Background
Grant, Barry Marvin was born on January 16, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Daniel and Pauline (Dantzig) Grant.
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Barry Marvin Grant
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Bachelor of Arts, Michigan State University, 1957; Juris Doctor, Wayne State University, 1960; postgraduate, Northwestern University, 1964; postgraduate, Harvard University.
Career
Probate clerk, Oakland County, Michigan, 1960;
legal investigator, (Mental Health division)
assistant prosecuting attorney, Oakland County, 1961-1964;
probate court referee, Oakland County, 1962-1963, 71, 74;
chairman, Oakland County Condemnation Commission, 1964, 73;
trial attorney, Oakland County, from 1961;
acting circuit judge, Oakland County, 1980-1985;
chief judge, Oakland County Probate Court, since 1977;
traffic safety commissioner, 1964;
chief judge pro tem, Oakland County Probate Court, since 1996. Secretary, state judicial coordinator Special Committee on Court Reorganization. Member Judicial Tenure Committee State of Michigan, since 1985, probate representative, since 1986.
Member Executive Committee State Bar Mud. Council; chairman Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission, secretary. Chairman Oakland County Election Commission, Michigan Judicial Commission, 1991-1993.
President, probate judge National College.
Achievements
Membership
Member Parent-Youth Guidance Commission, 1963-1964. Chairman Oakland County Lawyers United Foundation Torch Drive, 1968, 71. Executive secretary Southfield Beautification Committee, 1963.
Trustee Wm. Beaumont Hospital. Treasurer Southfield Board Education, Oakland County School Board Association, 1968, also trustee. Member special planning committee National Conference on Mental Health, since 1990.
Member Executive Committee, board directors Camp Oakland, Michigan Society Mental Health, Oakland County History Society, Michigan Cancer Foundation, March of Dimes, Boy Scouts American. Member American Bar Association, ATLA, Michigan Bar Association (representative assembly), National College Probate Judges (Executive Committee since 1988, editor-in-chief newsletter, conference chairman 1994, president-elect since 1995), National Council Juvenile Court Judges, Michigan Probate and Juvenile Judges Association (board directors, president since 1988), Oakland County BarAssn., Michigan Probate Judges Association (Vice-President 1986, president-elect, president since 1988), Oakland County Law Enforcement Association, Oakland County Judges Association (president 1991), Michigan State University Club, Oakland Country Club.
Connections
Married Lisa Geffen, January 31, 1960. Children: James D., Nanci J., L. Scott.
