Biography Eugene Emond

1 biography

1.1 life , education
1.2 military career
1.3 career
1.4 marriage, children , grandchildren
1.5 death , afterward

biography
early life , education

eugene patrick emond born eugene edward emond , mary mctague in new york city. raised in working-class neighborhood of washington heights , attended dewitt clinton high school.

military career

emond enlisted in army during world war ii, trained b-17 flying fortress pilot. after training shipped england fly in 91st bomb group @ raf bassingbourn.

during emond s first combat mission flew tail gunner in lead group. flew co-pilot of next few missions , pilot (the left seat) rest of tour. emond finished tour around middle of 1944 , rotated home base in florida. when war ended elected stay in service , in philippines in june 1946. after allotment of missions, emond later offered become lead air trainer in florida. after short stint training pilots, decided return job runner @ new york federal reserve.

emond completed on 34 missions while leading man o war ii. received distinguished flying cross , air medal 3 oak leaf clusters , logged 1306 hours @ controls. considered 1 of youngest lieutenants pilot fortress.

the book entitled world war ii album volume 18: boeing b-17 flying fortress ray merriam states (used permission) 1st lt. eugene emond lead pilot man o war ii horsepower limited part of d-day , witnessed 1 of first german jets when me 262 a-1a flow through formation on germany. 1 of youngest bomber pilots in army air forces (page 24).

man o war ii horsepower ltd. b-17g serial number 42-38083. man o war ii horsepower ltd. of 322nd bomber squadron, 91st bomb group flew numerous missions 91st before being lost in mission on merseburg.

picture of emond (third left standing) , pic owned/used permission emond family , pic on loan 91stbombgroup.com http://www.91stbombgroup.com/crewphotos/man_o_war_2_crew.html

career

emond s career @ federal reserve bank of new york spanned 47 years. first half of career spent bank examiner traveling throughout new york state. post bank examination positions included being first officer in charge of operations , technology, officer in charge of discount window, lead trainer bank examiners , senior officer in charge of special projects. 1 of special projects included assisting in refinancing of troubled lockheed company investment banks (1970s). emond influential in establishing more formal relationship between federal reserve , bank of england. called upon manage several special projects new york board.

one of projects included assisting in refinancing of troubled lockheed air investment banks.

marriage, children , grandchildren

emond married former alice virginia whalen. couple had 5 children together: eugene edward, randall george, elizabeth jane, gary micheal , douglas william. after wife s death in 1972, raised 2 youngest sons on own. grand children of eugene , alice edward heinrich, stacy heinrich woodin, julia heinrich sanders, alice heinrich clapsaddle, allyson emond kiss, christopher emond, gregory emond, catherine emond , patrick emond.

death , afterward

eugene emond died on january 28, 1989 in pittsburgh, pennsylvania.

grew during depression, , , buddies gather @ funeral parlor (common @ time) called sheehy s
brother-in-law notable surgeon dr. william whalen, later become president of saint vincent s hospital, nyc, ny
his brother lawrence (larry) become chief court clerk new york supreme court (bronx)
lifelong yankee fan
after death, family members found letter addressed gene george schultz (secretary of treasury) thanking him work on lockheed bailout
cathy minihan (ex-president of boston federal reserve) worked gene @ new york federal reserve
he loved music - opera
he true new yorker.....