Randolph Greene Pack
| Randolph Greene Pack | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1890 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died | December 25, 1956 Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Nationality | USA |
| Occupation | Philanthropist |
| Spouse(s) | Georgia Fuller Maxine Wells |
| Children | Alice Gertrude Pack Virginia Lathrop Pack Joan Pack Polly Pack |
| Parent(s) |
Charles Lathrop Pack Alice Gertrude Hatch |
Randolph Greene Pack (1890 in Cleveland, Ohio – December 25, 1956 in Greenwich, Connecticut), son of Charles Lathrop Pack, grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, at the turn of the century. He attended the college preparatory Ransom School, followed by stints at Williams College (class of 1913) and Penn State, the latter in a forestry program.
Under his father's tutelage, Randolph began preparing for a career in forestry. While a student at Penn State, he spent one summer working "as a Montana logger". Not long afterward, in 1912, at "a mere twenty-two years old, he became vice president of ... the Tall Tree Lumber Company", just established in southern Arkansas by William Buchanan in partnership with Charles Lathrop Pack. Two years later, Randolph returned to Cleveland long enough to marry Georgia Fuller; the newlyweds set up residence in Good Pine, Louisiana. After a bout with malaria, in 1916 Randolph and his wife returned to Cleveland, where, for the next seven years, he was "vice president in charge of engineering" with the American Multigraph Company, owned by Harry C. Osborne, a friend of his father's.
Randolph was an officer of the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation from 1931–56, serving as president from 1937, upon his father's death. According to his father's biographer, Alexandra Eyle, Randolph "had developed a deep interest in world politics and economics. Through the foundation, he could launch forestry management programs in Asia, [Central] and South America."
Through the Pack Foundation, Randolph "became a founder of the Mexican Institute of Renewable Natural Resources" (Instituto Mexicano de Recursos Naturales Renovables, or IMERNAR), headed by Enrique Beltrán, who received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 for his conservation efforts. IMERNAR was one of the first environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) in Mexico.
Eyle suggests, as well, that Randolph Greene Pack "helped create the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization."
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