Richard Alexander Gray

Background

Gray, Richard Alexander was born on April 28, 1927 in Pittsburgh. Son of Richard Alexander and Margaret Katheryn Gray.

Education

Midshipman, United States Merchant Marine Academy, 1945-1947; Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1950; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1954; postgraduate, University College, Southampton, England, 1949.

Career

Associate firm, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, 1954-1962; with, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1962-1990; assistant general counsel, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 1976-1978; corporation secretary, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 1978-1990; associate general counsel, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 1980-1984; vice president, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 1984-1990. Trustee Kutztown (Pennsylvania) U., 1988-1996, chairman, 1995-1996. Member board regents Mercersburg (Pennsylvania) Academy, 1968-1982.

Achievements

• Bar: Pennsylvania bar 1955, Supreme Court of the United States Court bar 1975.

Membership

Trustee First Presbyterian Church of Allentown. Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1950-1951. Member American Bar Association, American Society Corporation Sections (board directors 1985-1989), Lehigh Country Club (Board of Governors 1993-1996). M C.

Connections

Married Lucia I. Long, September 8, 1956. Children: Richard Alexander III, James W.

Father:

Richard Alexander

Mother:

Margaret Katheryn Gray

Spouse:

Lucia I. Long

child:

Richard Alexander III Gray

child:

James W. Gray