Name
Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982 (Interviewee)
Hopper, Paul (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Gordon Gray 1967
Abstract
Education, University of North Carolina, Yale Law School; early legal practice; publishing; North Carolina State Senate, 1938-42, 1946-47; service in World War II; Assistant Secretary and Secretary of the Army, 1947-50; unification of services, civilian control of Department of Defense; Special Assistant to President Harry Truman, 1950; President, University of North Carolina, 1950-55; Assistant Se cretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1955-57; service intelligence operations; Director, Office of Defense Mobilization, 1957-58; Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for National Security Affairs, 1958-61; Robert Oppenheimer case and Personnel Security Board for Atomic Energy Commission, 1954; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Commission for Financing Hospital Care; Research Triangle Institute
Collection Name
Eisenhower administration project
Subjects
Government executives--United States; Intelligence service--United States; Military intelligence; North Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989; Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; United States. Department of the Army; United States. Department of Defense
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1967
Physical Description
338 pages; Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
Note (Biographical)
Government official
Note
Interviewed by Paul Hopper on December 7, 1966; and on January 27, February 7, March 7, May 23, July 19, October 10, and November 30, 1967
Note (Provenance)
Gordon Gray, Gift 1967
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
13753972
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-wybr-7998
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.