Owen Robertson Cheatham

Owen Robertson Cheatham (1902–1970) was an American businessman. He founded Georgia-Pacific, a formerly publicly traded corporation on the New York Stock Exchange from 1949 to 2005, now a subsidiary of Koch Industries.

Biography

Early life Owen Robertson Cheatham was born on July 9, 1902, in Concord, Campbell County, Virginia. He attended New Concord Presbyterian Church in Concord. It was a publicly traded corporation on the New York Stock Exchange from 1949 to 2005. It is now a subsidiary of Koch Industries. She collected thirty-seven pieces of Dalí-Jewels, which were exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia after her death. He was buried in the New Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Following Cheatham's death, his widow Celeste Wickliffe Cheatham O'Neil was noted for her connection to the family's art holdings, including the Salvador Dalí jewelry pieces previously exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Legacy The Owen R. Cheatham Memorial Garden and Monument on the grounds of the New Concord Presbyterian Church in Concord, Virginia, is named after him.

Cheatham Grove, a stand of old growth Redwood trees in California's Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park, is named for him. The land, part of Georgia Pacific's larger timber holdings in the area, was donated to the state by Owen Cheatham in 1945.