Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Wilcox, Raymond B. December 15, 1884 - 
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	RAYMOND B. WILCOX.  In the commercial world of today competition is 
exceedingly keen and only those possessed of superior ability, a strong will 
and tireless energy achieve the full measure of success. Liberally endowed 
with these requisites, Raymond B. Wilcox has become an outstanding figure in 
business circles of Portland and worthily bears an honored family name which 
is inseparably associated with the history of the city’s upbuilding and 
progress. He was born December 15, 1884, and is one of Portland’s loyal sons. 
His father was Theodore Burney Wilcox, mentioned elsewhere in this publication.
	Raymond B. Wilcox attended the public schools of Portland and St. 
Paul’s school at Concord, New Hampshire, and received his higher education in 
Harvard University, from which he won the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1907. 
He mastered the technicalities of the flour industry, filling various 
positions in the mills, and was associated with his father in the operation of 
the plant until 1918, when the business was sold.  In November, 1918, he was 
the prime mover in the organization of the Wilcox-Hayes Company, his 
associates in the venture being G. V. Hayes and J. S. Campbell.  Mr. Hayes 
withdrew from the firm on the 30th of June, 1927, and the present officers are 
R. B. Wilcox, president; and J. S. Campbell, vice president. They are 
distributors and exporters of lumber, wheat, flour and fruit, the chief 
products of the Pacific northwest, and also import produce from the orient. 
The commodities which they handle are sold throughout the United States and 
their domestic fruit trade is an important feature of the business. The 
transactions of the firm in the orient are facilitated by the maintenance of 
offices in Kobe and Tokio, Japan, and the company also does business in Europe 
and the antipodes, dealing through brokers. The Portland office is situated in 
the Wilcox building and the yearly transactions of the corporation now amount 
to more than three and a half million dollars. This notable progress has been 
made within a period of eight years and the remarkable success of the 
undertaking proves that in Mr. Wilcox the company has an executive of 
exceptional capacity and power. He is also an astute financier and serves as 
secretary and a director of the Wilcox Investment Company, whose affairs are 
likewise in a prosperous condition.
	In 1910 Mr. Wilcox was united in marriage to Miss Helen Healy, of 
Boston, Massachusetts, and they now have three children: Virginia, William and 
Lida. For three years Mr. Wilcox was a director of the Portland Chamber of 
Commerce, of which he was elected president in 1926, and is now chairman of 
its foreign trade committee. He enjoys the social side of life and is a member 
of the Portland Golf Club, the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club and the 
Arlington, University and Waverly Clubs. His public spirit has prompted him to 
put forth earnest and effective effort in behalf of his city.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 453-454

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