Harry J. Gray has been elected to the new position of senior executive vice-president of Litton Industries, it was announced by president Roy L. Ash.
Mr. Gray in his new capacity will have the following activities reporting to him: the Marine Group, headed by Senior Vice-President Ellis Gardner; Industrial Systems and Equipment Group headed by Senior Vice-President Austin Goodyear; and the Machine Tool Systems and Products Group headed by Vice-President Thomas Morris.
Mr. Gray was previously responsible, as executive vice-president, for the business systems and equipment activities which will now be directed by Ralph H. O'Brien, Litton senior vice-president. Mr. Gray is in his 15th year with the company and is a member of the Litton board of directors. Prior to his appointment as executive vice-president in October 1967, he served the company as senior vice-president for finance and administration.
He joined Litton in 1954, and he became a corporate vice-president in 1959. At that time he organized Litton's Components Group, and under his direction until 1965, component operations expanded from a single facility to a multi-divisional operation encompassing many advanced areas of component technology.
Mr. Gray received a bachelor of science degree at the University of Illinois in 1941 and an M.S. degree at the same University in 1947.
He served four and a half years in the U.S. Army during World War II, three and a half of which were overseas. He attained the rank of captain and received both the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for gallantry in action.