Grenville C. Emery

Grenville C. Emery (July 19, 1843 – May 9, 1927) was an educator, author, head master and founder of what is now the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California.

Emery's father had sailed to California from Maine during the Gold Rush of 1849, but returned to New England to engage in various businesses including the construction of a railroad to Lewiston.

[1] Emery married Ella Rhoda Pike on January 27, 1871, in Livermore Falls, Maine, and they had seven children.

He then returned to New England to serve as sub-master at the Lawrence Grammar School in Boston, Massachusetts, until 1881 when he left to study in Germany.

In 1900 Emery founded and became Head Master of the Harvard School in Los Angeles and instituted military drilling.