Background
Clay, Lyell Buffington was born on December 15, 1923 in Baltimore. Son of Buckner and Juliet Lyell (Staunton) Clay.
Communications company executive
Clay, Lyell Buffington was born on December 15, 1923 in Baltimore. Son of Buckner and Juliet Lyell (Staunton) Clay.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1944. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1948. Master of Arts, Marshall University, West Virginia, 1956.
Master of Business Administration, West Virginia University, 1975. Graduate advanced management program, Harvard University, 1967.
Chairman, Board Of Directors, Clay Communications, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, 1970-1987;
founder, Clay Foundation, Charleston, since 1987. Former public Charleston Daily Mail, Beckley (West Virginia) Register/Herald, Shelby (North Carolina) Daily Star, Enquirer Journal, Monroe, North Carolina. Past operator television stations in North Carolina, Mississippi and Texas, Stations WCHV-WWWV radio, Charlottesville, Virginia.
President Clay Realty Company, Charleston, 1957-1987.
Trustee University Charleston, 1967-1984, city solicitor, Charleston, 1951-1956. Served in United States Marine Corps, 1945. Commander Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Naval Reserve.
Retired; Member American Newspapers Publications Association (past director), West Virginia State Bar, Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce (past president), West Virginia Press Association (past president) Clubs: Edgewood Country, Charleston Rotary (past president).
Married Patricia Kennedy, December 3, 1949 (deceased January 1976). Children: Whitney Kennedy, Ashton deLashmet, Leslie Staunton, Courtney Buffington.