graduating from Harvard, where he accepted a position in the bookkeeping department of the Macdonald-Kiley Company. The latter publication states that Graydon was appointed as a vice president of the company after three years and as president of the company at age 28 in 1909. Under Graydon's leadership, the latter publication states that the company employed 200 men and 50 women and sold goods throughout the United States. In 1909, the couple garnered national press attention again when Mrs. Gradyon sued for divorce, alleging that her husband failed to support her. One press account of the trial reported on the testimony of Graydon's wife and father-in-law: Idleness, dissipation and neglect on the part of Graydon entered into her disillusionment, she explained, and he had allowed his business in Cincinnati to dwindle away until it did not bring enough revenue to provide for her support, she said. According to Mrs. Graydon, selling shoes proved less attractive to her husband than bucking the line of Yale in football scrimmages, and his experience as a business man was marked by none of the eclat that distinguished his career on the gridiron. Mrs. Graydon's testimony was short, and her only witness was her father, J. Parker Whitney, whose millions she will inherit. ... When asked about the character of his son-in-law, Whitney was too chivalrous to say anything to his disparagement. 'He's a really good fellow,' said Whitney, 'but as a business man he's impossible.' On April 6, 1910 a decree of divorce was granted. Military service When the United States entered World War I, Graydon enlisted and was sent to the Plattsburg training camp. After training he was commissioned captain of the 303rd Machine Gun Company, and was sent to Camp Devens. Graydon left for France on July 4, 1917, with the 76th Division. Later he was transferred to the 3rd Division and was placed in command of Company B of the Seventh Machine Gun battalion. He saw action at the Battle of Château-Thierry where his machine gun battalion bore the brunt of the fighting. After the Armistice was signed he became part of the army of occupation and was the first Harvard man to reach the Rhine. He returned to the United States on April 8, 1919 and received his honorable discharge. Later years Graydon was married three times. His second wife was Mary Andrews, and his third wife was Marian MacAdams