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| NELMA Recognizes Jim Outram with Honorary Life Member Award | 2010-09-23 |
Jim graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1970 with a BS in Natural Resource Economics. Jim started in the “industry” as a teenager, when he worked sticking boards for a small mill in Massachusetts. During his career in the lumber industry, Jim worked for Diamond International, Sprowl Brothers Lumber and North Pacific Lumber before he started work for Hancock Lumber, Casco, Maine. He spent the next twenty years as Hancock’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the sawmill.
Jim was a pioneer for Eastern White Pine, its markets and the product’s westward movement and exposure during the Spotted Owl crisis in the West. Jim says he remembers when “exporting” Eastern White Pine meant you shipped it anywhere outside New England!
Jim spent many years as Chairman of NELMA’s Marketing Committee and was instrumental in starting the Association's national advertising campaigns for Eastern White Pine. Jim continues to actively serve on NAWLA’s Membership and Traders Market Committees.
Though Jim is no longer directly involved in the industry on a day-to-day basis due to severe injuries resulting from a car accident, he still remains in touch with many friends & associates from around the country.
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Jim Outram was recognized recently with the presentation of NELMA”s Honorary Life Member Award during an awards ceremony held on September 16, 2010 at the Red Jacket Mountain View Resort in North Conway, New Hampshire. Jim Robbins, President of Robbins Lumber, Searsmont, Maine made the presentation on behalf of NELMA.
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