Paul Joseph Navin, Jr., was born on the family farm at Yankee Hill, Mechanicsburg, Ohio, in 1932. Several years later his father, the regional manager for A & P groceries, was relocated and the Navins moved to Valleyview, on Columbus’ west side. Young Paul attended St. Aloysius Catholic School and Church on the Hilltop. He graduated from St. Charles Preparatory High School in 1950.

Navin entered The Ohio State University in Accounting. He was a four-year member of the diving team under the renowned coach Mike Peppe. He earned his “Block Os” two years, and was captain of the team his senior year. After graduating in 1954, Navin served proudly in the U. S. Air Force in Texas, Nebraska, Greenland and England. He served with Strategic Air Command (SAC), as a pilot of cargo planes and helped train future pilots. He returned to Columbus in 1959 and was immediately hired by Richard N. Larrimer as a claims investigator.

When his wife, Dana, was pregnant Navin began night classes through then Franklin University Law School while continuing to work full time. Capital University assumed responsibility for the education of Franklin Law students, and Navin graduated in 1969 two months after his fourth child was born. He practiced with Richard N. Larrimer and Associates and later became a partner.

In his early years as an attorney with the firm, he worked very closely with Attorney Forrest MacDonald in McConnelsville. When MacDonald retired, Navin opened the Zanesville office. For his entire legal career, he worked the Zanesville office at least three days a week, seeing clients and taking hearings there, Cambridge and in other eastern Ohio cities. His efforts made Larrimer and Larrimer one of the most respected firms in that part of Ohio.

Navin retired from practice in 1989, but remained as counsel until 1994. He died on July 4, 1995 at home in Columbus.