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Ernest Groves was born on May 6, 1877 in
Framingham, Massachusetts. He received
his B.D. from Yale Divinity in 1901 and
his A.B. from Dartmouth College in
1903. Professor Groves taught at New
Hampshire University, Boston University,
Duke University and the University of
North Carolina. As an author, he
published more than twenty books and 200
articles and became one of the leading
and most respected family life educators
in this country. Along with his wife,
Gladys, Professor Groves began two
successful annual conferences on the
Conservation of Marriage and Family; one
at UNC and the other at the North
Carolina College for Negroes. Professor
Groves died on August 29, 1946 in
Arlington, Massachusetts while teaching
summer school. Mrs. Groves, a scholar
in her own right, continued her and her
husband's work and died on July 11, 1980
in Virginia Beach, Virginia. |
