Judge Robert J. Parins, the first fulltime president of the Green Bay Packers and the one who laid some of the groundwork for the franchise’s success over the past quarter-century, died Friday night in the Village of Hobart, just outside Green Bay.
Parins, 98, served as president of the Packers from 1982 to 1989. He also was a member of the team’s board of directors for 28 years and was a director emeritus at the time of his death.
Parins was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1998.
During Parins’ seven years as president, he put an end to the Packers’ long-standing practice of vesting full authority of their football operation in one man and from a business standpoint allowed the franchise to broaden its financial horizons by overseeing the construction of the first luxury boxes at Lambeau Field.