Pack served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.

[1] Pack and Kahn formed Transeastern Associates in the early 1950s with the purchase of a Liberty ship.

Additionally, the firm established a large international container shipping division headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey.

By the 1970s, the firm had 4,000 employees and was earning $250 million annually, but was hurt by the 1973 oil crisis, dockworker strikes and overbuilding in the shipping industry.

[1] A resident of Scarsdale, New York, Pack died at age 90 on December 9, 2008, due to heart failure.