Background
Ray, Milton S. was born on February 26, 1881 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of William S. Ray (manufacturer, ship-owner) and Julia Henrietta (Ruth) R.
Industrialist ornithologist poet
Ray, Milton S. was born on February 26, 1881 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of William S. Ray (manufacturer, ship-owner) and Julia Henrietta (Ruth) R.
Educated Crocker High School. University of California.
Secretary, treasurer and director West. South. Ray Manufacturing Company, San Francisco, 1907, elected vice president, 1915. Secretary, treasurer Ray Burner Company of California, 1929, Ray Burner Company of Delaware, 1930. President, treasurer, director Ray Burner Company of Delaware, San Francisco, and New York, 1933, and same, Ray Oil Burner Company and subsidiaries since 1935.
Curator and director Pacific Museum of Ornithology since 1904.
Has made exploration trips to over 35 countries, obtaining specimens for the Museum. Owner, Ray Park Subdivision, Burlingame, California, and Raycliff Terrace Subdivision, San Francisco.
Member San Francisco Contract Board, War Department, San Francisco District Ordnance Office since 1934. Received Honor Flag from United States Government as director of an auxiliary War Plant, 1918. Academician Academy of Coimbra, Portugal.
Fellow American Geography Society.
Member PEN, American Ornithologists Union, Cooper Ornithological. Club, National Geography Society British Oologists.
Club: Burlingame Country.
Married Rose Carolyn Etzel, October 7, 1915. Children: Cecily, Virginia, Rosalyn.