Longtime SPJ board member Carter Bradley dead at 89

Carter Bradley, a long-time board member of the Oklahoma pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, died Oct. 27, 2008, at age 89. Bradley's careers spanned journalism, government and higher education and earned him election to the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame. Bradley was a 1940 graduate of the University of Oklahoma School of Journalism who worked for several newspapers before joining United Press International and was its state manager from 1947 to 1960. In 1960, he was appointed by U. S. Senator Robert S. Kerr as chief clerk of the Senate Committee on Aeronautics and Space Sciences, a position in which he helped guide President John F. Kennedy's space program through Congress. Following Kerr's death in January 1963, Bradley joined U. S. Senator Mike Monroney as his administrative assistant. Subsequently, he was named executive director of the Oklahoma Higher Education Alumni Council. Bradley was a longtime member of the Oklahoma City Gridiron Club, best known for his portrayals of former Governors Raymond Gary and David Hall.