Albert B. Fink, a former Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Hawaii Newspaper Agency circulation manager, died Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., after a brief illness. He was 89. Former newspaper
exec dies in ArizonaALBERT B. FINK / 1912-2001
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Fink came to Hawaii from Texas in 1957 to work for the Star-Bulletin.
He served as HNA's circulation manager from 1962-72. He and his wife, Leota Miller Fink, enjoyed years of foreign and domestic travel after his early retirement and were particularly fond of ship cruises, according to their son, Albert B. Fink Jr.
The Finks lived in Honolulu until March 2000 when they moved to Scottsdale to be closer to family members.
Fink was born July 4, 1912, in Sacramento, Calif.
He attended San Francisco public schools, the San Diego Army and Navy Academy and the University of San Francisco.
His work in the newspaper circulation business included the San Francisco Call-Bulletin, the Los Angeles Mirror-News, the San Antonio (Texas) Express and San Antonio News.
He served in the Army infantry for four years, including combat tours in New Guinea and the Philippines, attaining the rank of major.
He also served in the Korean War as a battalion commander and public information officer, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve.
He is survived by his wife and son, daughter Lynne Fink Becker and three grandchildren.