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GRAY, William Herbert, III, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August 20, 1941; attended the public schools; graduated from
Simon Gratz High School, Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; B.A., Franklin and Marshall
College, Lancaster, Pa., 1963; M.Div., Drew Theological Seminary, Madison,
N.J., 1966; Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, 1970; minister;
taught at St. Peters College, Jersey City, N.J., 1970-1974, Jersey City State
College, 1968-1969, Rutgers University, 1971, and Montclair (N.J.) State
College, 1970-1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the six
succeeding Congresses, and served until his resignation September 11, 1991
(January 3, 1979-September 11, 1991); chairman, Committee on the Budget
(Ninety-ninth and One Hundredth Congresses); majority whip (One Hundred First
and One Hundred Second Congresses); president, United Negro College Fund;
special adviser to the President and secretary of state for Haitian affairs,
1994; is a resident of Philadelphia, Pa.
BibliographyWilliam Herbert Gray III in
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. Prepared under the
direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History
& Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government
Printing Office, 2008.
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