F. Ray Keyser, Jr.

Infobox Governor
name= F. Ray Keyser


caption=
order=72^nd
office= Governor of Vermont
term_start= 1961
term_end= 1963
lieutenant= Ralph A. Foote
predecessor= Robert T. Stafford
successor= Philip H. Hoff
birth_date= birth date and age|1927|08|17
birth_place= Chelsea, Vermont
death_date=
death_place=
spouse= Joan Keyser
profession= businessman / Lawyer / Politician
party= Republican
footnotes=

F. Ray Keyser (born August 17, 1927) was an American politician from Vermont, serving as Governor of Vermont from 1961 to 1963.

Keyser was born in Chelsea, Vermont. In 1945 he graduated from Montpelier High School. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and after leaving the service, obtained an LL.B. Degree from Tufts in 1953. While at Tufts he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity.

He was a Page in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1939, a member of the House 1955 and 1957 and its Speaker in 1959. He served as Vermont Governor from 1961-1963.

From 1965-1970 Keyser was General Counsel for the Vermont Marble Company and was CEO and Chairman of the Board from 1970-1979. In 1980 he set up the law office of Keyser and Crowley. From 1967-1972 he was on the Federal Reserve board in Boston and was Director of Vermont Public Service and chair of the Board from 1980-1997.

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* http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/multimedia/radio/golden-dome/bios/keyser.htm