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	[[Image:rwendt.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|]]WENDT, Richard. (Dubuque, IA, 1931--Portland, OR, Aug. 14, 2010). In 1953, Wendt, the son of [[WENDT, Lester\|Lester WENDT]], graduated from Iowa State University, where he lettered in track and field, and then served in the U.S. Air Force. In 1957, while working for [[CARADCO]], Wendt moved to Klamath Falls as manager of the company’s frame plant. When Caradco decided to close its Oregon operation, Wendt and four junior partners bought the plant and in 1960 started [[JELD-WEN]]. The first half of the firm’s name was an acronym formed by the first letters of the given names of four Wendt family members. (1) JELD-WEN entities in Oregon include Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond; Pelican Butte Ski Resort; Running Y Ranch in Klamath Falls; Gleneden, Grey Gull, Cascade Forest, and Harbor Links; time share resorts Trend West and WorldMark the Club; Omnititle in Redmond; Amerititle; Pozzi Window in Bend; United Window and Door in Stayton; Bend Door Company; BEN-FAB in Klamath Falls; Klamath Door Company; Advanced Wood Resources in Brownsville, a manufacturer of wood pellets for use as fuel; Challenge Doors; Specialty Fiber; Thomas Lambert; and ~~Jeld~~-~~Wen, Jeld-Wen~~ Real Estate and Jeld-Wen Fiber. (2)		[[Image:rwendt.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|]]WENDT, Richard. (Dubuque, IA, 1931--Portland, OR, Aug. 14, 2010). In 1953, Wendt, the son of [[WENDT, Lester\|Lester WENDT]], graduated from Iowa State University, where he lettered in track and field, and then served in the U.S. Air Force. In 1957, while working for [[CARADCO]], Wendt moved to Klamath Falls as manager of the company’s frame plant. When Caradco decided to close its Oregon operation, Wendt and four junior partners bought the plant and in 1960 started [[JELD-WEN]]. The first half of the firm’s name was an acronym formed by the first letters of the given names of four Wendt family members. (1) JELD-WEN entities in Oregon include Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond; Pelican Butte Ski Resort; Running Y Ranch in Klamath Falls; Gleneden, Grey Gull, Cascade Forest, and Harbor Links; time share resorts Trend West and WorldMark the Club; Omnititle in Redmond; Amerititle; Pozzi Window in Bend; United Window and Door in Stayton; Bend Door Company; BEN-FAB in Klamath Falls; Klamath Door Company; Advanced Wood Resources in Brownsville, a manufacturer of wood pellets for use as fuel; Challenge Doors; Specialty Fiber; Thomas Lambert; and [[JELD-WEN]] Real Estate and Jeld-Wen Fiber. (2)

	JELD_WEN revolutionized production of wood-framed windows, which had largely been made in the Midwest out of Ponderosa pine logs shipped from the West. Instead, the company made door parts in the West, near timber supplies, and sent them to window factories near Eastern markets -- shipping 35 percent less wood. The difference was made into wood fiber, applying resin and hot-pressing it -- to make door skins. The molded-skin product, also made by Masonite, became the nation's most popular interior door.		JELD_WEN revolutionized production of wood-framed windows, which had largely been made in the Midwest out of Ponderosa pine logs shipped from the West. Instead, the company made door parts in the West, near timber supplies, and sent them to window factories near Eastern markets -- shipping 35 percent less wood. The difference was made into wood fiber, applying resin and hot-pressing it -- to make door skins. The molded-skin product, also made by Masonite, became the nation's most popular interior door.

