finance violations by the Gray team. A Pennsylvania Senate seat had been left vacant when Senator John Heinz was killed in a plane crash. Major-party candidates were chosen by the party committees because it was too late for a primary. The speculation was that Attorney General Dick Thornburgh struck a deal with Gray, who not only had been the subject of an investigation into campaign finance irregularities but also a grand jury investigation into his church's financial dealings. It was reported that Gray agreed not run in the special election and in return Thornburgh would drop the investigations. Thornburgh resigned as Attorney General and went on to run himself, but lost in an upset to Democrat Harris Wofford. Gray served as a special adviser to the President and Secretary of State for Haitian affairs in 1994. He was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Top Political Activists." Outside politics he was also a businessman who has been a director at Dell from 2000. Gray was a director of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Prudential Financial Inc., Rockwell International Corporation, Visteon Corporation and Pfizer. He retired from Bright Hope Baptist Church in 2007 and was succeeded by Kevin R. Johnson. Personal life Gray was married to the former Andrea Dash; they had three sons. Gray was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Gray died on July 1, 2013, in London, while attending the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Awards and honors In 1997 he received the Four Freedom Award for the Freedom of Worship. In 2014 President Barack Obama signed U.S. House resolution 4838 directing Amtrak to rename Philadelphia's 30th Street Station to William H. Gray III 30th Street Station. See also List of African-American United States representatives References External links Bio with picture from the National Council of Churches William Gray - Forbes Profile Dell Profile Pew foster care |- |- |- |- |- |- 1941 births 2013 deaths 20th-century African-American politicians African-American men in politics 20th-century American politicians 21st-century African-American people African-American Baptist ministers African-American Christians African-American members of the United States House of Representatives African-American people in Pennsylvania politics American lobbyists Baptist ministers from the United States Baptists from Louisiana Bates College alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Directors of JPMorgan Chase Drew University alumni Franklin & Marshall College alumni Political activists from Pennsylvania People from St. Augustine, Florida Politicians from