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[td]Davis's academic accomplishments earned him acceptance to [[Stanford University]].<ref name="survival"/> He played on the Stanford golf team with a two [[Handicap (golf)|handicap]].<ref name="bright">{{cite web |url=http://www.gray-davis.com/Page.aspx?PageID=38 |title=Bright Days for Gray Davis | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708235238/http://www.gray-davis.com/Page.aspx?PageID=38 |archive-date=2007-07-08 |url-status=live |author1=Balzar, John |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref> After Davis entered Stanford, his father left the family, forcing Davis to join the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] to stay in school; his arrangement with ROTC included a promise to enter the Army after completing his education. In 1964, he graduated with distinction from Stanford, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in history. He then returned to New York City to attend [[Columbia Law School]], graduating with his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree in 1967.<ref name="End" />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]After completing law school in 1967, Davis entered active duty in the [[United States Army]], serving in the [[Vietnam War]] during its height until 1969.<ref name="Shining">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/davis.bio/ |title=Davis: A shining resume, a resounding defeat| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321172551/http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/davis.bio/ |archive-date=2007-03-21 |publisher=CNN | date=October 8, 2004 | access-date=September 8, 2007 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live}}</ref> Davis saw time on the battlefield during his time in Vietnam.<ref name="survival"/> Davis returned home as a captain with a [[Bronze Star Medal]] for meritorious service. Friends who knew him at the time said Davisβlike many war veteransβcame back a changed man, interested in politics and more intense, according to the ''[[Sacramento Bee]]''.<ref name="Shining"/> He returned from Vietnam more "serious and directed."<ref name="survival"/> Davis was surprised to discover that many of those serving in Vietnam were Latinos, African Americans and southern whites with very few from schools like Stanford and Columbia; Davis believed that the burden of the war should be felt equally and he resolved early on to go about changing America so that would change.<ref name="Interview">{{cite web|url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...237&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 |title=Interview with Gray Davis Part I |access-date=2010-08-14|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Davis is a life member of the [[American Legion]] and the [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]].<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.californiagovernors.ca.gov/h/biography/governor_37.html |title=California Governors Biography |publisher=Californiagovernors.ca.gov |date=2007-03-23 |access-date=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010062...governors.ca.gov/h/biography/governor_37.html |archive-date=June 24, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>[/td]
[td]After completing law school in 1967, Davis entered active duty in the [[United States Army]], serving in the [[Vietnam War]] during its height until 1969.<ref name="Shining">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/davis.bio/ |title=Davis: A shining resume, a resounding defeat| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321172551/http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/davis.bio/ |archive-date=2007-03-21 |publisher=CNN | date=October 8, 2004 | access-date=September 8, 2007 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live}}</ref> Davis saw time on the battlefield during his time in Vietnam.<ref name="survival"/> Davis returned home as a captain with a [[Bronze Star Medal]] for meritorious service. Friends who knew him at the time said Davisβlike many war veteransβcame back a changed man, interested in politics and more intense, according to the ''[[Sacramento Bee]]''.<ref name="Shining"/> He returned from Vietnam more "serious and directed."<ref name="survival"/> Davis was surprised to discover that many of those serving in Vietnam were Latinos, African Americans and southern whites with very few from schools like Stanford and Columbia; Davis believed that the burden of the war should be felt equally and he resolved early on to go about changing America so that would change.<ref name="Interview">{{cite web|url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...237&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 |title=Interview with Gray Davis Part I |access-date=2010-08-14|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Davis is a life member of the [[American Legion]] and the [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]].<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.californiagovernors.ca.gov/h/biography/governor_37.html |title=California Governors Biography |publisher=Californiagovernors.ca.gov |date=2007-03-23 |access-date=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010062...governors.ca.gov/h/biography/governor_37.html |archive-date=June 24, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> William Rhodes Davis was wealthy, money came from 20 Texas oil companies[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]Davis's academic accomplishments earned him acceptance to [[Stanford University]].<ref name="survival"/> He played on the Stanford golf team with a two [[Handicap (golf)|handicap]].<ref name="bright">{{cite web |url=http://www.gray-davis.com/Page.aspx?PageID=38 |title=Bright Days for Gray Davis | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708235238/http://www.gray-davis.com/Page.aspx?PageID=38 |archive-date=2007-07-08 |url-status=live |author1=Balzar, John |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref> After Davis entered Stanford, his father left the family, forcing Davis to join the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] to stay in school; his arrangement with ROTC included a promise to enter the Army after completing his education. In 1964, he graduated with distinction from Stanford, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in history. He then returned to New York City to attend [[Columbia Law School]], graduating with his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree in 1967.<ref name="End" />[/td]Revision as of 01:22, 1 September 2025
