John J. Grady

Who is John J. Grady?

John J. Grady was born and raised at Springfield, Illinois. He worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation during World War II, but resigned in 1947 to open a restaurant. He returned to government service in 1951 when he joined the Foreign Operations Administration, the agency that provided aid to Europe under the Marshall Plan.

Grady worked for the FOA until 1955 when he was appointed Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. In January 1960 Grady was appointed deputy director for management of the International Cooperation Administration, which had succeeded the FOA. He remained with the ICA and its successor the Agency for International Development for a brief period during the Kennedy administration, but resigned in September 1961 to enter private business.