WESTON, Mass. — Looking back on the lessons of a lifetime, Melvin Rines credits growing up in Berlin, the love of his family and good luck for giving him the solid foundation on which he built successful careers in the Navy and on Wall Street.
Rines, who was born on Aug. 26, 1924, in Berlin, will soon turn 94 years old.
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