Historian's Handbook: A Key to the Study and Writing of History

Gray, Wood, et. al., Historian's Handbook: A Key to the Study and Writing of History, Boston: The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1956.

Wood Gray (1905-1977) was Professor of History at The George Washington University from 1934-72. He was born March 19, 1905 in Petersburg, Illinois. He graduated from Petersburg Harris High school as valedictorian. He was also the captain of the track team. He attended the University of Illinois and earned his B.A. in 1927 and M.A. in 1928. While there he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Phi Delta Kappa, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Eta Sigma. … Gray received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1933, and began his career at GW the following year. He was chairman of the department from 1937-53 and 1964-65. During World War II he served in the Army Air Corps, Special Staff, as a Lt. Colonel from 1943-46. While at GW he was a founding member of the chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. He led the drive for one of the nation's most liberal faculty codes, concerning tenure and faculty rights, as a member of the Faculty Senate. He served as secretary to the American Association of University Professors for two terms and was the United States history section editor for the American Historical Review for more than twenty years.