinee Paper Corporation, since 1997. Director Wausau Insurance Companies, 1982-1998. M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Milwaukee, Maharshi Dayanand University Resources Group, Inc., Bismarck, North Dakota.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors The Aytchmonde Woodson Foundation, Inc., Wausau, since 1966, The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Inc., Wausau, since 1981, Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, Madison, since 1983, Competitive Wisconsin, Inc., Milwaukee, since 1989, University of Wisconsin Foundation, Madison, since 1991. Director Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, Milwaukee, since 1995. Member board regents University of Wisconsin Sys., Madison, since 1993, president, since 1998.
Vice president, board directors Wausau Young Men’s Christian Association Foundation, since 1979. Director Wausau Health Foundation, Inc., since 1981, president, since 1998. Member Wisconsin Bar Association, American Law Institute, Wausau Club.
Connections
Married Joanne Marie Ruby, June 26, 1965. Children: San Watterson III, Nancy Chapman.
