Grant Hellar ’54 P’87

Just like his father, W. Grant Hellar, Jr. ’21, Grant Hellar ’54 P’87 came to Lawrenceville sight unseen—riding trains for three full days to get here all the way from Tacoma, Washington. What he found when he arrived was both exhilarating and daunting.

“Lavino Field House had just opened,” says Grant. “That was awesome. But it took a while for me to adjust to the Harkness method of teaching and learning—looking back now, I realize that is where I learned to think and to communicate my ideas.”

Grant has great friends from Lawrenceville, and he has been a lifelong volunteer for his class and the School—serving as Alumni trustee from 2006 to 2010. He has also arranged for two deferred gifts for Lawrenceville—a bequest and a life insurance policy.