Lewis Cecil Gray

A prolific author of economic texts, his career included several academic posts and various federal government roles.

[2] Gray held key positions in New Deal programs designed to alleviate land use problems arising from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.

[5] In 1915, he relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, where he joined the faculty of George Peabody College for Teachers (later subsumed by Vanderbilt University).

"[7] Gray began research for this monumental work in 1908 when he entered graduate school, and it was released in two volumes totaling over 1000 pages.

During the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, Gray took on an additional position as Chief of the Land Policy Section in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.