Frederick T. Gray Jr.
Frederick T. "'Rick" Gray Jr. (born March 22, 1951) is an American politician, writer, actor, and former attorney and educator. Appointed by Governor John N. Dalton as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1978, Gray later resigned in 1981 in solidarity with jailed striking air traffic controllers. Gray spent several decades in Virginia teaching, writing, and acting before moving to Cannon Beach, Oregon in 2018. He is currently running for the Oregon House of Representatives in the 32nd district. Early life and education Rick Gray was born in Hopewell, Virginia to Frederick T. Gray and Evelyn Helms Johnson Gray and grew up in the historic Bermuda Hundred community in Chesterfield County, Virginia. After graduating from the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia Law School, he practiced law at Williams, Mullen & Christian in Richmond, Virginia until his appointment as Secretary of the Commonwealth. Secretary of the Commonwealth Gray reformed Virginia's lobbyist disclosure rules by requiring disclosure of any entertainment costing more than $100, or any gifts which cost more than $5, despite pressure from lobbyists who had donated to Dalton's campaign for governor. Once considered a rising star in the Virginia Republican Party, Gray opposed the nomination