| Anthony Paul Gregory, 84, a technical specialist with the Defense Communications Agency, died of heart disease July 18 at Reston Hospital Center. He lived in Reston. |
| Mr. Gregory was a Washington native whose name at birth was Antonio Paolo DiGregorio. He legally changed his name about 1949. He was a graduate of McKinley Technical High School, where he showed a particular aptitude for engineering and mechanical subjects. He spent five years as a jeweler's apprentice at Woodward & Lothrop department store. During World War II, he served in the Army Signal Corps, working primarily at the Pentagon on teletype machines. After the war, he joined the Defense Communications Agency, now known as the Defense Information Systems Agency. He was one of the technical experts who designed circuitry and other equipment for the telephone hotline linking the White House and the Kremlin in Moscow during the Cold War. Mr. Gregory's assignments sometimes took him overseas, and he had a patent for an improvement to teletype equipment. He retired in 1978 after working for 33 years. In his spare time, Mr. Gregory repaired clocks, watches, jewelry, televisions and cars. In recent years, he helped friends with their computers. After growing up in the District, he lived in Arlington, Falls Church and, for the past 20 years, Reston. He was a Mason and a deacon at Westover Baptist Church in Arlington. His wife of 61 years, Margaret Rolen Gregory, died in 2003. Survivors include three children, Alice DiGregorio of Wellfleet, Mass., Alfred Gregory of San Jose and Donald Gregory of McLean; and six grandchildren. |
| Anthony Paul Gregory |