Nov. 26, 2003
 Paul
F. Saint, a retired insurance executive and civic leader,
died Nov. 26 at Liberty Commons Nursing Home, Chatham, Mass.,
from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease,
at 84.
A life insurance industry executive, Mr. Saint had joined
the Home Life Insurance Company of New York (now Phoenix
Insurance) following World War II; he served as the manager
of the Boston agency for more than 30 years. During his career,
Mr. Saint had belonged to numerous industry groups, including
the Boston Insurance Managers’ Roundtable; he also
taught insurance courses at Northeastern University in Boston.
Prior to his retirement in the mid-1980s, Mr. Saint was appointed
to recruit and train new managers for his company; he wrote
a training book, titled Mastering Quality
Management.
A longtime resident of Needham, Mass., Mr. Saint had been
a member of many town boards and committees. Elected a selectman
three times, he served two years as a board chairman in the
1960s; he later held the post of chairman of the Needham
Bicentennial Committee. Following his retirement to Brewster,
Mass., Mr. Saint served two terms on the town’s Board
of Selectmen.
Active in civic affairs, he had been president of the Needham
Lions Club; district governor of the Massachusetts Lions
Clubs; and a member of the Dennis-Harwich Lions Club. In
addition, he had been a Little League coach and a Boy Scout
leader in Needham.
Mr. Saint had also been involved in College alumni affairs,
serving one term as president of the General Alumni Association.
A member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross,
he had been a longtime class chair and class agent as well
as an active member of the Boston and Cape Cod Alumni Clubs.
He received the In Hoc Signo Award in 1975.
A member of Our Lady of the Cape Parish in Brewster, Mass.,
Mr. Saint compiled the church’s history, raised new
building funds and started and chaired its St. Vincent de
Paul Society. In 1991, the Catholic Diocese of Fall River
presented him with the Marian Medal.
A World War II veteran, Mr. Saint had been a mortar company
battalion captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps and in the French
army; he had also served with the U.S. Third Army under Gen.
George Patton in the Battle of the Bulge. Awarded the Purple
Heart, the Bronze Star and the French Croix de Guerre medals,
he saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and France.
Mr. Saint received his M.B.A. degree from Boston University
and earned several financial services industry certificates,
including the CLU and CHFC degrees.
He is survived by his wife, Jean; five sons, P. Michael ’71;
William B. ’73, David J. ’75, John P. ’80
and Joseph R. ’88; a brother; five granddaughters;
two nephews and three nieces; 16 grandnephews and grandnieces;
three stepchildren; and four stepgrandchildren.
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