Ray L. Wilbur
| Ray Lyman Wilbur | |
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Ray Lyman Wilbur, family photograph
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| 31st United States Secretary of the Interior | |
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In office March 5, 1929 – March 4, 1933 |
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| President | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Roy O. West |
| Succeeded by | Harold L. Ickes |
| Third President Stanford University | |
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In office January 1, 1916 – 1943 |
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| Preceded by | John C. Branner |
| Succeeded by | Donald B. Tresidder |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ray Lyman Wilbur April 13, 1875 Boonesboro, Iowa, United States |
| Died | June 26, 1949 (aged 74) Stanford, California, United States |
| Resting place |
Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, California, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Marguerite Blake Wilbur |
| Children | Jessica Ely Wilbur Blake Colburn Wilbur Dwight Locke Wilbur Los Proctor Hopper (Wilbur) Ray Lyman Wilbur, Jr. |
| Residence | Riverside, California, United States |
| Alma mater |
Riverside High School Stanford University |
| Profession | Medical Doctor |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
Ray Lyman Wilbur (April 13, 1875 – June 26, 1949) was an American medical doctor who served as the third president of Stanford University and was the 31st United States Secretary of the Interior.
Wilbur was born in Boonesboro, Iowa, the son of attorney and businessman Dwight Locke Wilbur and the former Edna Maria Lyman. He was raised with a brother, Curtis D. Wilbur, who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Calvin Coolidge, and was a judge of the Supreme Court of California. The Wilbur family moved to Riverside, California, when Ray Lyman was twelve.
Wilbur graduated from Riverside High School, then studied at Stanford University, receiving a B.A. degree in 1896 and an M.A. degree in 1897. He then studied at Cooper Medical College in San Francisco, receiving a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1899.
While a freshman at his Stanford home, Wilbur met future President Herbert Hoover, who was drumming up business on campus for a local laundry. The two men became lifelong friends.
On December 5, 1898, Wilbur married the former Marguerite May Blake, who was a college friend of Lou Hoover, Herbert Hoover's wife. The couple had five children (Jessica Wilbur Ely, Blake Colburn Wilbur, Dwight Locke Wilbur, Lois Wilbur Hopper, and Ray Lyman Wilbur, Jr.). Marguerite Wilbur died on December 24, 1946, at age 71.
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