George Richmond Grose

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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) was an American academic administrator and a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1924, serving as a missionary bishop in China.

1 Family
2 Education
3 Ordained Ministry
4 External links
5 See also

[edit] Family

George was born in Nicholas County, West Virginia, the eldest son of A.D. and Estaline Harrah Grose. George's grandfather, William Grose, was a Licensed Exhorter in the M.E. Church, and an earest, forceful speaker. He was encouraged to obtain a License to Preach. But he preferred to remain an Exhorter and a local worker in the church.

George married Lucy Dickerson of Cadiz, Ohio 28 June 1894.

[edit] Education

George taught school for a few years in Fayette County, West Virginia, then graduated in 1894 from the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, with the degree of A.B.. He went on to the Boston University School of Theology, where he earned the degrees of M.A. and STB Ohio Wesleyan awarded him the honorary doctorates D.D. in 1908 and LL.D. in 1916.

[edit] Ordained Ministry

He served as a Pastor of the Cherry Valley Church, Leicester, Massachusetts for three years. He then went to Boston where he served for three years. Then he was appointed to Newtown, Massachusetts for five years, then Lynn, Massachusetts for three years. Rev. Grose then accepted the pastorate of Grace Church, Baltimore, where he served for five years.

From Baltimore he was called to the Presidency of DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana in 1912. He served in this position for eleven years. During a period of expansive growth at the University, his term as President brought stability and financial strength. He stepped down as President upon his election to the episcopacy.