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-[[Image:rwendt.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]WENDT, Richard. (Dubuque, IA--Portland, OR, Aug. 14, 2010). Jeld-Wen Inc. cofounder Wendt built his privately held windows-and-doors company into a $2 billion-a-year business with 20,000 employees in 22 countries.
+[[Image:rwendt.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]WENDT, Richard. (Dubuque, IA, 1931--Portland, OR, Aug. 14, 2010). In 1953, Wendt, the son of [[WENDT, Lester|Lester WENDT]], graduated from Iowa State University, where he lettered in track and field, and then served in the U.S. Air Force. In 1957, while working for [[CARADCO]], Wendt moved to Klamath Falls as manager of the company’s frame plant. When Caradco decided to close its Oregon operation, Wendt and four junior partners bought the plant and in 1960 started [[JELD-WEN]]. The first half of the firm’s name was an acronym formed by the first letters of the given names of four Wendt family members. (1) JELD-WEN entities in Oregon include Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond; Pelican Butte Ski Resort; Running Y Ranch in Klamath Falls; Gleneden, Grey Gull, Cascade Forest, and Harbor Links; time share resorts Trend West and WorldMark the Club; Omnititle in Redmond; Amerititle; Pozzi Window in Bend; United Window and Door in Stayton; Bend Door Company; BEN-FAB in Klamath Falls; Klamath Door Company; Advanced Wood Resources in Brownsville, a manufacturer of wood pellets for use as fuel; Challenge Doors; Specialty Fiber; Thomas Lambert; and Jeld-Wen, Jeld-Wen Real Estate and Jeld-Wen Fiber. (2)
-Wendt gave an estimated $2 million or more to Oregon political causes in the last two decades. Wendt and his wife, Nancy, also donated to charitable and academic institutions including $32 million to the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]].
+JELD_WEN revolutionized production of wood-framed windows, which had largely been made in the Midwest out of Ponderosa pine logs shipped from the West. Instead, the company made door parts in the West, near timber supplies, and sent them to window factories near Eastern markets -- shipping 35 percent less wood. The difference was made into wood fiber, applying resin and hot-pressing it -- to make door skins. The molded-skin product, also made by Masonite, became the nation's most popular interior door.
-One of Oregon's most prominent businessmen, worth perhaps $750 million, Wendt often went unrecognized even in his home of Klamath Falls. He drove an old Jeep Cherokee and hiked in torn Hush Puppies for years before friends bought him hiking boots. Stories have suggested that security officers kicked him out of his own mills.
+In 1990, JELD-WEN gave $150,000 toward a ballot measure he favored to place welfare and unemployment recipients in subsidized private-sector jobs.  The initiative passed, leading to a program known Oregon’s JOBS Plus which became a state-sponsored, on-the-job training program in which employers are permitted to pay eligible JOBS Plus workers less than the minimum wage. (3) NextJob is one of a group of companies including Hire Calling Co., SOS Staffing and Employment Trends that Wendt founded or bought, putting to work more than 70,000 people a year. Wendt founded the American Institute for Full Employment in 1994. AIFE sent people to state legislatures around the country to promote the idea of converting welfare and unemployment benefits into wage subsidies for companies. Programs have been created in Mississippi, Texas, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Delaware.  (4)
-Wendt moved to Klamath Falls in 1957, when [[CARADCO]] where his father worked, dispatched him to turn around a struggling mill. Wendt made the mill profitable, but Caradco managers decided to sell it. Wendt and four other employees bought the plant at auction in 1960, forming the company that became Jeld-Wen. The name combines the first names of his sister, Jewel; his mother, Evelyn; his father, Lester, and his own nickname, Dick; with Wen abbreviating their surname.
+He and his wife made large contributions to Republican political campaigns.
-Jeld-Wen revolutionized production of wood-framed windows, which had largely been made in the Midwest out of Ponderosa pine logs shipped from the West. Instead, the company made door parts in the West, near timber supplies, and sent them to window factories near Eastern markets -- shipping 35 percent less wood. The difference was made into wood fiber, applying resin and hot-pressing it -- to make door skins. The molded-skin product, also made by Masonite, became the nation's most popular interior door.
+The JELD-WEN Foundation was established in 1969. Founded to benefit the local community, it provided financial assistance through grants, scholarships, and matching JELD-WEN  employee's voluntary United Way donations. (5) He and his wife endowed chairs at three Oregon universities.  They also donated to charitable and academic institutions including $32 million to the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]].
-Jeld-Wen expanded by building plants and then by acquiring numerous companies, including Pozzi, Norco and Caradco, the company that Wendt's father ultimately headed. Consistent with Wendt's understated character, subsidiaries retained their names -- until managers realized they were advertising 27 brands.
+In the 1970s, University of Dubuque supporter Lester Wendt stated,
-Wendt stepped down as board chairman early in 2010, succeeded by Robert Turner, a longtime Jeld-Wen manager and board member. Wendt's son, Rod, has been chief executive since 1992.
+Two decades later, Lester’s son and daughter-in-law, Richard L. and Nancy J. Wendt, brought his dream to reality.
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	[[Image:rwendt.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|]]WENDT, Richard. (Dubuque, IA--Portland, OR, Aug. 14, 2010). Jeld-Wen Inc. cofounder Wendt built his privately held windows-and-doors company into a $2 billion-a-year business with 20,000 employees in 22 countries.		[[Image:rwendt.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|]]WENDT, Richard. (Dubuque, IA--Portland, OR, Aug. 14, 2010). Jeld-Wen Inc. cofounder Wendt built his privately held windows-and-doors company into a $2 billion-a-year business with 20,000 employees in 22 countries.

