Earl G. Graves, Jr.

Earl G. Graves, Jr.

Earl Gilbert "Butch" Graves, Jr. (born January 51962, in Brooklyn, New York, US) is an African-American businessman and retired basketball player. He attend Scarsdale High School.

Graves, the son of "Black Enterprise" founder Earl G. Graves, Sr., attended Yale University and earned an MBA from Harvard University. While at Yale he was a member of Skull and Bones [cite news | author=Berner, Robert | title=The Next Warren Buffett? | work=BusinessWeek.com | url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_47/b3909001_mz001.htm
date=2004-11-22 | accessdate=2007-04-14] and captained the college basketball team. He currently is the all-time leading scorer in Yale men's basketball history and third all-time in Ivy League. He was drafted into the NBA by the Philadelphia 76ers and later played briefly for the Cleveland Cavaliers (1984-85).

Graves has worked for Morgan Stanley, as president and CEO of Earl G. Graves Publishing Company, publisher of "Black Enterprise", and director of Autozone, Inc.

In 1995, Graves was detained and searched by two New York Metro-North Police looking for a suspect who did not resemble Graves in any way except race. The police department publicly apologized and Metro-North Railroad purchased ads featuring a printed apology in three New York newspapers, including "The New York Times". ["Earl Graves Jr. receives apologies from NY Metro-North Police, railroad after being detained", "Jet", June 5, 1995 v88 n4 p35(1)]

Notes

References

* "Earl G. Graves, Jr." Who's Who Among African Americans, 20th ed. Gale, 2007.

External links

* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GRAVEBU01 NBA statistics] @ "basketballreference.com"
* [http://www.blackenterprise.com/AboutUsOpen.asp?id=1755 "Black Enterprise" profile]
* [http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=924334 "Forbes" profile]


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