Oscar W. Ray |
| "Oscar W. Ray, the New England manager of the Emerson Phonograph Co.,
is a graduate of Norwich University, Vermont, class of '12, and has had a
careful training as a specialist. For a time he was sales engineer for
Tucker & Vinton, concrete engineers,
and then created the Ray Placeable Vault Light Construction, a system that
is in wide use through the country." —The Talking Machine World, July 15, 1917 |
| "Oscar Willard Ray, one of the most prominent figures in the music
trade, has become vice-president and general manager of the Silas R.
Pearsall Co., New York, exclusive radio wholesaler and for many years one
of the most prominent talking machine distributing houses in the country.
... Mr Ray has a nation-wide acquaintance in the industry. He is a native
of Brattleboro, Vt., and graduated in engineering at Norwich University
in Northfield. He devised the Ray Placeable Construction Form for concrete
work and organized a company of that name, later disposing of the
invention and the business for a substantial sum." —The Talking Machine World, May, 1927 |
| "A short time following his graduation in 1912, he invented and
developed Ray-Placeable vault light construction. A few years later
he became president and general manager of the A. C. Neon Co. He
formed the O. W. Ray Corporation in 1945." —Norwich University Record, December 1952 |