Henry Ladd Corbett (July 29, 1881 – April 22, 1957) was an American businessman, civic leader, and politician in the state of Oregon.

Corbett attended Harvard University and then returned to Oregon to manage family business interests.

[3][5] After graduating from Harvard, Corbett returned to Oregon to manage family business interests which included a major ownership stake in Ladd and Tilton Bank inherited from the Ladd side of his family as well as the extensive holdings of the Corbett estate.

He joined the Portland chamber of commerce and the Multnomah Athletic Club, where he played community league football.

That home, known as the H. L. and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett House, is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Because of his prominence as a Portland businessman and community leader, the Morning Oregonian covered both Corbett's engagement announcement and his wedding on the front page of the newspaper.

The committee served as the mayor's cabinet, advising him on city government activities and related public affairs.

In addition to the family living areas, there was a two-story servants' wing connected to the main house.

He helped organize the Spruce Production Division for the war effort and facilitated increased output at Portland shipyards.

He then began army training to enter active military service, but the war ended before he was commissioned.

[20][21] In 1926, Corbett and his brothers built the ten-story Pacific Building on property they owned across the street from the Pioneer Courthouse in Portland.

The building site was once the garden and cow pasture of their grandfather, Henry W. Corbett and his adjoining home was still occupied by his widow.

He served in the Oregon legislature's 1923 regular session before running for a full senate term in 1924.

As president of the port commission, he helped the United States War Department lease land for a Portland area air base in 1941.

[37] During World War II, Corbett was a member of the joint military-civilian committee that oversaw emergency defenses for the Port of Portland, ensuring wartime operations were not interrupted.

The board was responsible for making wartime wage determination decisions, ensuring that local labor disputes did not affect the war effort.

He was Oregon state chairman of the Crusade for Freedom in 1954, a national campaign to raise funds for Radio Free Europe.

[1][42] In 1956, the real estate holding company owned by Corbett and his two brothers, sold several of its downtown buildings.

[3] The Pacific Building, built by Corbett and his brothers, is now a historic landmark in downtown Portland.

Today, the classic ten-story office building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.