David Browne Grant

Background

Grant, David Browne was born on April 21, 1915 in Sharonville, Ohio, United States. Son of David John and Catherine Emma (Browne) Grant.

Education

AB cum laude, Colgate University, 1936; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1939.

Career

Associate, Edward Bryant Firm, Detroit, 1939-1940; associate, Vandeveer and Haggerty Firm, Detroit, 1940-1941; sales manager, assistant to president, Empire Tool Company, Detroit, 1941-1942; sales representative, district manager, Stone Tool Corporation, Los Angeles, 1946-1947; owner, manager, Tool Electrolizing Company, Los Angeles, 1947-1949; owner, manager, Electrolizing Company and Electrolizing Sales and Tool Company, Los Angeles, 1949-1952; president, chief Executive officer, Electrolizing, Inc., Los Angeles, 1952-1987; retired, 1987.

Achievements

• David Browne Grant has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors, officer Belcourt Hill Property Owners Association, 1987-1991. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society for Metals, Metal Finishing Association, Society Automotive Engineers, Merchants and Manufacturers Association, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (industrial committee 1952-1960), Jonathan Club, Braemar Golf Club (Tarzana, California), Spring Valley Country Club, Newport Beach Country Club.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, swimming, boating.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Ann Connolly, May 17, 1942 (deceased 1993). Children: Ann Catherine, Elizabeth Bonnie, David C., Susan B., Mary Margaret, James B., Patricia Jude.

Father:

David John Grant

Mother:

Catherine Emma (Browne) Grant

Spouse:

Elizabeth Ann Connolly

child:

Patricia Jude Grant

child:

David C. Grant

child:

Susan B. Grant

child:

Elizabeth Bonnie Grant

child:

Ann Catherine Grant

child:

James B. Grant

child:

Mary Margaret Grant