Richard S. Pauli was born in San Francisco, California and raised in the Menlo Park area south of the city.  Dr. Pauli attended Bellarmine Preparatory School, a Jesuit High School in San Jose.  After graduation he attended college at Santa Clara University and the University of Oregon.  Upon graduating from the University of Washington's dental school he entered the United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corp.  Dr. Pauli was stationed with the U.S. Coast Guard at Alameda, California before moving to Anchorage, Alaska in June of 1970.  Dr. Pauli has managed his dental practice in Alaska for thirty six years.

Dr. Pauli maintains a practice dedicated to personalized, high quality restorative, and cosmetic dentistry with a strong emphasis on prevention of decay, gum disease and occlusal trauma and its related pathology.

Rich has studied extensively with Dr. Gordon Christensen, D.D.S. and Dr. Peter Dawson, D.D.S.  Both are world renown clinicians and educators.

His interests include steelhead fishing, sheep hunting, photography, hiking, skeet shooting, and his Llewellyn Setter, Simon.

Dr. Pauli has flown extensively throughout Alaska and holds a commercial pilot's license with multi-engine instrument and sea plane ratings.  He has piloted aircraft in size from the super cub to the 737.

He has three daughters who are all artists.  Sarah and Amber have industrial design degrees, the manufacturing side of art and Adria is currently pursuing an architectural degree in Los Angeles.  Sarah designs and manufactures jewelry and is currently raising a family in Cuernavaca, Mexico with her husband Rafael.  Rafael is a young artist with considerable talent.

His favorite places on earth are the north eastern Brooks Range, having spent over three months sheep hunting there, and any stream with a steelhead run.

Dr. Pauli is considered by his peers to be one of Alaska's finest dentist.