My father, Ben Craine (pictured), founder of B. H. Craine Company, spent 40 years in the paper industry, after learning the business from my grandfather, Marshall Miller, founder of Midwest Paper. Both were among the most knowledgeable people of their eras in the field of industrial paper distribution and converting. Both were true mavens of the industry... papermavens. I joined B. H. Craine Company in 2000, and after officially taking the reins in the summer of 2022, am now myself, a budding papermaven.