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ABOUT
DR. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN, JR.
“A veritable Renaissance man . . . creative philanthropist extraordinaire . . . of nearly inexhaustible curiosity and energy. Not since the late Victorians has any person accomplished as much in a single . . . concentrated life.”
Forbes, The Business Journal, Success Magazine, Portland Magazine
Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., is a businessman, philanthropist, farmer, minister, educator, historical preservationist and author of 14 books, including two Book-of-the- Month-Club selections.
He has earned eight degrees, including
two doctorates, in business, accounting, economics, education and theology (B.S. Bus. Ad., B.S. Acctg., B.S. Econ., M.B.A., M.Ed., M.A. Theology, Ph.D. Bus., D.Min. Theology) and is a tenured professor.
He is Chairman, President, and CEO of the R.B. Pamplin Corporation, a family-owned company with annual sales approaching
$600 million. Dr. Pamplin’s business
interests include the Portland Tribune and 25 community newspapers, textiles, construction, and agriculture. Dr. Pamplin has served on presidential and state commissions, and as chairman of the boards of trustees for three colleges and the Portland Art Museum.
He has been awarded many honorary degrees and national awards, including the Distinguished Leadership Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, the
National Caring Award from the Caring Institute, the Herman W. Lay Memorial Award for being the Outstanding Entrepreneur
of the Year, the Woodrow Wilson Center Award for Corporate Citizenship, America’s Outstanding Individual Philanthropist by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and Volunteers of America National Volunteer
of the Year. In 2012 Dr. Pamplin received
the Business Achievement Award, awarded
by Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society.
In Oregon, he has been honored with the Governor’s Arts Award, Governor’s Gold Award, named entrepreneur of the year, Portland’s First Citizen, and selected by the Portland Business Journal as one of 20 leaders of change over the past 20 years.
Featured in national magazines, newspapers and on television, Dr.
Robert Pamplin, Jr., has delivered many commencement addresses and gives more than 150 speeches each year. These include the opening prayer to the United States Senate and a speech on ethics at the Pentagon.