[Granville-Hough] Remembering Granville Hough

[Trustees for Granville W. Hough]

Today is the anniversary of my father's death.     
I'd like to thank all the family and friends who have provided support over 
the past year.    The scope of his impact on many different people keeps
surprising me.

Here, as reminders, are
his thoughts about his stories, and his summary of his life.     More of
course is at http://granville-hough.oakapple.net

David Hough

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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:54:34 -0700
Subject: Suggestions on Stories for Web Site.

   1.   I suppose the best title would be :"Tales from Sullivan's 
Hollow,"  but if you have a better one, that is fine with me.
2.  Please feel free to edit content of the basic story, as far as 
spelling and grammar are concerned.
3.  Please feel free to decide to include, or to delete, some of the 
comments from others.
4.  You will have to vouch for the authenticity of some particular item, 
sooner or later.  Here is what you can quote from me.  "I have tried to 
record what I remember from participation, eye-witness accounts, 
hearsay,  local newspapers, etc, as of 1 Sep 1941 when I left the area.  
After almost seventy years that memory must be flawed and partial.  But 
if I were to write it any other way, I would be adding errors to the 
flaws.  So I recorded what I thought I knew at the time, 1 Sep 1941.  If 
someone believes they have a more accurate rendition of the facts, I 
recommend they prepare their own tales."



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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:49:11 -0800
Subject: Granville Hough's background-11 Nov 2009

Professor Granville W. HoughÂ’s Background.

  Granville W. Hough of Laguna Woods, CA, is Professor Emeritus,
California State University, Fullerton, and a retired Lieutenant
Colonel, Regular Army.  He has been an amateur genealogist and historian
for forty-five years, with more than twenty-five books to his credit,
including eight written with his daughter, N. C. Hough, on Spanish
soldiers of the Borderlands who served during the time of the American
Revolutionary War.  Listings of these books may be viewed on the web
site for the Library of Congress or on the web site of the Family
History Center at Salt Lake City.

  Granville was a student at Mississippi State University in Nov 1942
when he joined the Army Enlisted Reserve.  He was soon on active duty as
an infantryman, but he was appointed to the United States Military
Academy at West Point and joined the class there in Jul 1943, graduating
in Jun 1946 with a BS in Military Art and Engineering.  He served in the
Regular Army as an artilleryman, intelligence analyst, and general staff
officer until Jan 1969, concentrating on Cold War and technical
intelligence research.  After graduating from the Command and General
Staff College in Fort Leavenworth in 1959, he was assigned to the
Pentagon, where he was able to begin his weekend hobby of genealogical
and historical research in the Library of Congress and the National
Archives.  In subsequent assignments, Granville also graduated from the
Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Air War College.

  The Army had constantly changing needs for people with higher education
skills during the Cold War.  Responding to those needs, Granville gained
a MasterÂ’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from USC in 1955, a MasterÂ’s
degree in Business Administration from George Washington University in
1965, and a PhD in Public Administration from American University in
1971 (after retirement.)

  From 1969 through Spring, 1992, Granville taught business management at
CSUF, serving three years of that time as Management Department
Chairman.  His specialty in teaching was Project Management.

  In 1991, Granville joined the National Society, Sons of the American
Revolution.  His research experience has indicated to him that much of
the history of the American Revolution is incomplete and misleading.  He
strongly believes that the NSSAR, and other patriotic organizations,
should be at the forefront of revising the history we teach our children
about our country and those who have worked with us as allies,
co-belligerents, and even as enemies.