WASHINGTON — Ray Shockley, a former executive vice president of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute, a predecessor to the National Council of Textile Organizations, died at his home in Atlanta on Wednesday. He was 80.
Shockley, a World War II combat veteran, worked for the ATMI for nearly 30 years. He started in the public relations department at the trade and lobbying association in 1956, when it operated under the name American Cotton Manufacturers Institute.
He held a number of positions in the association’s Charlotte, N.C., office, including assistant to the secretary-treasurer and assistant secretary-treasurer. In 1974, Shockley moved to Washington to become ATMI’s deputy executive vice president, and in March 1976, he was elected executive vice president, a position he held until he left in 1985. He later became president of the American Society of Travel Agents and retired in 1990.
Shockley is survived by his wife, Virginia Davis Shockley; two daughters, Jenifer Wray Shockley and Lisa Shockley Moery; a son, David Wray Shockley; three sisters, Annette Shockley Riden, Barbara Shockley and Martha Shockley Kemp; five brothers, Hugh Harris Shockley Sr., John Hattaway Shockley, Peter Saffold Shockley, Leonard Henry Shockley and Joseph Truman Shockley, and two grandchildren.
— Kristi Ellis