He came to Princeton from Milford High School, joined Dial Lodge, and majored in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Paul left Princeton after his junior year and moved to Ogdensburg N.Y., to work as a reporter for the Ogdensburg Journal. After spending a summer sailing the Great Lakes as a Merchant Marine, Paul traveled in Europe for two years and then returned to Bridgeport, Conn., to serve as a reporter for the Bridgeport Telegram.
In 1960, Paul moved to Puerto Rico to work for The San Juan Star as a reporter and then as an editor. He moved from those positions to become a writer for the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co. and to serve as speechwriter for a succession of Puerto Rican governors. In 1963 Paul moved back to Connecticut and worked for the Puerto Rican government office in New York until he retired in 1996.
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; their two daughters; and four grandchildren.