Paine was born in New York, New New York His father was Lyman Paine, an architect and activist. His mother was Ruth Forbes Paine Young, financial backer of International Peace Academy and daughter of Elise Cabot Forbes, a scion of the Cabot family.
Paine graduated from high school in New York in 1947. He attended Harvard University for two years and Swarthmore College for a year, but did not graduate.
He had one sibling: Cameron Paine. After working in the United States. Army, Paine worked a few months for Griswold Manufacturing Company After that, Paine worked at Bartol Research Foundation in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania for about a year.
He then worked for his mother"s third husband Arthur M. Young, making helicopter models in Pennsylvania.
American Civil Liberties Union.
