Henry Pitt Warren III

1926 - 2019

Henry Pitt Warren III
Henry Pitt Warren, III, known to all as "Herk", died peacefully in his sleep in Delray Beach, Florida, surrounded by family, on December 23, 2018, after a long illness. He was 92.
Herk Warren was born in New York, New York on November 7, 1926, to Henry Pitt Warren, Jr. and Henrietta Upson Warren. He was educated at the Greenwich Country Day School, Phillips Academy in Andover, and Yale College. He was graduated early from Andover to serve his country, joining first the Army Air Corps when he was still 17, and then transferred to the Marines as the war in Europe wound down.
Returning to civilian life at war's end, he entered Yale College where he was graduated with a degree in economics in 1949 and was a member of Book & Snake and the Fence Club. He participated in many sports and was a member of Yale's junior varsity hockey team, as well as captain of Yale's Calhoun College football and tennis teams.
After graduation he began a lifelong career beginning with the Chemical Bank in New York, where he rose to serve as chief administrative officer for the U.S., chairman of the credit and pricing committee, and group head for all loans to leading U.S. industries, including the financial, insurance and public utility sectors. He later was senior vice president and chief lending officer of the First National Bank in Palm Beach, FL
He was an active member of the Greenwich Field Club, where he served as club president, and over the decades won numerous tennis trophies, and a member of the New York Racquet and Tennis Club, where he won numerous squash tournaments. He was an active tennis and bridge player and served as treasurer of the Gulfstream Bath and Tennis Club.
He is survived by his wife, Sheila, two children Henry Warren and Constance Gurney, and two grandchildren, and two step children, Richard Gregory Bauer, and Courtney Bauer Burnham, and 5 step-grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, January 19th at 2:00 p.m. at the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 954 Lake Avenue, Greenwich, Conn.