[/td][td]Davis's academic accomplishments earned him acceptance to [[Stanford University]].<ref name="survival"/> He played on the Stanford golf team with a two [[Handicap (golf)|handicap]].<ref name="bright">{{cite web |url=http://www.gray-davis.com/Page.aspx?PageID=38 |title=Bright Days for Gray Davis | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708235238/http://www.gray-davis.com/Page.aspx?PageID=38 |archive-date=2007-07-08 |url-status=live |author1=Balzar, John |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref> After Davis entered Stanford, his father left the family, forcing Davis to join the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] to stay in school; his arrangement with ROTC included a promise to enter the Army after completing his education. In 1964, he graduated with distinction from Stanford, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in history. He then returned to New York City to attend [[Columbia Law School]], graduating with his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree in 1967.<ref name="End" />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]After completing law school in 1967, Davis entered active duty in the [[United States Army]], serving in the [[Vietnam War]] during its height until 1969.<ref name="Shining">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/davis.bio/ |title=Davis: A shining resume, a resounding defeat| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321172551/http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/davis.bio/ |archive-date=2007-03-21 |publisher=CNN | date=October 8, 2004 | access-date=September 8, 2007 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live}}</ref> Davis saw time on the battlefield during his time in Vietnam.<ref name="survival"/> Davis returned home as a captain with a [[Bronze Star Medal]] for meritorious service. Friends who knew him at the time said Davisβlike many war veteransβcame back a changed man, interested in politics and more intense, according to the ''[[Sacramento Bee]]''.<ref name="Shining"/> He returned from Vietnam more "serious and directed."<ref name="survival"/> Davis was surprised to discover that many of those serving in Vietnam were Latinos, African Americans and southern whites with very few from schools like Stanford and Columbia; Davis believed that the burden of the war should be felt equally and he resolved early on to go about changing America so that would change.<ref name="Interview">{{cite web|url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...237&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 |title=Interview with Gray Davis Part I |access-date=2010-08-14|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Davis is a life member of the [[American Legion]] and the [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]].<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.californiagovernors.ca.gov/h/biography/governor_37.html |title=California Governors Biography |publisher=Californiagovernors.ca.gov |date=2007-03-23 |access-date=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010062...governors.ca.gov/h/biography/governor_37.html |archive-date=June 24, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>[/td]
[td]After completing law school in 1967, Davis entered active duty in the [[United States Army]], serving in the [[Vietnam War]] during its height until 1969.<ref name="Shining">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/davis.bio/ |title=Davis: A shining resume, a resounding defeat| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321172551/http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/davis.bio/ |archive-date=2007-03-21 |publisher=CNN | date=October 8, 2004 | access-date=September 8, 2007 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live}}</ref> Davis saw time on the battlefield during his time in Vietnam.<ref name="survival"/> Davis returned home as a captain with a [[Bronze Star Medal]] for meritorious service. Friends who knew him at the time said Davisβlike many war veteransβcame back a changed man, interested in politics and more intense, according to the ''[[Sacramento Bee]]''.<ref name="Shining"/> He returned from Vietnam more "serious and directed."<ref name="survival"/> Davis was surprised to discover that many of those serving in Vietnam were Latinos, African Americans and southern whites with very few from schools like Stanford and Columbia; Davis believed that the burden of the war should be felt equally and he resolved early on to go about changing America so that would change.<ref name="Interview">{{cite web|url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...237&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 |title=Interview with Gray Davis Part I |access-date=2010-08-14|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Davis is a life member of the [[American Legion]] and the [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]].<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.californiagovernors.ca.gov/h/biography/governor_37.html |title=California Governors Biography |publisher=Californiagovernors.ca.gov |date=2007-03-23 |access-date=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010062...governors.ca.gov/h/biography/governor_37.html |archive-date=June 24, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> William Rhodes Davis was wealthy, money came from 20 Texas oil companies[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]==Early career==[/td]
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