Norman Grubb

Norman Grubb ( born August 2, 1895 in London, † December 15, 1993 in Washington ( Pennsylvania)) was a missionary and founder of the evangelical Inter- Varsity Fellowship (now the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship ), one in universities and higher educational institutions operating network of students, faculty members and other supporters.

Norman Grubb fought in the First World War in the British Army and then studied at Trinity College ( Cambridge ). Even before a degree he traveled in 1920 with his wife Pauline, daughter of cricketer and missionary Charles T. Studd, the Belgian Congo, where he worked for ten years as a missionary. In 1931 he returned to London, to the presidency of the Missionary Society World Evangelism Crusade instead of his deceased father - to take (now Worldwide Evangelism for Christ International WEC ). In the more than 30 years until his retirement he built the mission society into a company with over 1000 employees. In addition, he has authored numerous books, first a biography of his father.

Grubb was a close friend of Abraham Vereide, founder of The Family, and wrote his biography Modern Viking: The Story of Abraham Vereide, Pioneer in Christian Leadership, which was, however, mainly intended for private distribution among Vereides trailers and accordingly strong hagiographic trains carrying.