Clayland Gray, an American lawyer and diplomat, was born on February 6, 1943, and died on May 21, 2023. He held the positions of White House Counsel from 1989 to 1993 and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union from 2006 to 2007. He was a founding member of the law firm Boyden Gray & Associates LLP, which has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Gray worked as Chief Justice Earl Warren’s law clerk after graduating. He began working with Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, in 1968 and was made a partner in 1976. Gray, a former Democrat, changed parties by the end of the 1970s because he didn’t like Jimmy Carter as president. He served on the boards of directors for The European Institute, America Abroad Media, FreedomWorks, and the Atlantic Council.
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C. Boyden Gray wife: Who is Carol Taylor?
In 1984, Gray wed Carol Taylor; the couple had a daughter before divorcing. On May 21, 2023, he passed away at the age of 80 from heart failure at his home in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood.
Gray was a member of the Department of Justice Advisory Committee during the Bush-Cheney Transition. He established the Committee for Justice in 2002, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, with the goal of vetting judicial and US Justice Department nominees.
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