Harry Chamberlain Meserve

Dr. Meserve had worked on both east and west coasts, both in and out of the ministry. As result, he brought a cosmopolitan ministry to Grosse Pointe at a time of change. He championed open housing and came out strongly against the Vietnam War. Church members proudly remember that as President of the Grosse Pointe Human Relations Council, Meserve was able to bring Martin Luther King to the area just 3 weeks before he was killed in Memphis. While at GPUC, Dr. Meserve was a member of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Detroit American Civil Liberties Union, the Detroit Urban League and a member of the executive committee of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers’ Association. Departure due to retirement from active ministry.