Charles M. Grayston

Charley was my first boss when I worked at ECAC from 1972-77. He was a great mentor.

Sadly my two fairly recent attempts to visit Mr. Grayston were thwarted and makes me sad. He was my last Sunday School teacher at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. After his class students "graduated" to church and sermons and choirs and communion. He was a friend to my parents and my sister and brother. He was a great help to me after my husband died and his kindness will not be forgotten. We all benefited by his presence in our lives.
Sincerely, Doris Schriefer Fordham

I always respected Charley and think of him serving as chancellor for our then rector, now The Rt. Rev. Mary D. Glasspool, at St. Margaret´s Church when Ed and Zoe Hall left a substantial bequest to St. Margaret´s. I was on the vestry then and remember how we were carefully guided into a future of possibilities none of us could have ever imagined. That bequest and Charley´s gentle legal guidance has resulted in the parish´s charitable grants program that has given grants around the world, nearly approaching 3 million dollars, for more than 20 years. Appropriately for my last year as grants administrator Charley, no longer giving legal advice, agreed to serve on the grants selection committee. I am so indebted to him and will always remember him. Izzy Winn