Andrew B. Shea*

Andrew Shea attended New York's Fordham University and then joined the legal department at W. R. Grace & Co. He worked in the firm's import and trading department, and later was transferred to the management staff of its branch in Lima, Peru, becoming its manager in 1936.

During this time, Shea handled the company's multiple interests, including textile mills, sugar refineries, paper and flour mills, factories, and merchandising businesses, as well as the affairs of the Grace Line and Panagra.

Shea returned to the United States in 1939 as vice president and was then made director and first vice president. He eventually became president of Pan American-Grace Airlines (Panagra), an airline that linked the United States and South America with direct, regularly scheduled passenger, mail, and freight service.