Background
Gracias, Maurice was born on July 16, 1923 in Nairobi, Kenya. Son of John Ludgero and Olga Rosalina (Themudo) Gracias. came to the United States, 1969, naturalized, 1975.
Gracias, Maurice was born on July 16, 1923 in Nairobi, Kenya. Son of John Ludgero and Olga Rosalina (Themudo) Gracias. came to the United States, 1969, naturalized, 1975.
Bachelor, University International Studies, Geneva, 1962. Postgraduate, Institute Transport, London, 1956.
Assistant to controller, East African Rys. and Harbours, Nairobi, 1948-1963;
contractor, East African Road Superior vena cava syndrome, Nairobi, 1963-1965;
chief auditor, United States State Department, Africa, 1965-1969;
chief auditor, Economics Development Organisation, San Francisco, 1970-1971;
senior accountant, Coopers & Lybrand Certified Public Accountants, Oakland, California, 1969;
corporation audit manager, Blue Cross, Oakland, 1971-1980;
owner, president, Gracias & Associations, Oakland, since 1976. Board directors Land Title Insurance Company, Oakland, 1986-1988. President International Investment Associations, Oakland, since 1976.
Consultant Asian Development Bank, United Nations, since 1978, coordinator economics development funding projects with United Nations, World Bank, European Economics Commission, White House Conference on Small Business, 1979, 86. Keynote speakerinternat. conventions, 1988, 90.
Member Roman Catholic Church Community Affairs of San Francisco Archdiocese. Founder Goan Institute, San Francisco, president, 1975-1978.
Married Angela Coutinho, August 22, 1954. Children: Loretta, Belinda, Marina.