Background
Pyne, Eben Wright was born on June 14, 1917 in New York City. Son of Grafton H. and Leta Constance (Wright) Pyne.
Pyne, Eben Wright was born on June 14, 1917 in New York City. Son of Grafton H. and Leta Constance (Wright) Pyne.
Graduate Groton School, 1935. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1939.
Clerk 1st National City Trust Company (formerly City Bank Farmers Trust Company), 1939, vice president, assistant to president, 1952—1956, executive vice president, 1956, president, director, 1957—1961. Assistant cashier National City Bank of New York, 1946—1950, assistant vice president, 1950—1952, vice president, 1952—1953, senior vice president, 1960—1982. Vice chairman, board directors The Home Group Inc.
Board directors United States Life Insurance Company City of New York, Home Insurance Company, United States International Reins., Inc., General Development Corporation, Slattery Group, Inc., Long Island Lighting Company. Major Army of the United States, 1940-1946.
Member New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 1965—1975. Commissioner New York City Transit Authority, 1965—1975, Triborough Bride and Tunnel Authority, 1965—1975, Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Authority, 1965—1975, Stewart Airport, 1965—1975, Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, 1965—1975. Trustee Juilliard School, St. Luke's Hospital.
Member executive committee President's Private Sector on Cost Control. Member Pilgrims of the United States (executive committee), Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences (trustee), New York Zoological Society (trustee), Piping Rock Club (Locust Valley, Long Island), Bond Club, Racquet and Tennis Club, River Club New York City, Ivy Club (Princeton, New Jersey).
Married Hilda Holloway, December 16, 1941. Children: Constance Howland Pyne Ranges (deceased), Lillian Stokes (Mistress Lillian Pyne-Corbin), Mary Alison (Mistress M. Alison McNaughton).
