Federal Paper Board Company

The John R. Kennedy Endowed Scholarship was established in 1981 by the Federal Paper Board Company in honor John R. Kennedy, the veteran executive of their company.

Mr. Kennedy had been associated with the Federal Paper Board Company since 1935 and was elected chairman of the board in 1965.

A native of Brooklyn, NY, he was a past president of the National Paperboard Association and a past chairman of its executive committee. He also served as a director of the American Paper Institute.

He is the father of John R. Kennedy Jr., the current president, and chief executive officer of the Company, Quentin J. Kennedy, the company’s secretary and vice president; and Mrs. Ethel Marran.

As of the year 1996, Federal Paper Board Co. was acquired by International Paper Co. Prior to the merger, Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. was engaged in the production of paper, paperboard, and pulp; wood products; and conversion operations. Its products and services consisted of bleached and recycled paperboard, bleached softwood and hardwood pulp, and uncoated free-sheet paper; dimensional lumber, wood chips, and land management activities; and disposable foodservice products and specialty packaging products.