Profile: graduate of Yale and Harvard Business School. Married for 64 years to Else Nye Ernst who died in June from Parkinsons Disease.Business career spent in forest products industry retiring in 2000 as President of MacMillian Bloedel Packaging.
Joined the vestry and the became Senior Warden of St Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Ridgefield, CT for two years.
Moved to Walpole, NH where built Windsor chairs and managed forest land for wildlife. Built a Thoreau cabin and post and beam barn on the land. Was also chair of Walpole library and oversaw a $500,000 expansion.
Moved to Darien in 2023 for medical reasons.