	Wendt gave an estimated $2 million or more to Oregon political causes in the last two decades. Wendt and his wife, Nancy, also donated to charitable and academic institutions, including $32 million to the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]].		Wendt gave an estimated $2 million or more to Oregon political causes in the last two decades. Wendt and his wife, Nancy, also donated to charitable and academic institutions including $32 million to the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]].

	One of Oregon's most prominent businessmen, worth perhaps $750 million, Wendt often went unrecognized even in his home of Klamath Falls. He drove an old Jeep Cherokee and hiked in torn Hush Puppies for years before friends bought him hiking boots. Stories have suggested that security officers kicked him out of his own mills.		One of Oregon's most prominent businessmen, worth perhaps $750 million, Wendt often went unrecognized even in his home of Klamath Falls. He drove an old Jeep Cherokee and hiked in torn Hush Puppies for years before friends bought him hiking boots. Stories have suggested that security officers kicked him out of his own mills.
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	Wendt stepped down as board chairman early in 2010, succeeded by Robert Turner, a longtime Jeld-Wen manager and board member. Wendt's son, Rod, has been chief executive since 1992.		Wendt stepped down as board chairman early in 2010, succeeded by Robert Turner, a longtime Jeld-Wen manager and board member. Wendt's son, Rod, has been chief executive since 1992.

	Harboring a dream of full national employment, Wendt quietly assembled a network of temp agencies that hired tens of thousands. In 1990, Jeld-Wen gave $150,000 toward a ballot measure Wendt favored to place welfare and unemployment recipients in subsidized private-sector jobs. The initiative passed, leading to a program known as Jobs Plus ~~that placed thousands in subsidized positions~~. NextJob is one of a group of companies including Hire Calling Co., SOS Staffing and Employment Trends that Wendt founded or bought, putting to work more than 70,000 people a year. He was also involved in Trendwest Resorts and JWTR, a large Northwest timber company.		Harboring a dream of full national employment, Wendt quietly assembled a network of temp agencies that hired tens of thousands. In 1990, Jeld-Wen gave $150,000 toward a ballot measure Wendt favored to place welfare and unemployment recipients in subsidized private-sector jobs. The initiative passed, leading to a program known as Jobs Plus. NextJob is one of a group of companies including Hire Calling Co., SOS Staffing and Employment Trends that Wendt founded or bought, putting to work more than 70,000 people a year. He was also involved in Trendwest Resorts and JWTR, a large Northwest timber company.

	Wendt founded the American Institute for Full Employment in 1994. He and his wife made large contributions to Republican political campaigns. In 2002, Wendt offered $75 million to the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls to go private. ~~But college~~ administrators decided it ~~wasn't~~ enough to make up for state funding.		Wendt founded the American Institute for Full Employment in 1994. He and his wife made large contributions to Republican political campaigns. In 2002, Wendt offered $75 million to the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls to go private. College administrators, however, decided it was not enough to make up for state funding. Wendt served on an OIT advisory board and on boards of other enterprises including, Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls. He and his wife endowed chairs at three Oregon universities.
	Wendt served on an OIT advisory board and on boards of other enterprises including, Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls. He and his wife endowed chairs at three Oregon universities.

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[[Image:rwendt.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]WENDT, Richard. (Dubuque, IA--Portland, OR, Aug. 14, 2010). Jeld-Wen Inc. cofounder Wendt built his privately held windows-and-doors company into a $2 billion-a-year business with 20,000 employees in 22 countries.

