Background
Lyne, Austin Francis was born on January 7, 1927 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel Joseph and Susan Markham O'Brien Lyne.
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Austin Francis Lyne
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1948; postgraduate, U. Geneva, Switzerland, 1948-1949.
Career
Store clerk, 1st National Stores Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1949-1950; management trainee, 1st National Stores Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1950; warehouse supervisor, 1st National Stores Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1950; buyer, 1st National Stores Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1950-1964; sales promotion manager, 1st National Stores Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1964-1967; advertising manager, 1st National Stores Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1967; vice president sales development, 1st National Stores Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1968-1973; senior vice president services, 1st National Stores Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1973-1976; management consultant, 1st National Stores Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts, 1976-1977; president, treasurer, The Good Sport, Inc., Cohasset, Massachusetts, since 1977.
Membership
Coach Belmont Youth Hockey Association, 1963-1978. Member Concord (Massachusetts) Republican Town Committee, since 1964, treasurer, 1967-1974. Directors International Friendship League, Elizabeth Peabody Settlement House, 1961-1967, Concord-Carlisle Community Chest, 1983-1989.
Trustee Fenn School, 1972-1978, Belmont Hill School, 1972-1973, corporator, since 1973, Robert B. Brigham Hospital, since 1971. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Member Sorrento Village Improvement Association Clubs: Harvard in Concord (president 1965-1967), Concord Country, Megunticook Rod and Gun, Harvard Varsity.
Connections
Married Ann Blair, November 27, 1954. Children: Austin Francis, Jane Markham, Elizabeth Morgan, James Blair, Michael Davitt, Stephen Christopher.
