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Jack McKinnon, president and chairman of Forest City Trading Group, Portland, Or., and president of American International Forest Products, Portland, died Feb. 14, 1989, in Lake Oswego, Or., after a lengthy illness. He was 58.

Born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, Mr. McKinnon began his lumber career with Oregon Pacific Forest Products, Portland, in 1954. In 1967, he left for the newly formed American International, becoming its president about five years later.

He introduced the large trading group concept to the lumber industry in the mid- 1970s with Forest City Trading Group, which has grown to include AIFP, Birmingham International, Buckeye Pacific, Cascade Empire, Olympic Industries, Richmond International, Seaboard International, Tampa International, Viking Forest Products and Western International. The umbrella company has annual sales in excess of one billion dollars.

Mr. McKinnon is survived by his widow, Patricia, his parents, three daughters, two sons, one sister and one grandson.

Warren C. Jimerson, 58, president of Contact Lumber Co.'s Contact International div.. died of a heart attack at his Portland. Or.. office March 15, 1989.

A graduate of Oregon State University and an Air Force veteran, Mr. Jimerson worked for Duke City Lumber and Georgia-Pacific before becoming the founding executive vice president of the Western Wood Moulding and Millwork Producers Association, Portland. He ran WWMMPA until he was hired in 1919 by Contact to establish their international division.

A memorial to him has been established at the World Forestry Center, Portland.

Mr. Jimerson is survived by his widow, Laura Lucile. two brothers and two sons.

Multifamily Starts Slow Down

Multifamily housing starts are expected to total 356,000 units this year, according to National Apartment Association economist Robert

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J. Sheehan. Final figures for multifamily housing starts in 1988 anticipate a total of 389,000 units.

Rental apartment starts are seen to total264,000 in 1989 while multifamily condo and co-op starts are expected to total 92,000 units.