Wendt gave an estimated $2 million or more to Oregon political causes in the last two decades. Wendt and his wife, Nancy, also donated to charitable and academic institutions, including $32 million to the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]].

One of Oregon's most prominent businessmen, worth perhaps $750 million, Wendt often went unrecognized even in his home of Klamath Falls. He drove an old Jeep Cherokee and hiked in torn Hush Puppies for years before friends bought him hiking boots. Stories have suggested that security officers kicked him out of his own mills.

Wendt moved to Klamath Falls in 1957, when [[CARADCO]] where his father worked, dispatched him to turn around a struggling mill. Wendt made the mill profitable, but Caradco managers decided to sell it. Wendt and four other employees bought the plant at auction in 1960, forming the company that became Jeld-Wen. The name combines the first names of his sister, Jewel; his mother, Evelyn; his father, Lester, and his own nickname, Dick; with Wen abbreviating their surname.

Jeld-Wen revolutionized production of wood-framed windows, which had largely been made in the Midwest out of Ponderosa pine logs shipped from the West. Instead, the company made door parts in the West, near timber supplies, and sent them to window factories near Eastern markets -- shipping 35 percent less wood. The difference was made into wood fiber, applying resin and hot-pressing it -- to make door skins. The molded-skin product, also made by Masonite, became the nation's most popular interior door.

Jeld-Wen expanded by building plants and then by acquiring numerous companies, including Pozzi, Norco and Caradco, the company that Wendt's father ultimately headed. Consistent with Wendt's understated character, subsidiaries retained their names -- until managers realized they were advertising 27 brands.

Wendt stepped down as board chairman early in 2010, succeeded by Robert Turner, a longtime Jeld-Wen manager and board member. Wendt's son, Rod, has been chief executive since 1992.

Harboring a dream of full national employment, Wendt quietly assembled a network of temp agencies that hired tens of thousands. In 1990, Jeld-Wen gave $150,000 toward a ballot measure Wendt favored to place welfare and unemployment recipients in subsidized private-sector jobs. The initiative passed, leading to a program known as Jobs Plus that placed thousands in subsidized positions. NextJob is one of a group of companies including Hire Calling Co., SOS Staffing and Employment Trends that Wendt founded or bought, putting to work more than 70,000 people a year. He was also involved in Trendwest Resorts and JWTR, a large Northwest timber company.

Wendt founded the American Institute for Full Employment in 1994. He and his wife made large contributions to Republican political campaigns. In 2002, Wendt offered $75 million to the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls to go private. But college administrators decided it wasn't enough to make up for state funding.
Wendt served on an OIT advisory board and on boards of other enterprises including, Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls. He and his wife endowed chairs at three Oregon universities.

[[Category: Business Leader]]

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	[[Image:rwendt.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|]]WENDT, Richard. (Dubuque, IA, 1931--Portland, OR, Aug. 14, 2010). In 1953, Wendt, the son of [[WENDT, Lester\|Lester WENDT]], graduated from Iowa State University, where he lettered in track and field, and then served in the U.S. Air Force. In 1957, while working for [[CARADCO]], Wendt moved to Klamath Falls as manager of the company’s frame plant. When Caradco decided to close its Oregon operation, Wendt and four junior partners bought the plant and in 1960 started [[JELD-WEN]]. The first half of the firm’s name was an acronym formed by the first letters of the given names of four Wendt family members. (1) JELD-WEN entities in Oregon include Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond; Pelican Butte Ski Resort; Running Y Ranch in Klamath Falls; Gleneden, Grey Gull, Cascade Forest, and Harbor Links; time share resorts Trend West and WorldMark the Club; Omnititle in Redmond; Amerititle; Pozzi Window in Bend; United Window and Door in Stayton; Bend Door Company; BEN-FAB in Klamath Falls; Klamath Door Company; Advanced Wood Resources in Brownsville, a manufacturer of wood pellets for use as fuel; Challenge Doors; Specialty Fiber; Thomas Lambert; and [[JELD-WEN]] Real Estate and Jeld-Wen Fiber. (2)		[[Image:rwendt.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|]]WENDT, Richard. (Dubuque, IA, 1931--Portland, OR, Aug. 14, 2010). In 1953, Richard Wendt, the son of [[WENDT, Lester\|Lester WENDT]], graduated from Iowa State University, where he lettered in track and field, and then served in the U.S. Air Force. In 1957, while working for [[CARADCO]], Wendt moved to Klamath Falls as manager of the company’s frame plant. When Caradco decided to close its Oregon operation, Wendt and four junior partners bought the plant and in 1960 started [[JELD-WEN]]. The first half of the firm’s name was an acronym formed by the first letters of the given names of four Wendt family members. (1) JELD-WEN entities in Oregon include Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond; Pelican Butte Ski Resort; Running Y Ranch in Klamath Falls; Gleneden, Grey Gull, Cascade Forest, and Harbor Links; time share resorts Trend West and WorldMark the Club; Omnititle in Redmond; Amerititle; Pozzi Window in Bend; United Window and Door in Stayton; Bend Door Company; BEN-FAB in Klamath Falls; Klamath Door Company; Advanced Wood Resources in Brownsville, a manufacturer of wood pellets for use as fuel; Challenge Doors; Specialty Fiber; Thomas Lambert; and [[JELD-WEN]] Real Estate and Jeld-Wen Fiber. (2)

