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When Spyros Solon Skouras was born on October 28, 1923, his father, Spyros, was 30 and his mother, Saroula, was 27. He married Barbara Jane Feldman on May 29, 1951, in New York City, New York. They had four children during their marriage. He died on January 18, 2013, in Port Chester, New York, at the age of 89, and was buried in Hawthorne, New York. In Rye his family lived in Greenhaven. Spyros enlisted and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
 Spyros S. Skouras
Spyros was born in 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri, graduated from the Taft Preparatory School in 1941, enlisted in the Army Pictorial Division in 1942.
Spyros was most recently Founder, Chairman and CEO of Olatec Industries LLC for the past ten years and for the previous forty years he owned and was Chairman and CEO of Admiralty Enterprises Inc. one the largest American flag shipping fleets which owned Grace Lines, Prudential Lines, Vessel Charters Inc. and World Wide Tankers.
In his early career, Spyros was President and CEO of the 100-movie theater chain, The Skouras Theaters Corporation. While President of The Skouras Theaters, Mr. Skouras was President and CEO of Ampex Stereo Sound for Theaters and The Triton Production Company, which made Motion Pictures with the major actors and directors of Hollywood.
Spyros was a Director of the Alfred E. Smith Foundation, the USO and United Cerebral Palsy. Spyros was a Charter Member of Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich's GOPAC organization and Director of President Reagan's Commission on Executive Exchange.
Spyros was born in 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri, graduated from the Taft Preparatory School in 1941, enlisted in the Army Pictorial Division in 1942. He graduated from Yale University in 1948.
Spyros was an avid sportsman, with a keen interest in skiing and golf. Spyros will always be remembered for his strength, courage, intellect, patience and perseverance.
He had a dynamic personality positively impacting everyone he came in contact. To know Spyros was to know that 'people and purpose' mattered more to him than 'things'.
Spyros was devout in his faith in God always remaining optimistic and positive. He died peacefully at home on Friday morning, January 18 with his children and cherished dog, Laurie, at his side.
Spyros, the husband of 55 years of the late Barbara F. Skouras was the beloved father of Spyros Jr., George, Damaris and the late Cassandra and he was grandfather of Spyros III, Marina, Sophia, Calliste and his step-granddaughter Adriel. He was the son of the Late Spyros P. Skouras, a major Motion Picture mogul who was formerly President of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation for many years, and his late mother, Saroula Bruiglia. He is also survived by his loving sister Daphne Skouras Root of Bedford, NY.
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