A Life Ministering to Others on the Front Lines

A Life Ministering to Others on the Front Lines

The Rev. Grover DeVault

The Rev. Grover DeVault

Columbia International University alumnus, The Rev. Grover DeVault, has been honored for a lifetime of chaplaincy service.

DeVault is a 1953 graduate of CIU and was named Alumnus of the Year in 2008 for his work as a chaplain, including a tour of duty with the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam war. DeVault was also on the scene to minister to Pennsylvania State Police following a shooting at an Amish schoolhouse where a man killed five girls in 2006.

For his many efforts, DeVault, 86, was recently awarded The Chapel of the Four Chaplains’ Legion of Honor Bronze Medallion. Read more about DeVault and the honor in Lancasteronline from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.