Career
Gerry served in the United States Navy as Radioman during World War I and was a Commander in the United States Naval Reserve. He was living in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, and working as a teacher at the Storm King School in Newburg, New York, when he signed on as radio operator/engineer for the MacGregor Arctic Expedition that took place between July 1, 1937 and October 4, 1938. After the expedition, Sayre lived in Arlington County, Virginia, and worked as an instructor at the United States Naval Academy.
He retired to Milton, Wisconsin in the 1960s and died, at age 92, on September 6, 1990.
