¶ James T. (for Tolman) Pyle, 43, was sworn in last week as Administrator of the Civil Aeronautics Administration after three months as acting Administrator following the death of the CAA head, Charles J. Lowen. Born in Manhattan, Pyle attended Groton, earned a Phi Beta Kappa at Princeton ('35), where he learned to fly in his spare time, a skill he still keeps up in one of CAA's DC-3s. After graduation he went to work for Pan American World Airways, later became an assistant to a vice president. During the war...
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