Grover Dimond, Sr., was born in 1888. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1912 and was active in his firm for more than thirty years. In 1941, he established Grover Dimond Associates, a St. Paul architectural and engineering firm which was eventually taken over by his son. Grover Dimond died in 1977.
Grover Dimond, Jr. was born in Minneapolis on May 21, 1915. During World War II he worked for Curtiss Wright aircraft company in St. Louis. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture in 1949, and became a partner and later president of Grover Dimond Associates. In 1975 the firm ceased operation and he retired. Dimond died in Roseville, MN on Nov. 12, 1993.
From the guide to the Grover W. Dimond Associates papers, 1912-1971, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Northwest Architectural Archives, Manuscripts Division [naa])
