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Chairman of the Ross Foundation and President of Horizon Timber Services inc.
The Ross Foundation helps fund the Arkadelphia Promise, providing college scholarships and other resources for all graduating seniors at Arkadelphia High School.
Your family has roots in timber. Could you give an overview of that legacy? Most people believe that I am a multigenerational landowner. However, I am actually a first-generation landowner in my family. Jane Ross, my third cousin, was a third-generation timberland owner as her grandfather had acquired tracts of land over time. She approached me when I was a senior in high school, suggesting that I attend Henderson State University and work with her to see if the timber business had any appeal to me. Her mother passed away in 1967, and the Ross Foundation was formed primarily with land and timber from her estate. Having no children of her own, Jane was looking for someone to help take care of the foundation lands and personal assets. While the work at times was challenging, it offered many opportunities. We worked together until her death in 1999. The Ross Foundation today...