Dorothy (Deecy) Stephens Gray is a public relations executive. In 2019 she served as a delegate and Ambassador designate to the 74th UN General Assembly for the United States. She also is a Commissioner of the

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(ABMC), serves on the George Mason University (GMU) Law School Advisory Committee of the Dean and the Atlas Foundation. Commissioner Gray is a board member of the Virginia Kincaid Philanthropic Foundation and was on the Board of Dubuque Packing Company, the Women's National Bank, Blair House,

Citizens for a Sound Economy Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE) (1984–2004) was a conservative political group operating in the United States. It was established in 1984 by Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries. Ron Paul was appointed as the first chairman of the or ...

, the National Philanthropic Trust, and the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, where she was Vice Chair. Gray was appointed to a special task force to study the role of women in the military; in 1980, to the Board of Governors of the

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; in 1990, to the U.S. Delegation to the

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; in 1999, to the U.S. Women's Progress Commemorative Commission. She received her Bachelor of Arts from

Marymount College, Tarrytown Marymount College, Tarrytown (also known as Marymount College of Fordham University) was a women's college in the United States which eventually became part of Fordham University. The Marymount campus was located in Tarrytown, New York. The last ...

, and her Master of Arts from St. Louis University. She was Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and International Relations at Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum; an editorial writer for the

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and other papers. Her late husband was Burton C. Gray, son of Gordon Gray and brother of

C. Boyden Gray Clayland Boyden Gray (born February 6, 1943) is an American lawyer and former diplomat who served as White House Counsel from 1989 to 1993 and as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union from 2006 to 2007. He is a founding partner of the Washington, ...

br>Yale '62 - Obituaries - Burton C. Gray

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