Biography#

Born in Los Angeles County and raised in Alhambra, Grant was just eight when he and his older sister and their parents moved to Costa Mesa. Grant attended Main School in Costa Mesa, then went to Newport Harbor High School. He first encountered Orange Coast College in 1953, at the age of 15. Grant was an assistant U.S. Olympic crew coach for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Grant spent six years as OCC’s president, from 1989 until his retirement in December of 1995.

Social Media#

• LinkedIn

Offices Held#

• 2014 CCCD, Trustee Area 5

Candidacies#

Articles and Sources#

• Meet Our Trustees
• David A. Grant Named OCC President (May 17, 1990)
• A CONSUMMATE COAST COMMODITY: DAVE GRANT (February 10, 2005)
• What happened when Dave Grant “retired” as President of Orange Coast College? (October 17, 2010)
• Smartvoter 2014
• Coast Community College District Board President David Grant Endorses Vong Xavier Nguyen for Coast Community College District (Sep 5, 2016)
• Orange Coast College’s David Grant receives rowing’s top U.S. award (Nov. 16, 2018)
• Coast District Board elects new officers during reorganization meeting (December 17, 2019)