DANIEL BROOKS GRANT, E.A 1916.
Born November 1, 1893, Memphis, Tenn ; died December 27, 1948, New York City Father, James Daniel Grant (Univ. Georgia Class of 1876), with Columbia Mortgage & Trust Company, Memphis; son of James Lovick and Sarah (Morrow) Grant Mother, Pearl (Neely) Grant; daughter of James Columbus and Frances (Blocker) Neely. Lawrenceville School Delta Kappa Epsilon, Wolfs Head Student in architecture Yale School of the Fine Arts Senior year. With Guaranty Company of New York 1919-26 (sales manager administration 1924 and manager London office 1924-26), Vice-president Guaranty Trust Company of New York, 1926-48 (in charge European offices, London, 1936-41); served in U S Naval Reserve World War I, overseas 1918-19, discharged as Lieutenant (j g ) February 1919, entered Transportation Corps, U S. Army, May 1942 with rank of Major, fiscal adviser to U S Chief of Transportation, at Allied Force Headquarters, London, and subsequently in North Africa, with 2d Corps, September 1942, assigned to Supreme Headquarters, AEF , London, subsequently Normandy, Belgium, and Luxembourg, December 1942 (head of financial, banking, and currency branch), promoted Lieutenant Colonel 1943 and Colonel 1944; discharged March 1946; organizer and chairman American Red Cross Committee Great Britain 1940, president Yale Alumni Association of Great Britain 1938-44; awarded U S Legion of Merit, Order of the British Empire, officer Order of Leopold I (Belgium), Order of Orangemen (Luxembourg), and made Commander of the Order of Dannebrog (Denmark), member The Pilgrims (London) and First Presbyterian Church, Memphis Unmarried Death due to cirrhosis of the liver Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis Survived by a brother, James Neely Grant of Memphis.1948-1949 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University