Background
Albright, Harry Wesley was born on March 19, 1925 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Harry Wesley and Ruth Agnes (Kerwin) Albright.
government official lawyer banking executive
Albright, Harry Wesley was born on March 19, 1925 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Harry Wesley and Ruth Agnes (Kerwin) Albright.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1949; Bachelor of Laws, Cornell Univercity, 1952.
With firm, DeGraff, Foy, Conway & Holt-Harris, Albany, 1964-1967;
deputy secretary to governor, New York State, 1967-1968;
deputy secretary, appointments officer, New York State, 1968-1970;
executive assistant to governor, New York State, 1970-1972;
superintendent banks, New York State, 1972-1974;
special counsel to, Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1974-1975;
president, chief operating officer, trustee, Dime Savings Bank New York, Brooklyn, 1975-1981;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Dime Savings Bank New York, Brooklyn, 1980-1990;
chairman emeritus, Dime Savings Bank New York, Brooklyn, since 1990;
president Thrift Institutions Advisory Council, Federal Reserve Board, since 1983;
of counsel, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, 1991-1994. Chairman, Board Of Directors Battery Park City Authority, since 1990. Member of New York State Commision on Judicial Nomination for Court Appeals, 1992-1995.
Board directors International Life Investors Insurance Company. New York City; trustee First American Corporation.
Trustee Achiles & Bodman Foundation. Board directors Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Former member regional panel selection White House Fellows.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Marymount College Sergeant United States Air Force, 1943-1945. Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, University Club (New York City), Sleepy Hollow Country Club (Scarborough-on-Hudson, New York), Stockbridge (Massachusetts) Golf Club.
Married Joan Diekman, June 27,1953. Children: Mary Kimberly, Deborah V., Harry Wesley, III, Peter D., Joan Kerwin, John D.