Le Roy Stanton Jr.; Developed Plywood Homes

Le Roy Stanton Jr., 78, scion of a pioneering California lumber family who co-founded a specialty building company, Stanline Inc. A native of Los Angeles, Stanton studied engineering at Stanford and in 1937 joined E.J. Stanton & Son Lumber Co., the firm begun by his grandfather in 1894. Stanton developed prefabricated plywood homes that were popular during lumber rationing in World War II. He helped create Stanline in 1960 to build homes and other structures. An accomplished airplane and helicopter pilot, Stanton taught flying to military pilots during World War II. On Feb. 28 in San Diego of lung cancer.