Background
Gay, Francis Vernon was born on August 9, 1930 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of William Wallace Gay and Mittie Jane (Vanderhoof) Palubiak.
Gay, Francis Vernon was born on August 9, 1930 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Son of William Wallace Gay and Mittie Jane (Vanderhoof) Palubiak.
United States Military Academy (Bachelor of Science, 1953). Duke University (Bachelor of Laws, 1961). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Member, Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1960-1961.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1953; advanced through grades to First lieutenant, United States Air Force resigned, United States Air Force, 1956; partner, van den Berg & Gay, Orlando, Florida, 1964-1965; partner, van den Berg, Gay & Burke, Orlando, 1965-1985; senior partner, Foley & Lardner, van den Berg, Gay, Burke, Wilson & Arkin, Orlando, since 1985. President Estate Planning Council, Orlando, 1962-1963.
President Mental Health Association, 1961-1974. President West Point Society of Center Florida, Orlando, 1975. Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association (real estate and probate section), Orange County Bar Association, Order of Coif, Ducks Unlimited.
Married Diane Shirley Heller. Children: Francis Vernon II, William Lloyd, Melva Lejeune, Michael Born.