William S. Gray, first president of the International Reading Association, is the focus of this booklet. Sections are devoted to "The Person," which includes Gray's family background, early schooling and teaching jobs, and his further education at Illinois State University, the University of Chicago, and Teachers College (Columbia University); and "The Scholar," which includes contributions Gray made to reading, such as standardized oral reading tests, studies on diagnosis and remedial instruction, school surveys, major studies outside the United States, adult reading research, summaries of investigations and practices, and a model of reading. Approximately half of the booklet is comprised of a 519-item bibliography of the writings of William S. Gray. (DF)