Early Life and Education
Christine Grant was born in May 1936 in Bo’ness, Scotland, to Donald Annan and Jean (Orr) Grant. In 1956 Grant received her Diploma of Physical Education at Dunfermline College in Aberdeen, Scotland. After graduating she was a high school teacher and coach in Graeme, Scotland (1956–1961), and field hockey coach and umpire at the high school, collegiate, national and international levels in British Columbia (1961–1964), Ottawa (1964–1965), and Toronto(1965–1971). Grant moved to Iowa City, Iowa, to pursue a bachelor’s degree in physical education at the University of Iowa. She received her bachelor’s degree in 1969, and continued her graduate work, earning a master’s degree in physical education in 1970, and a Ph.D. in physical education with an emphasis in administration in 1974.
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