Edward S. Gray

 

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COM Gray retired from the State Emergency Management Agency (Missouri Department of Public Safety) at the end of 2009. He was an Emergency Management Officer and handled the Earthquake Program as well as the Nuclear Power Plant Program for the State.
Edward has been a SAR member since August 1977. He served in all major offices of the MGC Chapter and as chairman of numerous committees. While a Member-at-Large in the Missouri Society, he has always maintained his membership in the M. Graham Clark Chapter and is the last living Charter member of this Chapter. He was also a charter member of the Fernando De Leyba Chapter (St. Charles) and also maintains a membership in the Christopher Casey Chapter (Jefferson City)
COM Gray's patriot ancestor is Lieut. Daniel Daggett. Daggett was a Minuteman who served in various units. He was born in Attleboro, MA.
At the State level, Compatriot Gray was State President during 1992-1993. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President, Vice President, Secretary and Registrar. He served as National Trustee in1994 and also served at the Trustee for the Canada Society in 1997/1998 (2 Terms). On the National level, Compatriot Gray has served as Vice President General twice, once as VPG Foreign District - Western Hemisphere 1996 and as VPG South Central District 2003. He has served on the Participation Forum, Merchandise and Medals & Awards Committees and was the Chairman of the Medals and Awards Chairman.
Compatriot Gray received the Minuteman Award at the Boston Congress of 2000. His escort Minuteman was his eldest brother, Capt. David Judson Gray, USN (Minuteman Class of 1997). Capt. Gray was a member of the M. Graham Clark Chapter until his death in 2016. Compatriot Gray's other brother is Clifton Daggett Gray III also a member of the M. Graham Clark Chapter. Clif's son, Troy Denton Gray is a life member of the Missouri Society.
Since his retirement in 2009, Compatriot Gray has served as the Secretary of the U.S.S. Missouri (SSN-780) Commissioning Committee. This submarine is a Virginia Class Nuclear Attack Submarine and is homeported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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