Chase Alumni Association

After a long struggle with Alzheimer’s, Lee Hines passed away in the Malibu house that he lived in and cherished for more than 40 years. He was 78. The published death notice on August 2, 2024 did not include a date of death.

 

The skinny teenager from Hackensack, NJ. who had one of the first “garage” rock and roll bands at Oradell High School, went on to earn a bachelor’s degree at Pace University while working as a loan officer for the Chase Manhattan Bank. His successful four-decade career in business and finance included positions as CFO for several publicly traded companies, including Applause and Central Garden and Pet.  
      
He coached his son’s sports teams and his daughter’s soccer teams, chaperoned school field trips, sold hot dogs at the Chili Cook-Off, and set up countless school fundraisers and art shows for his wife’s art classroom.
   
Music was always an important theme in his life. He played both classical and jazz guitar and compiled an impressive collection of vinyl LPs of great jazz artists from the 1950s and 1960s. And when he wasn’t enjoying music, he was always “tinkering,” from rebuilding an old Mercedes engine to installing an ersatz sprinkler system to repairing electrical appliances. A fan of classical films, he enjoyed the fellowship of the homegrown Ferris Movie Cub for over 20 years.

 

Among his survivors are his wife of 50 years, Diane, daughter, son and sister.