DR. GUY W. GRENNY

Dr. Guy W. Grenny, born in 1927, is one of Orem’s last World War II veterans. As a teen, he heard the President on the radio telling of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He spent some in a military academy in the Infantry ROTC, and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was sent by train to San Diego and was assigned to the Naval Air Center across the bay. During his time there, there were PBY and PBM planes flying up the coast looking with Japanese submarines which came up and fired on coastal targets. Dr. Grenny was transferred to Samar, Phillipines, where he worked accounting for supplies and equipment. When the war was over, he went back to Oregon where he was discharged from the Navy.

After some time in college and running a Scout camp, Guy thought he may want to make the Navy a career, so he re-enlisted and was sent to Seattle, Washington and then to Pensacola, Florida. He learned to fly and became an Officer Candidate. However, some officers talked him out of making the Navy a career, and upon discharge, he went to California, where he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – he was baptized in the ocean!

Dr. Grenny earned a Bachelor of Psychology from Brigham Young University; a Masters of Social Work from the University of Washington; and a PhD in Psychology from University of California Berkeley. He spent his career as a counselor, and has great passion for helping veterans and those with PTSD. He currently serves as the Chaplain for American Legion Post 72.