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Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1912-1994

LC control no.n 92054332
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Personal name headingClaytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1912-1994
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Variant(s)Claytor, W. Graham, Jr. (William Graham), 1912-1994
Claytor, W. Graham, IV (William Graham), 1912-1994
Claytor, William Graham, 1912-1994
Claytor, W. Graham, 1912-
Associated countryU.S.
LocatedWashington, D.C.
Birth date19120314
Death date19940514
Place of birthRoanoke, Va.
Place of deathBradenton, Fla.
Field of activityPractice of law
Railroads
AffiliationCovington & Burling
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Amtrak
United States. Department of Defense
Profession or occupationExecutives
Cabinet officers
Found inNUCMC data from Va. Poly. Inst. and St. Univ. Libr. for Claytor, R.B. Papers, 1952-1978 (W. Graham Claytor; brother of Robert B. Claytor)
WWA, 1982-1983 (Claytor, William Graham, Jr.; lawyer; r.r. exec.; govt. ofcl.; b. Roanoke, Va., Mar. 14, 1912; home: Washington, D.C.)
LC data base, 5-19-92 (hdg.: Claytor, W. Graham, 1912- )
Trains magazine, Aug. 1994: p. 20-22 (W. Graham Claytor; b. March 14, 1912; d. May 14, 1994 at Bradenton, Fla.)
Who was who in American, Vol. XI: p. 54 (Claytor, William Graham, Jr.; born March 14, 1912 at Roanoke, Va.; died May 14, 1994; lawyer, railroad executive and cabinet officer; with Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., 1938-1982; with Southern Railway Company, 1963-1977; president and CEO, 1967-1977; chair and CEO, 1976-1977; secretary of the navy, 1977-1979; deputy secretary of defense, 1979-1981; chair, National Railroad Passenger Corporation [Amtrak], 1982-1994)
e-mail correspondence with W. Graham Claytor VI, 4 October 2015 (goes informally by Graham; full legal name is William Graham Claytor IV; requests roman numeral to be part of the form; born 1983. Information about his predecessors: William Graham Claytor I: 1821-1903; William Graham Claytor II: 1852-1903, politician from Virginia and author of the novel Pleasant waters (1888) and others; William Graham Claytor III: 1886-1971; William Graham Claytor IV: 1912-1994, often went by "Jr." rather than "IV"; William Graham Claytor V: 1951- , went by "III". The earliest William Graham Claytors didn't use roman numerals to distinguish between themselves)
FamilySearch, 4 October 2015 (William Graham Claytor, Jr.; William Graham Claytor IV; born 14 March 1912, Roanoke, Virginia; died 14 May 1994, Brandenton, Florida)