Background
Grossman, Jerome was born on August 23, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Maxwell Bernard and Mary Jeanette (Radin) Grossman.
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Grossman, Jerome was born on August 23, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Maxwell Bernard and Mary Jeanette (Radin) Grossman.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1938. President, Massachusetts Envelope Company, Somerville,1944-1975. President Council for a Livable World, Boston, 1980-1991, chairman, 1991.
Lecturer Tufts University, since 1978.
Commentator station WCRB, Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1978. President Council Livable World Education Fund, 1980-1991.
Member Governor"sCom. Economics Effects Arms Race Massachusetts Economy, 1985.
Arbitrator New York Stock Exch., 1992.
A self-styled "relentless liberal", Grossman played roles in many electoral campaigns and efforts to end the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, raised in Brookline, he lived in Newton for 30 years, then in Wellesley for 30 years. A 1938 graduate of Harvard College, Grossman taught at Tufts University and Palm Beach Community College.
He was the author of Relentless Liberal (New York, Vantage Press, 1996) and many newspaper and magazine articles
Grossman had a number of careers:
Business as President of Massachusetts Envelope Company
Education as lecturer at Tufts University, Regis College, Palm Beach Community College
Politics as Member, Democratic National Committee
Chairman, Father Drinan for Congress
Director, Eugene McCarthy for President
Director, George McGovern for President
Manager, Stuart Hughes for Senate
Anti-war activist as Chairman, Council for a Livable World
Originator, Vietnam Moratorium Movement
Radio Commentator at WCRB – Massachusetts, WJNO – Florida
Civil Liberties as Chairman, Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Foundation.
President Parent-Teachers Association Council, Newton, Massachusetts, 1960-1962. Member Newton Charter Reform Commission, 1969. Director Educators for Social Responsibility, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Trustee Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Boston, since 1977. Campaign manager Hughes for Senate, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962. Founder Political Action Peace, 1962, chairman, 1962-1971.
Elected delegate Massachusetts Democratic State Convention, 1962, 82, 84, 86, 90. Director National New Democratic Coalition, since 1968. National director administration McCarthy for President, Washington, 1968.
Chairman Committee ReElect Congressman Robert F. Drinan, 1970-1980. Member Democratic National Committee, 1972-1980. Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1972, 76, 80.
Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1972, 76, 80. Member Massachusetts Democratic State Committee, 1972-1980, board directors affirmative action committee, 1975-1978. Member steering committee Massachusetts McGovern for President, 1972.
Elected member Democratic National Platform Committee, 1976. President Wellesley Committee Nuclear Weapons Freeze, 1981-1984. Treasurer Peace Political Action Committee, since 1982.
Member of Wightman Tennis (Weston, Massachusetts).
Married Roslyn Yetta Gruber, June 7, 1942. Children: Daniel Jefferson, Marilyn Jean, Richard Adam.