Ralph K. Davies

Ralph K. Davies (1897 – September 19, 1971) was an American businessman and political appointee.

Davies was a native of Cherrydale, Virginia, a neighborhood in Arlington, but moved at a young age to San Francisco, California.

[4] Under Franklin Delano Roosevelt he served as Deputy Petroleum Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for War, in the Department of the Interior, Davies reported directly to Harold Ickes, and sometimes President Roosevelt.

He served in this post from 1942 to 1946, though the administration was inactive for the final year of his term.

The couple had a son, Stockton Rush III who died in the Titan submersible implosion.