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Gordon Gray (May 30, 1909 – November 26, 1982) was an American attorney and government official during the administrations of Harry Truman (1945–53) and Dwight Eisenhower (1953–61) associated with defense and national security. Biography. Family. Gordon Gray was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bowman Gray Sr. and Nathalie Lyons Gray.
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Gordon Gray was a close associate of President Truman and served in various roles in the Army and the White House. In this interview, he recounts his political and military career, from his entry into public life in North Carolina to his involvement in the Korean War.
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Gordon Gray was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bowman Gray, Sr. and Nathalie Lyons Gray. He was married in 1938 to the former Jane Boyden Craige, and they had four sons: Gordon Gray, Jr., Burton C. Gray, C. Boyden Gray and Bernard Gray. After Jane's death, Gray married the former Nancy Maguire Beebe. His father Bowman, his uncle James A. G...
Gordon Gray graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1930, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Beta chapter) & the secretive, Order of Gimghoul. He earned his law degree from Yale Law School in 1933 and practiced law for two years in New York City before returning to Winston-Salem. UNC presented Gray with an honorary ...
Gray began his public life as a lawyer and was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly in 1939, 1941, and 1947, representing Forsyth County. He entered the U.S. Army in 1942 as a private and rose to captain, serving in Europe with General Omar Bradley's forces. Gray's service to the federal government began with his appointment as President ...
Nov 27, 1982 · Gordon Gray, a former Secretary of the Army who served in high national security posts from the Truman through the Ford Administrations, died of cancer yesterday afternoon at his home in...
March 28, 1969, Washington, D.C. (aged 78) Title / Office: presidency of the United States of America (1953-1961), United States. Political Affiliation: Republican Party. Notable Works: Atoms for Peace speech. “Crusade in Europe” Top Questions.
Apr 26, 2013 · Gordon Gray. @GordonGrayDC. Director of Fiscal Policy. @AAF. ; formerly of. @robportman. , Senate Budget, and McCain 2008. Tweets are mine, retweets ≠ endorsements. Washington DC americanactionforum.org/experts/gordon… Joined April 2013. 529 Following. 581 Followers. Tweets & replies. Media. Likes. Gordon Gray Retweeted. Haley Britzky. @halbritz.
