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May you continue to be that place where things happen.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECarl Landegger, a member of the International Paper Hall of Fame and a former chairman of the IPST board of trustees, who led Parsons \u0026amp; Whittemore and Black Clawson, addressed the future of the forest bioproducts industry by saying, \u201cWe\u2019ll solve the problem by making new products.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlumni, former IPST executives such as past president Jim Ferris, and Georgia Tech officials rounded out the guest speaker list. They addressed the history of IPST and its move to Atlanta from Appleton, Wis., in 1989, the long legacy of the Institute of Paper Chemistry (IPC) since its founding in 1929, and its contributions to industry success. IPC became the Institute of Paper Science and Technology upon its move to Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech executive vice president-research Steve Cross commented that IPST is emblematic of Tech\u2019s tri-fold strategy of Research, Partnership, and Impact, a model he hopes to propagate across the campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are a product of 84 years of heritage, focused today on the forest bioproducts potential in the future,\u201d said IPST director Norman Marsolan. \u201cWe have produced more than 1,500 graduates with advanced degrees, many of whom are leaders for pulp and paper and related companies today. Our research programs at IPST are providing a path for the enhancement of pulp and paper production, while setting a course for entirely new products that will meet the demands of future markets.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe rededication featured contrasting presentations by the old and the new. George L. 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