L. Patrick Gray
Louis Patrick Pat Gray III was Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from May 2, 1972 to April 27, 1973. During this time, the FBI was in charge of the initial investigation into the burglaries that sparked the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Nixon. Gray was nominated as permanent Director by Nixon on February 15, 1973 but failed to win Senate confirmation. He resigned as acting FBI director on April 27, 1973, after he admitted to destroying documents received on June 28, 1972,days after the Watergate burglary, that had come from convicted Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunts safe, given to him by White House counsel John Dean.
Gray was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 18, 1916, the eldest son of Louis Patrick Gray Jr.,a Texas railroad worker. He worked three jobs while attending schools in St. Louis and Houston, Texas, graduating from St. Thomas High School in 1932, at the age of. Gray initially attended Rice University however, his true goal was to be admitted to the United States Naval Academy. He was finally admitted to the Naval Academy in 1936 and he immediately dropped out of Rice University in his senior year so he could attend.
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