Edwin Allen Huston

Edwin A. Huston, 77, the former chief financial officer and vice chairman of Ryder System, passed away suddenly on May 4, 2016 with Jane, his wife and best friend of nearly 50 years, at his side. The Hustons were to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary later this month. Selected by Institutional Investor as one of the nation's top ten CFOs, Ed was a past chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and brought his financial expertise to a host of private, public and non-profit boards. Born June 27, 1938 in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Robert Hyde and Rosemary Kuntz Huston, Ed was a 1960 honors graduate of Amherst College. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School where was a Baker scholar. Ed began his business career at NCR in Dayton and subsequently spent several years with the company in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1970, the Hustons moved to Fort Lauderdale where Ed joined Financial International Consultant Corporation. He called the city home for the next 46 years. His 30-year career with Ryder began in 1973 when he joined the company as director - financial analysis and rose quickly to senior positions, being named CFO in 1979 and vice chairman in 1999. For all t...[more]

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e years, he left his Fort Lauderdale home just after six each morning to make the hour-long commute to Miami, returning home late each evening. Ed was a former chairman of the board of WPBT-TV (public television in Miami), chairman of the Community Foundation of Broward, past president of the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, and a trustee of the Miami City Ballet. Mr. Huston was an "audit committee financial expert" as defined by the SEC and served on the boards and audit committees of several companies including Ryder System, Unisys Corporation, Enterasys Networks, Inc. Kaman Corporation and the Tennenbaum Opportunity Fund. For the past twenty years, Ed and Jane split their time between Fort Lauderdale and their home in Deer Valley, Utah. Ed loved travel, fine dining and Coco, Dolly and Lilly, his standard poodles. Ed's brilliant mind was matched by his wit and kind heart. He was as nice as he was smart. An avid sports enthusiast, Ed never missed watching the end of a televised sporting event to be on time for a dinner date. Surviving are his wife, the former Jane Nicholas; a brother, John (Kathy) of Chicago; nephews and nieces Brian (Maria Christina), Brady (Becky), Sara Herford (Mike) all of Chicago along with nine grandnephews and grandnieces. Visitation will be held Monday, May 9, 2016 from 9 to 10 AM at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, 2000 Marietta Drive, Fort Lauderdale. A Memorial Mass will follow at 10 AM at the church . In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Community Foundation of Broward, 910 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301.