Longtime Finch Paper Chairman Richard J. Carota Dies at 73

GLENS FALLS, NY—July 11, 2010—Richard J. Carota, the one-time union laborer who rose to become Paper Industry Executive of the Year as chairman, president and CEO of Glens Falls, NY-based Finch, Pruyn & Co., Inc., and its successor, Finch Paper LLC, passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2010, at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. He was 73 years old, and had determinedly fought an illness that began in September 2009.