Longtime Finch Paper Chairman Richard J. Carota Dies at 73

Mr. Carota retired from Finch on February 2, 2009, after 53 years of service, 26 of which were served as the company's chairman, president and CEO. He was the first person who was not a member of the founding families of Finch, Pruyn to be elected chairman, president and CEO of the now-145-year-old company. He was also one of the few former labor union officers to become the CEO of a major American paper manufacturer.