SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Tingue, Brown & Co. is mourning retired board chairman Richard K. Bird, who died Jan. 31 at age 81.
Bird spent nearly 55 years with the Tingue, Brown organization, starting as a sales representative in 1951. Over the years, he rose through the ranks to regional sales manager, assistant vice president, director, national sales manager, president, chief operating officer, chief executive officer (retiring in 1992) and chairman (retiring in 2002).
