DEERFIELD, Ill., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Miles L. Marsh, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Fort James Corporation, today announced several changes
to the company's organizational structure.
    (http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19981204/CGF010 )
    Timothy G. Reilly, President of Fort James' North American Commercial
Products business, is leaving the company to pursue other interests.
    "Tim played an important role in the formation of our company and was
instrumental in creating our commercial products organization," said Marsh.
"I thank him for his efforts and wish him well in the future."
    Reilly plans to return to the Green Bay, Wis. area.
    Effective immediately, Daniel McCarty assumes the role of President of
North American Commercial Products.  McCarty, formerly President of Fort
James' DIXIE business, joined the company earlier this year from American
Crystal Sugar.  He will continue to report to Marsh and will relocate to Fort
James' corporate headquarters in Deerfield.
    Bill Schultz, formerly Vice President of Dixie's Retail Table Top
category, becomes Executive Vice President of Fort James' Dixie business,
reporting to Francis Florido, who now assumes the expanded role of President,
North American Consumer business.
    Both Schultz and Florido will operate out of Norwalk.
    Fort James Corporation (NYSE: FJ) is a leading international consumer
products company, serving customers both at home and away from home with
bathroom and facial tissue, paper towels, napkins, and cups and plates.  The
company's popular brands include Quilted Northern, Brawny, Dixie, Vanity Fair,
Mardi Gras, Green Forest, Soft 'N Gentle and So-Dri in North America and
Lotus, Tenderly, Colhogar and Kittensoft in Europe.  Fort James also produces
folding cartons for packaging food and pharmaceuticals, and communications
papers such as printing, publishing and office copy paper.  The company has
annual sales of approximately $7.3 billion, approximately 28,000 employees and
more than 60 manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada and 10 European
countries.

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