Grady Thomas was a vocalist with Parliament Funkadelic, a member of the original do wap soul band The Parliaments who remained with band leader George Clinton until an acrimonious separation at the end of the 1970s, when Thomas left the band along with many other principal members, to form a renegade version of Funkadelic. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... George Clinton is the name of several notable people: George Clinton (royal governor) (c. ... Funkadelic was originally the backing band for the doo wop group, The Parliaments. ...
He was born on Jan. 5, 1941, in Newark, New Jersey.
Thomas' internet career began in 1998 as a class project in business school when he co-founded GI Bill Express.com, an online education service that connected veterans and active duty personnel with post secondary educational institutions.
Thomas is a former Naval Officer where he served on active duty tours at sea on the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) as the Main Propulsion Division Officer and on shore as a Naval ROTC Instructor at Prairie View A&M University.
Grady brings over 20 years of financial experience having held a variety of senior financial positions, including Corporate Controller, Corporate Treasurer, and Director of Business Planning and Operations in both the private and public sector of the Fabless Semiconductor engineering and manufacture industry.
ThomasGrady (VC, DCM) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
On 18 October 1854 at Sebastopol, the Crimea, Private Grady volunteered to repair the embrasures of the Sailors' Battery on the Left Attack and carried out this task under very heavy fire from a line of batteries.
On 22 November during the repulse of a Russian attack, although severely wounded, Private Grady refused to leave the front and his example encouraged the weak force which was engaging the enemy to maintain their position.
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