Howard M. Pack

PACK--Howard M., of Scarsdale, NY died of heart failure on December 9, 2008, at age 90. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1939. He served in WWII as a cryptanalyst in the US Coast Guard, working to break the code on the German Enigma machine. Howard was an entrepreneur, cofounding Seatrain Lines in 1951. The company operated tankers and container ships, and constructed supertankers in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. At the time of his death he served on the board of directors at Emisphere Technologies, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company he co-founded in 1986. He was an avid golfer, and played year-round at Old Oaks Country Club where he was a member for 70 years. Howard was predeceased by his first wife Nancy and his son Daniel R. Pack, M.D. He is survived by Dorothy, his wife of 47 years, his sister Ethel, his brother Jay and his wife Nancy Dunnan. Also surviving are his son Warren, his daughters Susan, Loren and Ellen, his daughters-in-law Rusti and Maggi Pack, Ph.D. and his sons-in-law Robert Klinek, Rob Beyer and Jeff Williams. He was cherished grandfather to: Marcy, Nancy, Samantha, Benjamin, Savanna, Lily, Bliss, Belle and Maya. Memorial services will be held at Frank E. Campbell, 1076 Madison at 81st, at 5pm on Saturday, December 13. No flowers, please.