	JELD_WEN revolutionized production of wood-framed windows, which had largely been made in the Midwest out of Ponderosa pine logs shipped from the West. Instead, the company made door parts in the West, near timber supplies, and sent them to window factories near Eastern markets -- shipping 35 percent less wood. The difference was made into wood fiber, applying resin and hot-pressing it -- to make door skins. The molded-skin product, also made by Masonite, became the nation's most popular interior door.		JELD_WEN revolutionized production of wood-framed windows, which had largely been made in the Midwest out of Ponderosa pine logs shipped from the West. Instead, the company made door parts in the West, near timber supplies, and sent them to window factories near Eastern markets -- shipping 35 percent less wood. The difference was made into wood fiber, applying resin and hot-pressing it -- to make door skins. The molded-skin product, also made by Masonite, became the nation's most popular interior door.
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	He and his wife made large contributions to Republican political campaigns.		He and his wife made large contributions to Republican political campaigns.

	The JELD-WEN Foundation was established in 1969. Founded to benefit the local community, it provided financial assistance through grants, scholarships, and ~~matching~~ JELD-WEN employee's voluntary United Way donations. (5) He and his wife endowed chairs at three Oregon universities. They also donated to charitable and academic institutions including $32 million to the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]].		The JELD-WEN Foundation was established in 1969. Founded to benefit the local community, it provided financial assistance through grants, scholarships, and matched JELD-WEN employee's voluntary United Way donations. (5) He and his wife endowed chairs at three Oregon universities. They also donated to charitable and academic institutions including $32 million to the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]].

	In the 1970s, University of Dubuque supporter Lester Wendt stated,		In the 1970s, University of Dubuque supporter Lester Wendt stated,
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	questions of what they can do for their fellow man and		questions of what they can do for their fellow man and
	at the same time assist each person to help himself or		at the same time assist each person to help himself or
	herself.”		herself.”

	Two decades later, Lester’s son and daughter-in-law, Richard L. and Nancy J. Wendt, brought his dream to reality.		Two decades later, Lester’s son and daughter-in-law, Richard L. and Nancy J. Wendt, brought his dream to reality.
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	In 2002, Wendt offered $75 million to the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls to go private. College administrators, however, decided it was not enough to make up for state funding. (7)		In 2002, Wendt offered $75 million to the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls to go private. College administrators, however, decided it was not enough to make up for state funding. (7)

	Wendt stepped down as board chairman early in 2010, succeeded by Robert Turner, a longtime JELD-WEN manager and board member~~. Wendt's son, Rod, has been chief executive since 1992~~. Soon after Wendt’s death from a stroke in 2010, a majority share of the company was sold to Onex, a Canadian holding company. (8)		Wendt stepped down as board chairman early in 2010, succeeded by Robert Turner, a longtime JELD-WEN manager and board member. Soon after Wendt’s death from a stroke in 2010, a majority share of the company was sold to Onex, a Canadian holding company. (8)

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