Background
Gray was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, but grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.
Gray was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, but grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.
From the University of Chicago, an Master of Surgery from the New York School of Social Work at Columbia University, and a Master of Religious Education from the Biblical Seminary of New New York
She retired in the Spring of 1975. She obtained an Master of Arts She earned an honorary doctorate from Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. After college, Gray did social work in Arkansas and Chicago.
During World World War II she worked for the Red Cross in Europe.
She taught for three years at Beirut College for Women and then was named college president where she remained until going to Damavand College six years later. She came to Iran in 1965 as director of Iran Bethel School, Educational Project and was preceded by Jane Doolittle.
She transformed Damavand College into a four-year liberal arts college for women, saw the first freshman class begin in 1968 and the first graduation in 1972. Doctorate. Ray Heisey was preceded by her as the third president of Damavand College from 1975-1978.
Meanwhile Mary C. Thompson was the academic dean of the college from 1969-1978.
Gray"s efforts put Damavand in the forefront of higher education for women in the Middle East. Gray died on December 15, 2001, of cancer just before her 92nd birthday.