Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff
Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff was an American-born Georgian aristocrat and the New York City highway commissioner during the administrations of John V. Lindsay.
Early life
Constantine was born in New York City into the house of Sidamon-Eristavi, claiming descent from the medieval kings of Aragvi. He was the son of Prince Simon Sidamon-Eristoff, a Georgian military officer, who emigrated to the United States after the Bolsheviks invaded Georgia in 1921, and Anne Tracy, a descendant of John Bigelow, an American diplomat in the mid-19th century. In 1957 he married Anne Phipps Sidamon-Eristoff, a granddaughter of Andrew Carnegie's partner, Henry Phipps.Politics
Sidamon-Estiroff served as the New York City highway commissioner in the administration of Mayor John V. Lindsay. Beginning with his appointment by Governor Malcolm Wilson of New York in 1974–1989 he served as a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.From 1989 until 1993 under President George H. W. Bush, he served as the director of the New York Region #2 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.