Background
Grover, Norman LaMotte was born on February 9, 1928 in Topeka. Son of LaMotte and Virginia Grace (Alspach) Grover.
Grover, Norman LaMotte was born on February 9, 1928 in Topeka. Son of LaMotte and Virginia Grace (Alspach) Grover.
B. Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1948. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1951. School of Theology and Ministry, Yale, 1952.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1957.
Member faculty, chaplain, Hollins (Virginia) College, 1954-1957;
assistant professor religion, Hollins (Virginia) College, 1956-1957;
ordained to ministry, Presbyterian Church, 1952;
head department philosophy and religion, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1957-1975;
professor philosophy and religion, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1961-1983;
professor religion, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1983-1991;
professor emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, since 1991. Adjunct Professor Center for Study Science in Society, 1983-1986. Member supervising committee Southern leadership training project Fund for Republic, 1955-1956.
Associate Danforth Foundation, since 1958, senior associate, since 1962, chairman Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. conference, 1962. Psychotherapeutic counsellor Blacksburg Community CounsellingCenter, 1962-1965.
Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Gold Triangle award 1962). Board directors United Campus Ministries of Blacksburg, 1986-1995. Member Blacksburg Master Chorale and Virginia Polytechnic Institute Concert Choir Concert Tour in Berlin, Poland, Czech Republic, Salzburg, 1992, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, 1995, England, Scotland, 2003.
Concert under Robert Shaw, 1998. Study trip to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala Presbyterian Church United States of America Presbytery of Peaks Partnership with CEDEPCA, 1989, 91. Member Habitat for Humanity, New River Valley chapter, Montgomery County Race Relations Work Group, Ecumenical Alliance of New River Valley.
Member local convening committee Interfaith Social Concerns Network, since 1999. Member Montgomery County Democratic Committee, since 2004. Member Unified Coalition for American Indian Conerns.
Member of AARP (co-chaplain Blacksburg, Virginia chapter), American Civil Liberties Union, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life. Executive board Montgomery, Floyd, Radford branch since 1999, Mountain Climber award 2000, Martin Luther King Junior Community Service award 2006, Nannie B. Hairston Community Service award 2006), American Association of University Professors (secretary-treasurer chapter 1959-1960, vice president chapter 1960-1961, president Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University chapter 1961-1962, secretary-treasurer chapter 1977-1980, vice president chapter 1980-1981, president Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University chapter 1981-1982, vice president chapter 1992-1994), Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, American Academy Religion (chairman Southeast region theology/philosophy religion section 1983-1985, citizen ambassador team to Ukraine and Russia 1993, China 1994, Yale University alumni schools committee since 1997, Yale Divinity School reunion committee since 2006), Southern Society Philosophy and Psychology, Virginia Philosophical Association (president 1969), People to People International (American People ambassador delegate to India, Nepal and Tibet 1996, China 2000), Wilderness Society, Smithsonian Associates, Sierra Club, Bread for the World, Coalition for Justice in Central American (board directors, vice president 1990-1994), Amnesty International, Southern Poverty Law Center (Wall Tolerance Honoree).
Married Anne Stottler, June 24, 1950. Children: Jennifer Jean, Peter Neal, Rebecca Louise Grover Verna, Sandra Christine Grover Mason.