Maxwell, Grover.

Professor Grover Edward Maxwell was born on June 21, 1918 in Rockvale, Tennessee. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Tennessee in 1941. Upon graduation, he became a research chemist for the Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1943, World War II interrupted Maxwell's work and he received nine months of training in meteorology and subsequently saw 18 months of active duty in the U.S. Navy in the Marshall Islands. At the close of the war, Maxwell returned to his position at the Tennessee Valley Authority.

In 1946, Maxwell returned to the University of Tennessee to begin graduate work in Chemistry, and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1950. At this point Maxwell came to the University of Minnesota on a postdoctoral fellowship. After his fellowship, he joined General Mills as a research chemist. In 1951, he accepted his first teaching position at the University of Connecticut, and in 1953 became an associate professor at Adelphi College in New York.

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