After leaving Wayne State in 1977, Ray was a Research Administrator in the Department of Research at Henry Ford Hospital. It was during his time at Henry Ford that Ray went back to school to get an MBA degree from the University of Michigan (1979). For about 2 years, 1981-1983, Ray worked for the Catholic Relief Services, in Dakar, Senegal, as an administrator in the Food and Nutrition program for mothers and infants. Ray returned to Henry Ford Hospital in 1983 to be the Director of Research, where he continued to work until his death in 1994.
