Lewis O. Grant

Background

Grant, Lewis O. was born on March 29, 1923 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Lewis F. and Rita J. (Jacqmain) Grant.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1947. Master of Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1948.

Career

Meteorological consultant, Water Resources Development Corporation, Pasadena, California, 1948-1954; meteorological consultant, Water Resources Development Corporation, Denver, 1948-1954; researcher and research director, American Institute Aerological Research, Denver, 1954-1959; assistant professor, associate professor, professor atmospheric science department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1959-1993; emeritus professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, since 1993; president, Piedmont Farms, Inc., Wellington, Colorado, 1975-1998; president, Grant Family Farms, Wellington, since 1998. Consultant Colorado Legislation, Denver, 1971-1973.

Achievements

• Lewis O. Grant has been listed as a noteworthy executive, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Scout master, committee chairman Boy Scouts of America. President Partner Communities, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1988. Elder Presbyterian Church, since 1980.

1st lieutenant United States Field Artillery and United States Air Force, 1943-1946., board directors Legacy Land Trust, since 2004, board member, since 2001, co-agricultural advisory board Larimer County, Colorado, 1998-2004, since 2009. Fellow American Meterological Association. Member National Academy of Sciences (section chairman 1975-1976, member climate committee), Organic Farming Research Foundation (board member 1995-2001).

Interests

• Avocation: organic farm-scale gardening.

Connections

Married Patricia Jean Lovelock, July 23, 1949. Children: Ann, Nancy, Brenda, Andrew, Laura.

Father:

Lewis F. Grant

Mother:

Rita J. (Jacqmain) Grant

Spouse:

Patricia Jean Lovelock

child:

Andrew Grant

child:

Nancy Grant

child:

Ann Grant

child:

Laura Grant

child:

Brenda Grant