Retired FBI Agent to Speak

Retired FBI Agent to Speak at Massillon Museum Brown Bag Lunch

Gerry Graybill will highlight his twenty-year career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the Massillon Museum’s Brown Bag Lunch on Tuesday, January 22.

A 1942 graduate of Washington High School, Graybill served in the U.S.Navy in the South Pacific before an eleven-year stint as a supervisor in research and development of new metals at Republic Steel. He was inducted into the FBI in 1962 during the Hoover era, serving in Birmingham, Alabama; Monterrey, California; New York City; Montgomery, Alabama; and Detroit, Michigan before final assignments in the Akron and Canton areas.

Since his mandatory retirement from the FBI at age fifty-five, Graybill has served as Canton Safety Director, taught arson investigation in the fire science program at Stark Technical College (now Stark State), and worked in the Massillon Municipal Court system.

Graybill will talk about his personal experiences during the tumultuous civil rights era in the South, his counter espionage work in New York City, and his years in Detroit during troubled times. “My experiences tell the story of the FBI during those two decades,” Graybill says. Once he drops the names of the famous people he interviewed and the events he investigated, the audience will surely enjoy a brief question and answer session.

Guests may bring a sack lunch or purchase soup, salad, or a sandwich from the Chit Chat Coffee Shop, which has recently moved to the lobby of the Museum. The Museum will continue to offer free cookies and coffee.

The program will begin promptly at 12:10 p.m. and conclude about 12:50 p.m. to accommodate guests who attend during the lunch hour.

The event, which is held in the Museum lobby, is free and open to the public; no reservations are required, but seats fill early. The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East in downtown Massillon. For more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

Bates Printing sponsors the Brown Bag Lunch series, which begins its seventh year with this month’s program. Schedules for the first half of the 2009 series will be available at the event.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director - 330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Museum Public Relations & Lunch Series Chair - 330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525