He began his career with the Brown Company, a family-owned concern of paper manufacturers in La Tuque, Quebec. In 1953, he joined the Canadian Chemical and Cellulose Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, as vice president. He left in 1957 to head the paper division of W. R. Grace & Company's Latin American paper and chemical group. In 1961, he joined the International Paper Company in Manhattan as vice president of its overseas division. He retired in 1971. From 1950 to 1953, he was chairman of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission. He was a trustee of the Woodstock Country School in Woodstock, Vt. He was born in Berlin, N.H., and graduated from Williams College in 1928, Phi Beta Kappa. He is survived by his wife, the former Jane Smyth; a son from a former marriage, Kevin, of Washington, who is a diplomat with the State Department; two daughters, Melinda Scrivner of Cos Cob, Conn., and Sherrill Wells of McLean, Va.; a sister, Lewis Munro Rule of Gardner, Me., and three grandchildren.
| Types | Person, Business Person |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of death | 1991 |