Longtime Finch Paper Chairman Richard J. Carota Dies at 73

In the Spring of 1956, following his freshman year at Miami, Mr. Carota's paper industry career began almost accidentally. While home for the summer, he took a temporary job as a laborer at Finch, Pruyn, earning $1.35 an hour sweeping out rail cars that were used to ship paper from the mill. When he returned to the University of Miami in the fall of 1956 for his sophomore year, he was unable to find part-time work to help pay his tuition, and his family lacked the resources for him to continue his studies. He came home and returned to work at Finch, Pruyn.