Glen Allen Grubbs

Glen Allen Grubbs (May 22, 1930 December 20, 2018) was an American businessman and executive, most closely associated with Raytheon Company, where he was employed for more than 20 years.

Early life and education Born in Apollo, Pennsylvania, on May 22, 1930, Grubbs primarily grew up on a rural farm with his siblings attending a schoolhouse with only one room. After the family relocated to Erie, Pennsylvania, in the early 1940s, he attended Strong Vincent High School in Erie, where he earned a varsity letter in baseball, and received his high school diploma in 1948. Shortly after graduating from high school, Grubbs and his brother Bill enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where they served honorably for four years. While employed at Raytheon, Grubbs furthered his education by attending the business school at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

From the mid 1960s to the late 1970s, Grubbs was largely responsible for and instrumental in Raytheon's development of the Air Defense System of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In early 1972, Grubbs and his team of Raytheon contract specialists in Jeddah were engaged in advanced discussions with Prince Sultan and Prince Khalid bin Sultan on price and availability of the new munitions. By late 1972, Grubbs informed the Raytheon Executives that the next Improved Hawk Missile contract would probably involve somewhere between $400 million and $800 million in purchases by Saudi Arabia directly from Raytheon.

The Grubbs's work contributed to the exponential growth of Raytheon from a fledgling diode and defense electronics company into one of the largest guided missiles manufacturer in the world.

Personal life Grubbs married twice. While in the U.S Navy, stationed in Boston, he met Jean Louise Honnors, a student at Dean Junior College. They married in 1952 and went on to have 8 children between the years of 1952 and 1965. They divorced in 1969. Grubbs subsequently married Claire Corriveau in 1970, an executive secretary at Raytheon, and soon thereafter adopted her only son Robert, who was a hemophiliac.