Founder of Kerley Ink. 

Born in Schenectady, New York in October of 1893, Ray moved to Chicago shortly after the turn of the century and started his career as a "printer's devil" at the shop of Regensteiner Press. By the 1920's, Ray moved to Milwaukee and became manager at Cuneo Press. Ray started his family there, but moved back to Chicago in the late 1930's. Ten years later, he founded Kerley Ink-then known as "R. A. Kerley Ink Engineers, Inc." in 1947.