Burton Craige Gray (April 1, 1941 – October 27, 1989) was an American economist, entrepreneur, and conservative political theorist. He co-founded Scientific Time Sharing Corporation with Dan Dyer and Lawrence M. Breed, a computer software firm in the Washington, D.C. area specializing in the programming language APL.
Gray was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and died in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] He was the son of Gordon Gray and brother of C. Boyden Gray.
In 1968, he married Ann Clark.[2] The marriage ended in divorce.[1]He married Dorothy "Deecy" Stephens on November 5, 1988.[3]He was a board member of the Reason Foundation[4] and the Philadelphia Society. He was a co-founder of the Federalist Society and active in the Libertarian Party. The Reason Foundation established the Burton C. Gray Memorial Internship in his honor.[5][6]
The Burton C. Gray Memorial Internship supports Reason magazine interns in the Washington, D.C. office.