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Harold Studley Gray

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Born: Harold Studley Gray

1894

Died: 1972


Spouse: Laura Ley Gray

Children: William Gray, Shirley Gray, Mary Gray

Parents: Philip H. Gray

Sibling: Philip H. Gray Jr.

Early Life

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

Health

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.