Robert J. Parins

Robert Parins was born on August 23, 1918, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He graduated from Green Bay East High School in 1936 and received a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1942. Parins was a noted lifelong fan of the Green Bay Packers, which started during his childhood. He attended games in the 1920s and even helped early Packers players—Parins noted Jug Earp specifically—carry their equipment before games. ==Professional career==

After his college graduation, Parins took a job as an insurance adjuster with Employer's Mutual of Wausau in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He moved back to Green Bay in 1944 and began practicing law. He served as the Brown County, Wisconsin, district attorney from 1949 to 1950. In 1968, he was elected a Wisconsin circuit court judge for the 14th Judicial Circuit, which covered Brown, Door, and Kewaunee counties. He also handled over 1,000 mediation or arbitration cases before retiring from his legal career at the age of 88. The officers were originally fired for returning Konerak Sinthasomphone to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Sinthasomphone, a 14-year-old Laotian boy, was abducted by Dahmer and had been reported missing. He escaped Dahmer the next day and was found naked, drugged, and bleeding by three black women. The women called police and officers showed up, two being Gabrish and Balcerzak. The officers escorted Sinthasomphone back inside Dahmer's apartment, where he convinced the officers that Sinthasomphone was his romantic partner and was drunk. They subsequently made homophobic remarks regarding the incident. Sinthasomphone became Dahmer's 13th rape and murder victim. He ordered the officers reinstated and awarded each around as back pay. ==Green Bay Packers==

In 1966, Parins was elected to the board of directors of Green Bay Packers, Inc., the non-profit organization that owns the Green Bay Packers. Parins was elected to the executive committee as vice president in 1979. In 1982, after the death of Dominic Olejniczak, Parins was formally elected president of the Packers. Parins became the first full-time president in the Packers' history and took on the additional title of chief executive officer in 1988. Parins's retirement marked an end to the tradition of electing local leaders to be president—Harlan was promoted from within and his profession was in football. Parins remained on the board of directors until 1994, after which he was named director emeritus. He held the position of honorary chairman from 1991 to 1994. However, Parins implemented various committees, including an investment committee, to try to harness the skills of the various board members. The Packers saw immediate results, with the team reporting a profit increase from in 1986 to in 1987. In recognition of these accomplishments, Parins was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1998. ==Personal life==

Parins was active in the local community, a noted sports enthusiast, and an outdoorsman. Parins died on May 26, 2017, in Hobart, Wisconsin, at the age of 98. ==References==