Background
Of Armenian descent, Paul Paul was born in Bitlis, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire in 1894.
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The Paul family who were then shoe repairmen, decided to become full-time farmers. Paul joined the Fresno Municipal Band in 1914 and served as its leader from 1923 to 1948. He was also an amateur wrestler.
He worked in the insurance business for a number of years, then became a prominent farmer.
The family started the Pipco Fruit Company in 1952, which grew to 400 acres by the 1960s. The farming operation eventually expanded by 1600 acres into Fresno and Madera County.
He had three children. Don Paul went to college at University of California, Los Angeles where he played football, and later played for the Los Angeles Rams football team, from 1948 till 1955.
Coached the Rams in the 1960"s, and later opened The Rams Horn restaurant in Encino, Ca.
He broadcast for Columbia Broadcasting System Television Sports on The NFL Broadcasts. Ronald Paul Senior and Robert Paul, were involved in the Pipco, Incorporated., farming operations in Fresno and Madera counties. Also doing Television Broadcasting, under the same name "Flying Home with Ronnie Paul", airing Big Band/Adult Standards soundies and Classic Television Broadcasts for Cocola Broadcasting in Fresno, Ca.
KSDI-television 33.2.
The Fresno Fairgrounds has named the Paul Paul Theatre after him. In 1976, the International Institute named him the foreign-born citizen of the year.
Membership
From 1960 until his death in 1979, he was a member of the Fresno District Fair Board of Directors.
