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'''Born:''' Harold Studley Gray
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'''Born:''' ♂ Harold Studley Gray
 
::February 23, 1894
 
::Detroit, MI


'''Died:''' 1972
'''Died:''' 1972
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'''Spouse:''' [[Laura Ley Gray]]
'''Spouse:''' [[Laura Ley Gray]] (m. February 19, 1921, Titusville, PA; div. January 17, 1949); [[Margaret Ann Nichols Gray]] (m. May 15, 1949, Benton Harbor, MI)


'''Children:''' [[William Gray]], [[Shirley Gray]], [[Mary Gray]]
'''Children:''' [[William Gray]], [[Shirley Gray]], [[Mary Gray]]
'''Parents:''' [[Philip H. Gray]] and [[Almina Studley Gray]]
'''Sibling:''' [[Philip H. Gray Jr.]], [[Evelyn Gray]]


== Early Life ==
== Early Life ==


== Education ==
== Education ==
* Harvard University, B.A., M.A.


== Career ==
== Career ==
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== Faith ==
== Faith ==
Based his conscientious objection to war on his Christian faith
* Missionary in China, 1922-26
* Based his conscientious objection to war on his Christian faith


(See [http://aaobserver.aadl.org/aaobserver/15926 Saline Valley Farms])
(See [http://aaobserver.aadl.org/aaobserver/15926 Saline Valley Farms])
The editor of "Character 'Bad'" has noted that Philip H. Gray Jr. was Harold's younger brother.

Latest revision as of 21:18, 8 August 2015


Born: ♂ Harold Studley Gray

February 23, 1894
Detroit, MI

Died: 1972


Spouse: Laura Ley Gray (m. February 19, 1921, Titusville, PA; div. January 17, 1949); Margaret Ann Nichols Gray (m. May 15, 1949, Benton Harbor, MI)

Children: William Gray, Shirley Gray, Mary Gray

Parents: Philip H. Gray and Almina Studley Gray

Sibling: Philip H. Gray Jr., Evelyn Gray

Early Life

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Education

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  • Harvard University, B.A., M.A.

Career

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  • Professor of Economics at Central China University (1922-1926)
  • Founder of the farming cooperative Saline Valley Farms (MI)

Accomplishments

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  • Conscientious objector in WWI and WWII
  • Imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth and Alcatraz for draft resistance
  • Author of "Character 'Bad': The Story of a Conscientious Objector" (1934)
  • Collected papers at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Health

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Faith

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  • Missionary in China, 1922-26
  • Based his conscientious objection to war on his Christian faith

(See Saline Valley Farms)

The editor of "Character 'Bad'" has noted that Philip H. Gray Jr. was Harold's younger brother.