Richard C. Gozon

Richard C. Gozon joined Weyerhaeuser Company on June 1, 1994, as executive vice president for Pulp, Paper and Packaging. He is responsible for Weyerhaeuser’s Pulp, Fine Paper, Containerboard Packaging, Newsprint, Recycling, Liquid Packaging Board, and Chemical businesses. In April 1995, he assumed responsibility for Westwood Shipping Lines, a Weyerhaeuser Company subsidiary.

Gozon formerly was president and chief operating officer of Alco Standard Corporation, one of the world’s largest independent distributors of paper and office equipment.

His 35-year career in the paper industry began in 1960 when he joined Champion International in its distribution company, Nationwide Papers. In 1972, he joined Alco Standard as president of Rourke-Eno Paper Company. He was named executive vice president of Alco’s Unisource Corporation in 1978 and became president of Unisource in 1979. He was president and chief executive officer of Paper Corporation of America, Alco’s paper group, from 1979 to 1987.

In 1984, Gozon was elected to the board of directors of Alco Standard and was named executive vice president and chief operating officer in 1987. He served as president and chief operating officer of Alco Standard from 1988 through 1993.

Gozon holds a bachelor of arts degree from Valparaiso University and is a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program.

He is a director of U.G.I. Corporation, The Triumph Group and AmeriSource Health Corporation. He served as a director of Alco Standard Corporation from 1984 to 1993 and served on the board of trustees for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia from 1992 to 1994.

Gozon is married and has three children.