James H. Gray

James H. Gray ( -1939)

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1939 Obituary.

JAMES H. GRAY, of Berkeley, California, U.S.A., died on January 13, 1939. He started his career as a metallurgist with the Illinois Steel Co.; later he became assistant to the late Mr. W. R. Walker at New York, when the latter became Vice-President of the United States Steel Corporation when that concern was being organised. He was concerned with the investigation of new processes, and came to Europe to report on the electric furnace patented in France by Dr. Paul Heroult. The latter accompanied him to the United States and is credited with having set up the first electric furnace in that country. Mr. Gray took charge of the Heroult furnace department of the Steel Corporation and became a leading figure in the electric steel side of the industry.

In 1924 Mr. Gray resigned the chairmanship of the open-hearth steel committee of the Steel Corporation and other connections, and moved to Nice, France, but a few years ago he returned to the United States.

Mr. Gray was elected a Member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1907.

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