Background
Cronin, Paul William was born on March 14, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Joseph and Anna (Murphy) Cronin.
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Cronin, Paul William was born on March 14, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Joseph and Anna (Murphy) Cronin.
Student, Merrimack College, Andover, Massachusetts, 1957-1958; Bachelor in Government and Economics, Boston University, 1962; Master of Public Administration, Harvard University, 1969.
Chief assistant to Congressman F. Bradford Morse, 1963-1967. Member 93d Congress from Massachusetts. Member committee science and astronautics, interior and insular affairs subcommittee on energy, science and technical, mines, national parks.
Founder, president, chief executive offic Highline Industries Inc. Founding member Solar Rating and Certified Corporation, 1980. Chairman Highline Products Corporation, Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
Owner PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associates, Andover, Massachusetts. Member advisory board Solar Energy Research Institute and Western Sun. National president Solar Energy Industries Association.
Trustee Solar Energy Research Foundation. Member International Energy Conference, Paris, France, 1976. Delegate United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy, Nairobi, Kenya, 1981.
Board directors Massachusetts Port Authority.
President, member executive committee, precinct captain Andover Republican Town Committee, 1960. Delegate Republican State Conventions, 1962, 64, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82-90, Republican National Convention, 1968, 72, 76, 88;N.E. regional director Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, 1969-1970. Selectman Town of Andover, 1963-1966.
Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1967-1969. Chairman Massachusetts Multiple Sclerosis Society, Bon Secours Hospital Guild, Men of Merrimack College. Member Haus Rissen Seminar for American Opinion Leaders, Hamburg and Berlin, 1983.
Presidential advisor Merrimack College. Executive committee Boston University. Candidate for Governor Massachusetts, 1990.
Co-chair Corporation Relations Committee, Merrimack College. Member Massachusetts Selectmans Association (life), Massachusetts Legislation Association (life), National Association State Legislators, Solar Energy Industries Association (president), Former Members Congress (life), C.L.A. Graduate School Alumni Association Boston University (president 1988-1989), Lawrence Boys Club (president 1990-1991), Hibernians, Lanam, Capitol Hill-Harvard Club, Knights of Columbus, Elks.
Married Kathleen Sears, 1957 (divorced 1987). Children: Kevin P., Kimberley A.