Background
Georg Martin Grossman was born in Groß-Bieberau, a town in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany.
Georg Martin Grossman was born in Groß-Bieberau, a town in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany.
He studied theology at Erlangen and later at Nürnberg.
He was strongly influenced by a mission-minded pastor, Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe of Neuendettelsau, Bavaria. Starting in Saginaw, Michigan, the location of the college would be moved many times between Illinois and Iowa until permanently settling in Waverly, Iowa in 1935. Grossmann and Löhe Halls at Wartburg College are named in memory of Georg Grossmann and his mentor Pastor Löhe.
The Franklin I. and Irene List Saemann Foundation was founded by Irene List Saemann, granddaughter of Grossman, to support Wartburg College.
