Benjamin McCready

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Benjamin Donald McCready (born August 14, 1951) is an American portrait painter.

Ben McCready was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has painted more than 600 commissioned portraits. Notable portrait clients include President Gerald R. Ford, President Ronald W. Reagan, President George H. W. Bush, President James Earl Carter, Robert Redford, George Clooney, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Douglas, US Open/Wimbledon tennis champion Lleyton Hewitt, Mark McCormack (founder/chairman, IMG), Wayne Gretzky, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, U.S. Congressman Robert Kastenmeier, J. Peter Grace, John Dorrance, President Robben Fleming (University of Michigan), President Derek Bok (Harvard University), and President Harlan Hatcher (University of Michigan).

McCready has been married to Anne Gray since 1985. They live in Madison, Wisconsin.

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