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Perry Belmont Duryea Jr. (October 18, 1921 – January 11, 2004) was an American politician. A Republican, Duryea was a longtime member of the New York State Assembly . He served as speaker of the Assembly from 1969 to 1973 and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New York in 1978.
He was born on June 9, 1891, in New York City, [2] the son of Carll Smith Duryea (1859–1911) and Almyra J. Howell (1858–1913). He ran a seafood wholesale business in Montauk, New York . On January 2, 1920, he married Jane T. Stewart (1889–1978), and they had two children: Speaker of the New York State Assembly Perry B. Duryea, Jr. (1921 ...
Montauk Airport was constructed in 1957 to improve access to the East End community, which was being developed as a summer resort. [4] Perry Duryea Jr., a former pilot of the Naval Air Transport Service, was one of the early partners of the corporation that developed the airport, and often piloted his own plane between Montauk and Albany while serving as a member of the New York State Assembly.
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Originally named Islip Airport, at the suggestion of Charles H. Duryea – a local elected official, the airport was renamed MacArthur Airport after U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur, whose dramatic escape from the Philippines during World War II had captured the attention of the world. [9] [11] The airport was officially activated in May ...