Background
Stratford, Ray Paul was born on February 26, 1925 in Pocatello, Idaho, United States. Son of Ray Percy and Olive Eudora (Jenson) Stratford.
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Ray Paul Stratford
Edit Profileconsultant electrical engineer
Education
Student, Idaho State University, 1946-1947; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1950.
Career
Test engineer, General Electric, Schenectady, New York, 1950-1952; application, General Electric, Schenectady, 1954-1962; project manager, General Electric, Schenectady, 1963-1973; construction engineering, General Electric, Schenectady, 1974-1985; proposal engineer, General Electric, Philadelphia, 1952-1954; application engineer, General Electric, Philadelphia, 1962-1963; private consultant, Island Park, Idaho., since 1991. Adjunct Professor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1988, 90.
Achievements
Membership
Missionary Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church in South Africa. Member building committee Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) School, Schenectady, 1962-1964, coordinator physical facilities, 1980-1984. Member building committee Burnt Hills School Board, Glenville, New York, 1963-1964, Young Men’s Christian Association, Schenectady, 1965.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life member, chairperson static power converter committee 1972,chairperson task force standard 1973-1984, co-chairperson task force standard 1984-1992, contributing author Red Book 1993, Best Paper award 1981,Outstanding achievement award 1994), Rotary International.
Interests
Connections
Married Claire Elizabeth Dennery, September 2, 1949 (divorced July 1969). Children: Bruce Ballentyne, James Lowell, Susanne Dennery. Married Nancy Lorraine Long, April 24, 1974.
1 child, Heather Lyn. Stepchildren: Deborah Lorraine, David Paul.
- Father:
- Ray Percy Stratford
- Mother:
- Olive Eudora (Jenson) Stratford
- Spouse:
- Nancy Lorraine Long
- Spouse:
- Claire Elizabeth Dennery
- child:
- Heather Lyn Stratford
- child:
- James Lowell Stratford
- child:
- David Paul Stratford
- child:
- Susanne Dennery Stratford
- child:
- Bruce Ballentyne Stratford
- child:
- Deborah Lorraine Stratford
