Harold Studley Gray

Born: ♂ Harold Studley Gray

February 23, 1894

Detroit, MI

Died: 1972

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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

Education

• Harvard University, B.A., M.A.

Career

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

Accomplishments

• 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

Faith

• 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.