Longtime Finch Paper Chairman Richard J. Carota Dies at 73

In 1972, then-Finch, Pruyn Chairman, President and CEO Lyman Beeman selected Mr. Carota to go the pulp mill and straighten out the problems for good. Mr. Carota worked more than 300 days there without a day off to get the new process to run properly. He succeeded, and the high-quality pulp the mill produced was pivotal to the company's future success, earning Mr. Carota a promotion to vice president of manufacturing, a position he held from 1974-1982.