Perry Belmont Duryea

Background

Duryea, Perry Belmont was born on October 18, 1921 in East Hampton, New York, United States. Son of Perry Belmont and Jane (Stewart) Duryea.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, 1942; Doctor of Laws, Dowling College, 1963; Doctor of Laws, Southampton College, 1968; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Sienna College, 1972; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Colgate University, 1993.

Career

Member, New York State Assembly, 1960-1978; minority leader, New York State Assembly, 1966-1968; speaker of assembly, New York State Assembly, 1969-1974; minority leader, New York State Assembly, 1975-1978; chairman, Perry B. Duryea and Son, Inc., Montauk, New York, since 1950. Vice chairman Beker Industries, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1979-1986, president, 1986-1988. Chairman Long Island Commercial Bank, since 1989.

Achievements

• Perry Belmont Duryea has been listed as a noteworthy state legislator, business executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Delaware Republican National Convention, 1972, 76. Served to lieutenant commander United States Navy, 1943-1946.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Ann Weed, April 4, 1944. Children— Lynn, Perry Belmont III. Married Marie Therese Hanratty, February 7, 1991.

Father:

Perry Belmont Duryea

Mother:

Jane (Stewart) Duryea

Spouse:

Marie Therese Hanratty

Spouse:

Elizabeth Ann Weed