Dick grew up in New York City and attended Catholic schools through getting a BA from Iona College with a major in History and a minor in Education. His path after college was to business with a specialty in Marketing. He relocated to Florida to take a position as Marketing Director of a public company. In 1976 he opened Page & Associates Advertising and Direct Marketing. He was the founder and first President of the Florida Direct Marketing Association. In 1986 he established Page Mailing Services, a mail processing shop. It was one of largest mail shops south of Tampa until being acquired in 2004.

Dick still does occasional marketing projects as Page Marketing and does custom minting of silver jewelry and medallions as the Silver Savers Club a subsidiary of Page Marketing.