Background
Graves, Ernest was born on July 6, 1924 in New York City. Son of Ernest and Lucy (Birnie) Graves.
Graves, Ernest was born on July 6, 1924 in New York City. Son of Ernest and Lucy (Birnie) Graves.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951; postgraduate, Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1954-1955; postgraduate, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1957-1958; postgraduate, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, 1964-1965; postgraduate, Harvard Business School, 1968.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1944; advanced through grades to Lieutenant general, United States Army, 1978; retired, United States Army, 1981; with, (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe), Paris, 1951-1954; with, (Army Package Power Reactor), Fort Belvoir, 1955-1957; commander, (44th Engineer Construction Battalion), Korea, 1958-1959; director, (Army Nuclear Cratering Group, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory), Livermore, California, 1962-1964; executive to secretary army, Washington, 1967-1968; commander, (34th Engineer Group), Vietnam, 1968-1969; division engineer, (United States Army Engineer Division, North Central), Chicago, 1970-1973; assistant general manager for military application, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1973-1975; director civil works, Office Chief Engineers, Washington, 1975-1977; deputy chief engineer, Office Chief Engineers, 1977-1978; director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Washington, 1978-1981; senior advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, since 1982.
Member Society American Military Engineers.
Married Nancy Herbert Barclay, May 12, 1951. Children: Ralph Henry, Robert Barclay, William Hooper, Emily Birnie.