James S. Bingay

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James Sclater Bingay (October 10, 1919 – July 20, 1976) was an American insurance executive who served as president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.

Early life[edit]

Bingay was born in Seattle, Washington on October 10, 1919.[1] He was a son of Pierson Livingston Bingay of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Janet Gibson (née Sclater) Bingay.[2] His brother was Woosley Bingay.[3] His paternal grandparents were George Bingay (a descendant of John Bingay) and Susan Cornelia (née Stryker) Bingay (a sister of M. Woolsey Stryker, both grandchildren of Cmdr. Melancthon Taylor Woolsey).[4][5] His maternal grandparents were Lt.-Col. James Sclater, DSO, and Mary Jane (née Sinclair) Sclater.[6][7]

Bingay graduated from the University of Washington in 1942 before taking part in the management development program at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business in 1955 and the advanced management program at Harvard University's Graduate School of Business in 1960.[1]

Career[edit]

In 1945, after the end of World War II and his release from the U.S. Army with the rank of captain, Bingay joined Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, where he ended up spending his entire career, as a field representative in Seattle. He became vice president of sales in December 1961 before being named senior vice president in 1963,[8] executive vice president in 1967, and president and chief executive officer in 1972,[9] the same year he also became a trustee.[1] Upon his death in 1976, he was succeeded by James E. Devitt.[10]

He was also active in industry‐wide organizations including the American Council of Life Insurance, where he served as director, and was a member of the executive committee of the American College. He was a director of the Carrier Corporation and Hart Schaffner Marx. Bingay served as chairman of the New York advisory board of the Salvation Army, a director for the United Fund of Greater New York and was a vice president, and member of the executive board, of the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts of America.

Personal life[edit]

In March 1942 Bingay was married to Margaret Blackstock, a daughter of Agnes and Nehemiah Blackstock. Together, James and Margaret were the parents of two children, a daughter and a son:[11]

  • Janis Lynn Bingay, who married Lee Martin Hague, a son of Richard Martin Hague, in 1968.[12]
  • James Sclater Bingay Jr., who married Margaret Jean Meyer, a daughter of Herbert Walter Meyer (president of Meyer, Lyra & Co., a South American exporter concern),[13] in 1968.[14]

He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle and the Links in New York.[1]

Bingay died of a heart attack at his home in Riverside, Connecticut on July 20, 1976. His funeral was held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Riverside.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "James S. Bingay Is Dead at 56; Mutual of New York's President". The New York Times. 31 July 1976. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ Who was who in America. Marquis-Who's Who. 1943. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8379-0210-4. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ Canada's Weekly. 1913. p. 117. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Lloyd Woolsey Bingay". wartimeheritage.com. Wartime Heritage Association. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. ^ Stryker, William Scudder (1887). Genealogical Record of the Strycker Family. S. Chew, printer. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-598-82705-0. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. ^ Mather, Frederic Gregory (1913). The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 650. ISBN 978-0-8063-0495-3. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. ^ Parker, Charles Whately; Greene, Barnet M. (1912). Who's who in Canada: An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time. International Press. p. 1145. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Senior Vice President Named by Mutual Life". The New York Times. 29 June 1963. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  9. ^ Cole, Robert J. (16 February 1972). "Mutual of N.Y. Filling Top Posts". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  10. ^ "People and Business; Devitt Elected Head of MONY; Devitt Heads MONY". The New York Times. 26 August 1976. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Margaret Blackstock Bingay". The Plain Dealer. January 7, 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  12. ^ Times, Special to The New York (15 September 1968). "Janis Bingay Is Bride". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  13. ^ "DOROTHY ELIZABETH LYON". The Plain Dealer. October 10, 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  14. ^ Times, Special to The New York (28 July 1968). "Ensign Fiance Of Miss Meyer". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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