Lyman Paine

George Lyman Paine Jr. (November 16, 1901 – July 1, 1978), known as Lyman Paine, was an American architect and radical left activist. He is known for his work with the Correspondence Publishing Committee with his 2nd wife Frances Drake Paine, and was closely associated with James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs.

Paine Jr was born in New York City, New York in November 1901. His father George Lyman Paine Sr. was an Episcopal priest and a Christian Socialist, the son of philanthropist Robert Treat Paine. After graduating from Harvard University in 1922, G. Lyman Jr. became an architect. He married Ruth Forbes of the distinguished Forbes family in March 1926.

In 1926–1932, while living in New York City, the Paines became known for their apartment socials; one frequent social attendee, Mary Bancroft, once wrote in her autobiography about her friend Ruth Forbes Paine's husband: "Lyman, ... was interested in what he termed 'The Ultimate Reality', which I interpreted as my old friend, 'Truth'. Lyman and I had endless discussions about this ultimate reality while sipping highballs of bathtub gin and ginger ale." After having two sons, Michael Paine and Cameron Paine, the couple separated about 1932 and were divorced in 1934.

Lyman and Ruth's son Michael Paine married Ruth Hyde, a friend of Lee Harvey Oswald's wife Marina, who was living with her at the time of the JFK assassination.

In the mid-1930s, Lyman became active in Marxist politics. While working for the New York City Housing Authority, Lyman met Frances "Freddy" Drake (1912–1999), whom he married in 1939. Then in 1947, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Harvard College Class of 1922, Lyman wrote in their publication, the 25th Annual Report of the Harvard Class of 1922:

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