Frank Graves (other)
Frank Graves may refer to: * Frank Graves (baseball) (1860–1916), baseball catcher and manager * Frank Graves (pollster), Canadian applied social researcher * Frank Pierrepont Graves (1869–1956), Commissioner of the New York State Education Department, 1921–1940 * Frank X. Graves Jr. Frank Xavier Graves Jr. (November 4, 1923 – March 4, 1990) was an American Democratic Party politician who is best known for serving two separate terms as Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey. He also served on the Paterson City Council, the Pass ...

Frank Graves (baseball)
Frank Norris Graves (November 2, 1860 - March 23, 1916) was a baseball catcher and manager. Graves played for the St. Louis Maroons in 1886, leading the league in the dubious category of passed balls with 81, despite only playing in 43 games. He managed the minor league Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ... in 1897 and 1898. References External links 1860 births Detroit Tigers managers St. Louis Maroons players St. Paul Apostles players Columbus Stars (baseball) players Kansas City Cowboys (minor league) players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Sacramento Altas players Macon Central City players Memphis Giants players 19th-century baseball players 1916 deaths {{US-baseball-manager ...
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Frank Graves (pollster)
Francis Louis Graves, known as Frank Graves, is a Canadian applied social researcher. He is the founder and president of Ekos Research Associates. Education Graves received a Bachelor of Arts in social anthropology from Carleton University in 1976 and a Master of Arts in sociology from Carleton University in 1977. He has completed doctoral coursework in sociology. Career Graves has lectured at the Rotman School of Management, the Kennedy School at Harvard, the University of Ottawa, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in Washington, DC. Graves also serves on the advisory board at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. In an April 2010 interview with Lawrence Martin, Graves acknowledged that he informally advised the Liberal Party to invoke a "culture war" by accusing the Conservative Party of being homophobic, racist, and autocratic. Graves later apologized for what he described as his "incendiary" comments. Conservative Party Presid ...
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Frank Pierrepont Graves
Frank Pierrepont Graves (July 23, 1869 – September 13, 1956) was Commissioner of the New York State Education Department from 1921 to 1940. Prior to assuming the commissionership, Graves was a noted historian of education, college administrator, and author. Early life and education Graves was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 23, 1869. He was educated in the Brooklyn Public schools, and attended Columbia University, earning an A.B. in 1889 and a Ph.D. in Greek in 1892. He gained membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, and Phi Beta Phi. In 1895, he married Helen Hope Wadsworth. Academic career Graves taught Greek at Columbia for two years and at Tufts College for five. He later became president of the State University of Wyoming for two years, and president of the University of Washington for five years. Both institutions quadrupled their enrollment during his tenure.James Malcolom, ed., ''The New York State Red Book'' (Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon, 1928), p. 173. This ...
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