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126 Radium
of the Pennsylvania railroad. He attended the Ohio State University,
and later came to Pittsburgh, where he was connected with the legal
department of the Pennsylvania railroad. Later Mr. Gray entered the
general practice of law in Pittsburgh. He was first associated with the
law firm of Scott and Gordon, and left to become first assistant city
solicitor. Later he associated with the late Clarence Burleigh under
the firm name of Burleigh and Gray. Afterwards he founded the firm
of Gray, Thompson and Rose, of which firm he was the senior member
until his death.
Mr. Gray helped organize the Pittsburgh Law School, which was
later affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh. The university honored
him with the degrees of M. A. and LL. D.
In 1906 Mr. Gray became associated with the late James J. and
Joseph M. Flannery. as general counsel for the Flannery Bolt Co.
and the American Vanadium Co. In 1911 he was one of the organizers
of the Standard Chemical Co. which was founded by the late Joseph
M. Flannery to undertake the extraction of radium from the Colorado
carnotite ore. On the death of Mr. Flannery, in 1920. Mr. Gray was
elected president of the Standard Chemical Co. and held this office until
his death.
During his life Mr. Gray was active in church and educational
work, being an elder in the Point Breeze Presbyterian Church and a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Pennsylvania College for
Women.
The following memorial resolution was passed by the Board of
Directors of the Standard Chemical Co.:
"WHEREAS. God. in His Infinite Wisdom, has taken from us our
fellow director and President; be it
"Resolved. That on ihis solemn occasion, we liear witness to the
many sterling qualities for which we have held him in great esteem.
his sincere Christian spirit, his unswerving integrity and goodness, his
self-sacrificing devotion to duties, his high ideals in business and his
wise and upright counsel. We mourn that his death takes from his
family a devoted husband and father, that his Church loses a staunch
and faithful supporter, and that we are deprived of a fearless and unselfish
leader and a 'rue friend. Be it further
"Resolved. That this resolution be inscribed in the minutes of ihe
Standard Chemical Company, and that a suitably engrossed copy thereof
be sent to his bereaved family, as a token of our sorrow and an expression
of our sympathy."