Background
Torras, Joseph Hill was born on November 14, 1924 in Americus, Georgia, United States. Son of Fernando Joseph and Nell Wilson (Hill) Torras.
pulp and paper company executive
Torras, Joseph Hill was born on November 14, 1924 in Americus, Georgia, United States. Son of Fernando Joseph and Nell Wilson (Hill) Torras.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1948. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor in Business Administration, Piedmont College, 1997.
Assistant to finance vice president, Seatrian Lines, Inc., 1950-1951;
with, St. Regis Paper Company, 1951-1960;
sales manager printing papers division, St. Regis Paper Company, 1956-1960;
executive vice president, Brown Company, Boston, 1960-1964;
president, Chairman of the Board, Premoid Corporation, West Springfield, Massachusetts, 1964-1987;
president, Precon, Inc., Ludlow, 1967-1987;
president, Lincoln Pulp & Paper Company, Lincoln, Maine., since 1968;
president, Astro Tissue Company, Battleboro, Vermont, 1968-1972;
Chairman of the Board, Whitman Products, Ltd., West Warwick, Rhode Island, 1976-1989;
president, chief Executive officer, Preco Corporation, Amherst, Massachusetts, since 1976;
chairman, Lincoln (Maine) Pulp and Paper Company, since 1989. Board directors Bay Banks, Inc., Boston. Chairman Eastern Fine Paper Inc., Brewer, Maine, since 1989.
Advisory director Liberty Mutual Insurance.
Member Massachusetts Governor's Business Advisory Council, 1985—1989. Development board Yale University. Board governors Massachusetts General Hospital, 1985—1996.
Board directors Massachusetts Taxpayers Association, 1976—1986. Trustee History Deerfield, 1990—2004, Piedmont College, Georgia, 1991—1999. Director Institute of World Politics, since 1990.
Member Tissue Paper Manufacturers Association (director 1963-1964), American Pulp and Paper Mill Superintendents Association, Salesman's Association Paper Industry, National Association of Manufacturers (director 1981-1985), Colony Club, Carolina Yacht Club, Yale Club (New York City).
Married Mary Ravenel Robertson, September 20, 1952. Children: Mary Martin, Fernanda Maria, Joseph Hill.