Background
Gray, Truman Stretcher was born on May 3, 1906 in Spencer, Indiana, United States. Son of Clarence Truman and Bessie Lee (Stretcher) Gray.
Gray, Truman Stretcher was born on May 3, 1906 in Spencer, Indiana, United States. Son of Clarence Truman and Bessie Lee (Stretcher) Gray.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Texas, 1926; Bachelor, University Texas, 1927; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1929; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1930.
Assistant physics, University Texas, 1924-1927; research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1927-1928; Coffin fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1928-1929; Saltonstall fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1929-1930; instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1930-1935; member of faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1935-1971; professor electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1960-1971; professor emeritus, senior lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1971-1992. Engineer Leeds and Northrup Company, summer 1929, General Electric, summer 1935, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, summer 1941. Consultant industrial firms., government laboratories, from 1942.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman instruments and measurements committee 1945-1947, Centennial medal 1984). Member American Society Engineering Education, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Married Isabel Gilliam Crockford, June 20, 1931.