Grant Golden

Worked at Nedlog back in the mid 60s and was fortunate to have a wonderful boss in Grant. May god bless him and his family.

I just learned today that Grant passed away. I am very saddened and my heart goes out to the Golden Family.
What a wonderful human being Grant Golden was! He was an exceptionally warm, kind, and friendly man. Grant was unbelievably generous with his time, imparting his vast knowledge of tennis to those he coached at Junior Davis Cup practices at the Lincoln Park Tennis Club and to Juniors at the Mid-Town Tennis Club in Chicago. I was fortunate to have been coached by Grant at Junior...

I wanted to pass on my thoughts of Grant. I was on the Northwestern tennis team and had the pleasure of receiving Grant's coaching in the summer on the Illinois Junior Davis Cup team. Grant devoted a significant amount of time to our team that practiced out of the Lincoln Park Tennis Club. Grant was a great coach as well as a great player and it was so nice of him to spend his time helping our team. I know I speak for the other members of the team when I say that we all enjoyed his coaching...

Grant was a wonderful friend, tennis player and family man. I served with him at Camp Zama in Japan in 1955 and saw first hand his wonderful personality, talent, and big smile that welcomed everyone. He had a special relationship with General Maxwell Taylor, commander in chief of the Armed Forces at Camp Zama. This allowed Grant to set up a tennis program for military personnel serving in Japan. He was truly a special guy who is going to be missed by a lot of people. On one occasion I...

Grant will be missed at our Monday morning discussion group. His wit and insight made for great give and take.

Glenn, and family. On behalf of the Perlmans, Jim, Bruce and Annette (mom), we extend our condolences to you and your family. I notified Chrissy Carvell Washburn and Irv Stenn and we all agreed that your dad, and the times we all had, and he contributed to substantially, at Lincoln Park Tennis Club, were special that will linger in our memories forever. Your dad did good things for tennis for all the right reasons and unselfishly. These are hard qualities to find these days. He will be...

Grant was a true tennis icon in the North Shore community.
The Golden name is truly golden amongst tennis players and friends.
My condolences to the family.
All tennis players let's not forget the Golden's.