- Granville
Evans - Deceased
- Granville Evans was a physics and
chemistry teacher at Bangor High School from 1938 to
1958. He was born in Bangor in 1913 and graduated from
Bangor High School in 1931. He furthered his studies
at Blair Academy in the fall of 1931 and entered Penn
State University where he studied for another year. He
then transferred to Moravian College where he earned
his BS degree in 1938.
After graduation, he was hired
as a science teacher at Bangor High School, a position
he held until his death in 1959. During his career, he
earned his M.S. degree at Lehigh. His teaching career
was interrupted for three years (1943-1945) while he
served in WWII.
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- In 1957, Mr. Evans won a science
grant to the University of California, the only one
allotted to a Pennsylvanian that year. Illness
prevented him from accepting a similar honor, which he
was slated to receive from Lehigh University in 1958.
That year he was also chosen as an alternate for a
grant from U.C.L.A.
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- Mr. Evans had a life long
affiliation with athletics. A star lineman while in
high school, he continued his playing career at
Moravian and later coached a Little League team for
several years. He also had a six year tenure as head
football coach at Bangor.
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- The class of 1960 dedicated its
yearbook to him in recognition of a life devoted to
education. He was a devoted church worker, serving on
the board and singing in the choir of Trinity
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bangor.
- He was married to the former
Eleanor Buzzard and was the father of three children,
Judith, Beth, and John, all of whom followed in his
footsteps by choosing careers in
education.
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