Loren Grey

Who was Loren Grey?

Loren Grey was an educational psychologist and author of several books in that field. He also managed the legacy of his father, western author Zane Grey.

Loren Grey was born in Middletown, New York. His family moved to California a few years after his birth.

Loren frequently accompanied his father on fishing trips to Oregon and the South Pacific. But he sometimes resented public fawning over his father.

"He was rich and famous and had beautiful women, and I felt like I didn't have anything. I hated him for it," Loren told the Los Angeles Times in a 1986 interview.

Loren was enrolled at the University of Southern California, majoring in English, at the time of his father's death. He later embraced his father's legacy and spent three decades as president of Zane Grey Inc., which oversaw the trademarked Zane Grey name and handled licensing of Zane Grey books, audiotapes, movies, T-shirts, fishing tackle and fishing memorabilia.

Loren served in the United States Navy during World War II and was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked.. After the war he re-enrolled in USC and earned a master's degree and doctorate in educational psychology.

He married Marcella Robinson in 1945 but they later divorced. He then married Bonnie McDermott.