Deceased January 21, 2021
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In Memory
We lost Rich Grant at the age of 92 in January of this year in Hamilton, Mont. Rich became more than an elementary and secondary school teacher and administrator. In 1961 he also received his master’s in divinity from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and proceeded on the dual path of educator and Anglican rector.
After Amherst and two years in the Army, Rich started teaching at Harvard High School
(now Harvard-Westlake), his alma mater, in North Hollywood, Calif. Following divinity school, he returned to Harvard High School, plus a local rectorship, before moving to rural Montana. There he taught at the high school in the town of Corvallis, served as elementary school principal, retired in 1990 and continued until 2001 as rector of St. Matthias Anglican Church in Hamilton.
At Amherst, Rich was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, played freshman football, was on the tennis team for four years and got involved with the Masquers. Rich was a very loyal Lord Jeff.
In Montana, he relished backpacking the mountain trails with his students and sons. Fly-fishing and gardening were other hobbies.
Rich was preceded in death by his wife, Pam, and is survived by two sons, Jeff (Cathy) and Mark (Tara); four grandsons; and six great-grandchildren.
John Priesing ’50