Milton Moran Jr., president of Cascade Timber Consulting in Sweet Home, is one of four Lebanon High School alumni who have been selected as this year’s inductees into the Bud and Dorothy Page Lebanon High School Alumni Hall of Fame.
Moran graduated from LHS in 1971.
The Hall of Fame recognizes LHS graduates who have made significant achievements in the fields of arts and entertainment, science and medicine, business, humanitarian service and athletics.
It is intended to promote Lebanon pride, inspire students by highlighting the successes of those who’ve gone before them, and raise scholarships for the Bud Page Leadership Award.
This year’s induction ceremony will be held Oct. 25 at the Boulder Falls Event Center. Tickets can be purchased at RKI Insurance, 1175 S. Main St., Lebanon.
Moran has been selected for both his business leadership and humanitarian service.
He oversees the management of all timber land operations and fiscal management of 145,000 acres of Hill Timber Limited Partnership lands through Cascade Timber Consulting.
He began his career with CTC following graduation from Central Oregon Community College with an associate of science degree in forest technology in 1973, and has been with the company for 52 years, serving in various management roles prior to becoming president in 2018.
Moran’s leadership in forestry management literally spans the globe. He has served on countless boards and committees, chairing many of them, such as the Oregon Forest Industries Council, the Northwest Log Rules Group (past president), the COCC and OSU Cascades Campus Forestry Advisory Committee, and numerous committees for the Oregon Department of Forestry, to name a few.
On a national level, he has represented private landowners on the Federal USFS & BLM Large Wildland Fire Incident Commanders Council.
Since 2020, Moran has been a member of the Board of Governors for Cainard Forestry in New Zealand.
Moran’s commitment to his community is as impressive as his professional leadership, particularly his work to improve access to quality healthcare and to provide opportunities for children.
Representing Sweet Home on the Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Board of Directors since 2004 and on the Samaritan System Healthcare Board since 2014 (board chair 2020-22), Moran championed Sweet Home’s need for improved medical facilities. As co-chair for fundraising, he was instrumental in accomplishing the construction of Sweet Home’s new clinic, urgent care and pharmacy facility.
Improving the lives of Sweet Home’s children is also important to Moran. He served on the school board for eight years and held leadership positions on the budget committee and the high school advisory committee and site council.
As a member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam Fundraising and Building Project Committee, Moran played a key role in raising funds to construct Sweet Home’s new Club and Community Center facility.
Moran and his wife Jane (Duerr) have been married 49 years, raised four children, built three new houses, and have seven grandchildren.
This year’s other inductees are: Carol Herron, recognized for humanitarian service based on her extensive volunteerism and leadership working with fragile and underserved populations in the Northwest; U.S. Navy Commander (Ret.) Ben Masog, an aircraft carrier fighter pilot and Electronic Attack Weapons School graduate; and the late Dan Speasl, longtime head coach at Crater High School, where he won six state team championships, and founder of scholarship programs both there and at Lebanon High School for graduating seniors.