Truman Wesley Collins (August 29, 1902 – February 23, 1964) was an American businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist from the state of Oregon.

He was also an active leader in several timber-related industry groups and contributed to selected education and religious institutions.

His grandfather, Teddy Collins, started the family's successful lumber business in Pennsylvania and it was expanded into Oregon by his father.

The Collins family hired J. T. "Mac" McDonald to run the Glenwood sawmill operation.

After graduating from Harvard, Collins returned to the Pacific Northwest to join the family business at Glenwood with McDonald as his mentor.

Collins wanted to use the revenue from the Glenwood sale to purchase the Grande Ronde Lumber Company in Pondosa, Oregon.

Once the purchase was complete, Collins relocated much of the Glenwood workforce to Pondosa, including J. T. McDonald.

However, as cutting operations moved farther from the mill extending the railroad become very expensive, so the company began experimenting with truck logging.

[1][4] During the 1930s, Collins served as an officer in a number of lumbermen's associations, helping to develop forest industry standards.

[10] A year later, he was elected to the Western Pine Association's national board of directors as second-vice president.

[11] In 1938, Collins attended the annual Pacific Logging Congress, where he was elected to the organization's board of directors.

In his father's will, Collins was given the rights to develop 67,800 acres (274 km2) of virgin timber land in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near the small community of Chester, California.

Collins continued to manage the Grande Ronde Pine Company as he began developing the Chester property as a long-term sustainable forest.

[15] Despite his busy wartime work schedule, Collins married Maribeth Akin Wilson on March 12, 1943.

[4][17] He worked continuously to create sustainable forest operations in Chester, Lakeview, Medford, and on Collins family land near Kane, Pennsylvania.

[4] Collins began volunteer service work shortly after he finished graduate school.

Over the course of his life, Collins contributed his time and resources to a wide range of educational, religious and political institutions and causes.

The award recognized his many years of community service and philanthropic support for education and religion institutions.

[33] At the time of his death, he and his wife, Maribeth W. Collins had three children: twin sons Timothy and Terry and daughter Cherida.

[1][25][36][37] After his death, the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center at Willamette University was named in his honor.