Happy Birthday Founder Guy Levis Grant!

Founder Grant, small in stature but a giant in charitable endeavors and preserver of history, was born in New Albany, Indiana, on April 9, 1891, and was the third of thirteen children, five of whom became members of the Fraternity.

Founder Grant attended public schools in his hometown, graduated from Scribner High School in 1909, and later entered Indiana University. While there, he majored in chemistry, graduating with an A.B. degree in 1915. In 1920, he received a D.D.S. degree from Indiana Dental School, then a part of Indiana University; he practiced dentistry in Indianapolis for over 50 years.

In 1929, he married Laura Hammons. He was a veteran of World War I and was active in several civic, professional, and business organizations.

Founder Grant helped establish the Beta and Indianapolis (IN) Alumni Chapters and was the Indianapolis (IL) Alumni Chapter’s first Polemarch. He served several terms as a non-voting Grand Board of Directors member and Grand Historian. For years, Founder Grant gathered bits and pieces of Kappa history to accumulate a recorded history for posterity, which became the factual supportive base for the written account of the Fraternity’s history.

Following 16 years of dedicated service as the Grand Historian, the Fraternity conferred the title of Grand Historian Emeritus upon him in 1967. The Guy Levis Grant Award is named in his honor for undergraduate Fraternity members who exhibit extra meritorious contributions to the Fraternity’s advancement. Founder Grant died on November 11, 1973.
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Kevin Scott
Grand Historian