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Who is the "GrayMan"? Gray Rinehart is the author of one book, Quality Education, and many articles, essays and papers. Check out The Legend of Gray's "alter ego" to find out more about the original "GrayMan" of Pawleys Island, South Carolina.

Short Stories.

"Memorial at Copernicus," Redstone Science Fiction, Forthcoming.

"The Surfman," presented to the Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station in August 2009. Download here.

"Above the Event Horizon at the End of Time," Tales of the Talisman, Summer 2008.

"The Rocket Seamstress," Zahir, Issue 12, Spring 2007.
Now available on AnthologyBuilder.

Books and Book Contributions.

"Quality Improvement: Not Another Reform Movement," in Michael D. Richardson, Richard L. Blackbourn, et al, Editors, The Pursuit of Continuous Improvement in Educational Organizations (University Press of America, 1997).

Quality Education: Applying the Philosophy of Dr. W. Edwards Deming to Transform the Educational System (Milwaukee, WI: ASQC-Quality Press, 1993). Download the Introduction.

Articles and Essays.

"An Unsolicited Proposal for the Secretary of Education." Download here, January 2010.

"Ignore the Tour Guides, If You Can." Download here, August 2009.

"Creating Jobs in Troubled Times," The Professional Engineer, Winter 2008.

"A Eureka! Journey, Part One: 300 Ideas in 3 Days on Centennial Campus," NCSU Industrial Extension Service, www.ies.ncsu.edu, November 2008.

"The Mission Matters Most" Air & Space Power Journal, Fall 2008, pp. 29-30.

"Taxes, Direct Deposit, and Choice," The Ornery American, www.ornery.org, March 2007. Specific link for essay: www.ornery.org/essays/2007-03-15-1.html.

"How the Air Force Embraced 'Partial Quality' (and Avoiding Similar Mistakes in New Endeavors)" Air & Space Power Journal, Winter 2006, pp. 34-43.

"Space and Katrina," The Ornery American, www.ornery.org, September 2005. Specific link for essay: www.ornery.org/essays/2005-09-16-1.html.

"On Speeches: Pearls and Tapestries," Washington Speechwriters Roundtable, September 2005.

[with Erik Eliasen, Steve Julian, Mike Lutton, Keith Phillips, John Taylor, Mark VanVoorhis, and James H. Galt-Brown] "Toward Space War," High Frontier, Volume 1, Number 3, Winter 2005, pp. 47-53.

"U.S. Superiority In Space--Considering Propulsion And Power," Air & Space Power Chronicles, www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil, February 2005. Translated and reprinted in the Fall 2007 issue of the Chinese language edition of Air & Space Power Journal, available here.

"The Redemption of the Vietnam War?" The Ornery American, www.ornery.org, October 2003. Specific link for essay: www.ornery.org/essays/2002-04-12-1.html.

"Yogi Berra, Polybius, and the Recurring Jihad," The Ornery American, www.ornery.org, April 2002. Specific link for essay: www.ornery.org/essays/2002-04-12-1.html.

"Theory of Knowledge, and War: First Steps Toward a Unified Theory," Air Chronicles, www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil, August 1998.

"Half a Seatbelt Isn't Enough," Road & Rec, Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 1998, pp. 10-1.

"Remember the Orion!", Space Energy and Transportation, Volume 2, Number 1, 1997, pp. 43-8.

"A Lesson in Variation," ASQC Education Division News, Winter 1997, pp. 3-4.

"Picture Perfect: A Model for Voluntary Standards," The School Administrator, February 1997, pp. 50-1.

"An Educational Snapshot," ASQC Education Division News, Summer 1996, pp. 9-10.

"Building a Vision for Quality Education," The Journal of School Leadership, May 1993, pp. 260-8.

"A New Paradigm for Organizational Structure," Airpower Journal, Spring 1992, pp. 42-53. Reprinted in Air Command and Staff College Seminar/Correspondence Lesson Book, Volume 2 (Version 9).

Papers.

"The I-E-S Role in Job Creation," Industrial Extension Service White Papers, November 2008. Available for download from the NCSU Industrial Extension Service web site.

"Managing Complexities in Education and Other Systems," 1996 Rocky Mountain Quality Conference Proceedings, 10-11 June 1996, pp. 60-9.

[with D.D. Berlinrut and K.C. Herr] "Current Practices in Launch Plume Monitoring," 1988 JANNAF (Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force) Safety & Environmental Protection Subcommittee Meeting Proceedings, CPIA Publication 485, May 1988, pp. 263-270.

[with D.D. Berlinrut] "Environmental Monitoring of a Titan 34D 5-1/2 Segment Solid Rocket Motor Static Firing," Air Force Astronautics Laboratory Technical Report AFAL-TR-88-029, March 1988.

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