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and served until 1946 when he returned to Weyerhauser. In 1947 he succeeded his father as a director of the company. He was its president from 1960 to 1966 and chairman until 1970.
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from 1929 until 1942. He was among the developers of Lakewood Colonial Center in 1937 in what is now Lakewood, WA. It was one of the first shopping centers west of the
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Clapp married several times and had many children, including three sons whom he outlived. His second wife Evelyn and stepdaughter Gail Gardner were killed in an
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lumberman who via the Laird, Norton Company was to help finance the Weyerhaeuser purchase of land in Washington State in 1900.
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In 1949 he was a founder of the Medina Foundation, which provides charitable grants in the greater Puget Sound area.
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He was named to the Trustees of University of Chicago in 1957 and was named a Life Trustee in 1970.
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in 1933 and would serve there until his death including being chairman from 1967 until 1986.
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Emery, Julie (September 14, 1980). "U.P.S.: Norton Clapp's spirit shaped lives".
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Clever, Dick (October 17, 1984). "Governor candidates amass $ 3.3 million".
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home on April 22, 1995, Clapp's fortune was estimated at $ 450 million by
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He married his son Jim's ex-wife Jacquie in 1984. When he died at his
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Corporation. He was active in civic service and a philanthropist.
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Schaefer, David (April 24, 1995). "Norton Clapp dies at age 89".
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In 1938 he began his career with Weyerhauser. He joined the
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Clapp was a member of the National Executive Board of the
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from 1985 to 1993, and Clapp contributed $ 91,000 to his
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for several decades. In 1963 he donated the land around
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