Business: Gray's Eminence

Born on a Georgia farm, Harry J Gray studied journalism at the University of Illinois, won a Bronze Star as an infantry captain in World War II, and then, as advertising manager for a Chicago car dealer, pioneered the gimmick of having the dealer do his own radio commercials. One cold and icy night a decade ago, when Gray was a senior vice president of Litton Industries, he cracked up his motorcycle, fracturing a hip and a leg. Though laid up for eight months, Gray did not miss a day's work. Into a hospital room next to his own he moved...

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