Richard Francis Paolino ’67

Richard Francis Paolino ’67 of Barrington, Rhode Island, died May 14, 2012. Rich came to the College from Barrington High School. He majored in engineering sciences, was a brother of Beta Theta Pi and a member of ROTC. He served in the Marine Corps as a lieutenant. Rich earned an M.B.A. in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1973. Rich began his career in marketing and sales, moved on to Bendix Corp. as director of marketing and sales of its automation and measurement division, and assumed general manager responsibility with the measurement systems group of Brown and Sharpe on 1985. In 1997 he assumed CEO responsibility with Dynisco Inc. From 2001 to 2004 he was president and CEO of Boston Retail Products Co. From 2005 to 2010 he was chairman and CEO of White Systems Inc., which is a management capital portfolio company. From 2009 to 2012 Rich was principal of Paolino CEO & Executives Services LLC, a consultancy firm offering strategic planning, board membership and other executive services. For the class Rich was active in the reunion giving committees, reunion committees and Parents Fund and as class agent and host of many mini-reunion golf gatherings in Rhode Island. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and children Christopher ’00 and Kathryn ’02. Rich noted that he only played golf with people who had a sense of humor. Future Rhode Island golf gatherings will carry on in Rich’s memory.