In April 2000 International Paper paid $7.3 billion in cash and stock to acquire its rival Champion International, besting an offer from the Finnish paper company UPM-Kymmene.
In 1999 Dillon purchased Union Camp Corporation for $5.86 billion, a deal that he said promised huge savings.
John A. Dillon died in 2005.
John A. Dillon was born in 1923.
John Dillon died in 1927.
Former chairman and chief executive officer, International Paper Company
John Dillon was born on September 4, 1851.
John M. Dillon was born in 1939.
John Talbot Dillon died in 1805.
John Talbot Dillon was born in 1739.
John Forrest Dillon died in 1914.
John Forrest Dillon was born in 1831.
John Dillon Nugent died in 1940.