Willis David Gradison, Jr.

(1928- )

GRADISON, Willis David, Jr., a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 28, 1928; attended the elementary and secondary schools in Cincinnati; B.A., Yale University, 1949; M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1951; D.C.S., Harvard University, 1954; investment broker; assistant to the Under Secretary of the United States Treasury, 1953-1955; assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1955-1957; member, Cincinnati City Council, 1961-1974; mayor of Cincinnati, 1971; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1975, until his resignation January 31, 1993, to become president of the Health Insurance Association of America.