What is Ray Marshall?
{{Infobox US Cabinet official | name=Ray Marshall | image=Frmarshall.jpg | order=16th | title=[[United States Secretary of Labor]] | term_start= January 27, 1977 | term_end=January 20, 1981 | predecessor=[[William Usery, Jr.]] | successor=[[Ray Donovan|Raymond J. Donovan]] | president=[[Jimmy Carter]] | birth_date={{Birth date and age|1928|08|22}} | birth_place= [[Oak Grove, Louisiana]] | death_date= | death_place= | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse= | alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]<br>[[Millsaps College]]<br>[[University of California-Berkeley]] | profession=[[sailor]], [[professor]] |branch=[[United States Navy]] |battles=[[World War II]] | footnotes= }} '''Freddie Ray Marshall''' (born August 22, 1928) is an [[Americans|American]] politician, writer, and educator. He is the [[Professor Emeritus]] of the [[Audre Rapoport|Audre]] and [[Bernard Rapoport]] [[Centennial]] [[Chair (academic)|Chair]] in [[Economics]] and [[public policy|Public Affairs]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. ==Early life== Marshall was born in 1928 in [[Oak Grove, Louisiana|Oak Grove]], [[Louisiana]]. He spent some of his youth in an [[orphanage]]. He joined the [[US Navy]] at age 15 by overstating his age. After serving in [[World War II]], he attended [[Louisiana State University]] and [[Millsaps College]]. While attending Millsaps, he became a member of [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] [[Fraternity]]. He has a [[Ph.D]] is from [[University of California, Berkeley]] in [[economics]]. ==Career== He has held several academic posts, but since 1962 has been at the [[University of Texas]], with the exception of his term as [[United States Secretary of Labor]] as a member of [[Jimmy Carter]]'s [[Administration (government)|Administration]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Thinking for a Living: Education and the Wealth of Nations|url=https://archive.org/details/thinkingforlivin0000mars|isbn=978-0-465-08557-6|date=October 19, 1993|publisher=[[Basic Books]]|author=Ray Marshall|author2=Marc Tucker}}</ref> As Se