system, Nixon, Gray and chief domestic adviser John Ehrlichman appear to confirm Gray's version in a conversation recorded on February 16, 1973 as the three discussed the alleged press leaks by Mark Felt. During the discussion, Nixon suggested that they bring in Felt's accuser: President: Well, why don't you get in the fellow that's made the charge, then. Ehrlichman: Well, maybe that's (unintelligible) President: Of course he's, of course he's, he's not a newsman, on the other hand. Ehrlichman: No. President: He's a lawyer... Ehrlichman: That's right. President: ...for Time. Gray: I know who he is, Mr. President. Federal Reserve and philanthropy Gilpatric served as chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and was a longtime trustee of the New York Public Library, New York University and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. He also served as a vice chairman and trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and chaired the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 100th Anniversary Committee. Gilpatric was also a longtime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He retired as partner with Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he served as presiding partner from 1966 to 1977. Gilpatric had many clients; they included the Graham family of The Washington Post Company, on whose board of directors he sat. Gilpatric was also a lecturer at Yale Law School, and a member of Yale University Council from 1957 to 1962. Private life For much of his life he lived on Sutton Place in Manhattan. An avid tennis player and sailor, Gilpatric had three children. He was married five times. At his death, he was married to Miriam Thorne Gilpatric, the widow of diplomat Landon Ketchum Thorne, Jr., father of Julia Thorne, first wife of United States Senator John F. Kerry. Gilpatric died of prostate cancer on March 15, 1996, in New York City, and was buried in Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine, where he had a summer home. Gilpatric's papers during his government service are part of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. References Further reading The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made, (1986). Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas, Simon and Schuster, New York, Allison, Graham (1971). Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1ed. Little Brown. . Allison, Graham and Zelikow, Philip (1999). Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis, 2ed. Longman. . External links Honorary Degree, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1963 Oral History Interview