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Wayne Gray, Retired AA to District 3 VP
Wayne Gray, a former administrative assistant to the District 3 vice president, passed away Nov. 12. He was 85.
Gray started out as an installer for Western Electric in Chicago. He served as vice president of CWA Installation Division 6 and was hired by CWA founding President Joe Beirne as a research associate in 1950, assigned to the Washington, D.C., headquarters.
In February 1957, he became a CWA representative and shortly thereafter was assigned to the Greensboro, N.C., office in District 3.
In January 1967, he was promoted to area director for North Carolina and South Carolina, and in December 1975 became administrative assistant to then-District 3 Vice President Allen Willis.
He transferred to the Atlanta, Ga., office in April 1980 and retired in June of that year.
Gray started out as an installer for Western Electric in Chicago. He served as vice president of CWA Installation Division 6 and was hired by CWA founding President Joe Beirne as a research associate in 1950, assigned to the Washington, D.C., headquarters.
In February 1957, he became a CWA representative and shortly thereafter was assigned to the Greensboro, N.C., office in District 3.
In January 1967, he was promoted to area director for North Carolina and South Carolina, and in December 1975 became administrative assistant to then-District 3 Vice President Allen Willis.
He transferred to the Atlanta, Ga., office in April 1980 and retired in June of that year.