Born in New York City. Received B.A. from Yale in 1952. Attended Harvard Business School. Received MBA in 1954. Married Katherine Douglas September 5, 1952. They have three sons and a daughter. Employed with Dillon Read & Co after 1954, vice president in 1961, CEO in 1971. With Purolator Courier Corp. after 1983.

Appointed to the Senate to complete term of Harrison Williams and served April 12, 1982, to December 30, 1982. Appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Bush in 1988 and served until 1993. His signature appears on Federal Reserve Notes, series of 1988A.

Brady appears on a mint medal (USM 232) as one of the series for Secretaries of the Treasury. Dies were by Edgar Z. Steever. Brady received his medal December 14, 1990. Initial release date was January 16, 1991.

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