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Ralph Delahaye Paine Jr. (S&B 1929)

Journalism. Yale University. Skull and Bones.

1964 to 1967, Vice President R&D Time, Inc.[2]

1952 to 1964 - Publisher, Managing Editor, Fortune.[2]

1947 - Married Nancy White, fashion editor for Good Housekeeping and later editor of Harper’s Bazaar. Second marriage for both and ended in divorce.

1945 - WW2 - War Correspondent, Pacific.[2] During World War II, he was in charge of The March of Time newsreel series and European operations of Time, Inc. publications.[5] When the Nazis invaded France, Paine and Other Time, Inc staffers were forced to flee. [Note: They (S&B) were in Paris at a time when the French military strategy was failing and key intelligence including the German military vehicle bottleneck leaving them sitting ducks to air assault was being ignored by the French.]

1939 to 1940 - Managing Director, March of Time, Ltd London, in charge of all Time Magazine European Operations.

1938 to 1939 - Editorial Assistant to President Time Inc. (President & Co-founder Henry Luce S&B 1920)

Following complaints about the content of Time from businesses during the Great Depression, he was offered the choice between a firing and a promotion provided a suitable replacement could be found. Paine lamented “I’m about to be fired unless I can find someone who can satisfy Time’s advertisers without catering to them.” Through Yale law professor William O. Douglas, he found that replacement, Eliot Janeway.[6]

1931, 1933 to 1938 - Business Editor, Time Magazine.[2]

Great Depression - 1929 to 1931 - Securities Analyst, Edward B Smith & Co (NYC).[2]

1929 to 1934 - 2nd Lt, ROC.[2]

Married Elena Dimitrievna von Hoershelman, Anne White Dauphinot

Became Wall Street Securities Analyst for Edward B. Smith Co. (Apart of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management - many S&B connections).

1929 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch

Died 12 Jan 1991, from Not Known.

Note: Eliot Janeway was approx. 25, when he tookover Ralph’s job.

Father, Ralph Delahaye Paine (S&B1894)

[1] - America’s Secret Establishment. An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones by Antony C. Sutton (2004)

[2] - Fleshing Out Skull & Bones - Investigations into America’s Most Powerful Secret Society 2008 by Antony Sutton, Howard Altman, Kris Millegan, Dr Ralph Bunch, Anton Chaitkin and Webster Griffin Tarpley

[3] - Skull and Bones Membership List by David Luhrssen