James S. Bingay

In 1945, after the end of World War II and his release from the U.S. Army with the rank of captain, Bingay joined Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, where he ended up spending his entire career, as a field representative in Seattle. He became vice president of sales in December 1961 before being named senior vice president in 1963,^[8] executive vice president in 1967, and president and chief executive officer in 1972,^[9] the same year he also became a trustee.^[1] Upon his death in 1976, he was succeeded by James E. Devitt.^[10]

He was also active in industry‐wide organizations including the American Council of Life Insurance, where he served as director, and was a member of the executive committee of the American College. He was a director of the Carrier Corporation and Hart Schaffner Marx. Bingay served as chairman of the New York advisory board of the Salvation Army, a director for the United Fund of Greater New York and was a vice president, and member of the executive board, of the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts of America.^[11]

In March 1942 Bingay was married to Margaret Blackstock, a daughter of Agnes and Nehemiah Blackstock. Together, James and Margaret were the parents of two children, a daughter and a son:^[12]

• Janis Lynn Bingay, who married Lee Martin Hague, a son of Richard Martin Hague, in 1968.^[13]
• James Sclater Bingay Jr., who married Margaret Jean Meyer, a daughter of Herbert Walter Meyer (president of Meyer, Lyra & Co., a South American exporter concern),^[14] in 1968.^[15]

He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle and the Links in New York.^[1]

Bingay died of a heart attack at his home in Riverside, Connecticut on July 20, 1976. His funeral was held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Riverside.^[1]