George T. Gerlinger was influential in the railroad and lumber products business in the U.S. state of Oregon in the early 20th century.
The oldest son of Louis Gerlinger, Sr., in 1902 he organized a group of investors in Dallas, Oregon to build railroad lines in the area.
Willamette Industries was one of the largest lumber companies in the world before a hostile takeover by Weyerhaeuser.
In 1917, the manufacturing operation was sold to Edgar K. Worthington, their Seattle landlord, and Captain Frederick W. Kent, an ex-Coast Guard Captain, investor and businessman.
His memorial biography is housed in the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon.