From the Thomaston Dam to today’s Accounts Payable team, the Rubino family’s O&G story spans three generations and 61 combined years. It began with Raymond Rubino in the 1950s, continued with a 45-year career for his son Frank, and carries on today with Frank’s son Vincent.
Raymond worked on the Thomaston Dam before joining the Parts Department at O&G’s South Main facility. In August 1979, Frank began his own O&G career, starting in the quarries before moving to the Building Group, where his first project was the Stamford Rail Yard.
Over the next 45 years, Frank helped build projects across Connecticut, including work at UConn, Greenwich Library, the New Haven Rail Yard and schools throughout the state. He stepped into his first foreman role while working on IBM Corporate Headquarters and became a superintendent at Northfield Elementary in 1990. His career reflects both his growth within O&G and the beginning of the family’s next chapter with the company.
Vincent made that three generations when he joined O&G’s Accounts Payable team, drawn to the company’s family- and community-oriented culture. Father and son may work in very different parts of the company and have never shared a project, but Vincent says it’s rewarding to feel “in sync” with his dad from opposite sides of O&G.
Frank got a firsthand look at just how different those worlds can be on his first visit to see Vincent in the Main Office. He found his son surrounded by a “paperwork fort” and joked that he thought Vincent had gone into engineering, not finance.
The Rubinos’ connection to community runs just as deep as their connection to O&G. The family has been active with local organizations in and around Torrington, and Frank has served on various boards and the Torrington City Council for more than 20 years before moving to Goshen. Through the Fantozzi side of the family, their Torrington roots stretch back four generations, to before O&G was founded. From Raymond’s early days at the Thomaston Dam to Frank’s decades in the field and Vincent’s work behind the scenes today, each generation has found its own path at O&G. Three generations, very different roles and 61 combined years later, the Rubino story remains rooted in the same things: family, hard work and a strong connection to the community they call home.
