F. Ray Keyser, Jr.

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F. Ray Keyser, Jr. : biography

August 17, 1927 –

Frank Ray Keyser (born August 17, 1927) is a lawyer and politician from Vermont. He served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1959 to 1961, and 72nd Governor of Vermont from 1961 to 1963.

Biography

The son of Vermont Supreme Court Justice F. Ray Keyser, Sr., the younger Keyser was born in Chelsea, Vermont on August 17, 1927. He served as a page in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1939. In 1945 he graduated from Montpelier High School. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1955, page 691

In 1950 Keyser graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity., Biography, F. Ray Keyser, Jr., accessed June 13, 2012 He graduated from Boston University School of Law in 1952 and practiced law in Chelsea., Our Younger Lawyers, July, 1962, page 681

A Republican, Keyser served three terms in the Vermont House of Representatives and was its Speaker from 1959–1961., Biography, F. Ray Keyser, Jr., accessed June 13, 2012

In 1960 Keyser was elected Governor, and he served one term, 1961 to 1963., The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974, 2003, page 235 At age 34, Keyser was the youngest person to be elected Vermont’s Governor., Vermont Elects Youngest Governor in Its History, Lewiston Journal, November 8, 1960

In 1962 Keyser lost his race for reelection to Democrat Philip H. Hoff. Hoff’s victory marked the first time Republicans had lost the governorship since the founding of the Republican Party in the 1850s., Philip Hoff: How Red Turned Blue in the Green Mountain State, 2011, page 11

From 1965 to 1970, Keyser was general counsel for the Vermont Marble Company, and he was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board from 1970 to 1979., The Vermont Encyclopedia, 2003, page 176

From 1967 to 1972, he was on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Annual Report, 1972, page 287 and he was a Director of the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation and Chairman of the Board from 1980 to 1997., Annual Meeting proxy Statement, 1996

In 1980 he organized the Rutland law office of Keyser and Crowley., The Big Book of Library Grant Money, 2004-2005, 2004, page 247

Keyser also served as a Director of the Union Mutual of Vermont insurance company., Officers and Board of Directors, accessed June 13, 2012

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