About
Bob at Machu Picchu
Robert L. Gram holds theological degrees from New Brunswick, Princeton,and San Francisco Seminaries. At New Brunswick, he was the first person in the history of the school--established in 1784-- to receive two graduate degrees in three years. He also holds an M.S. from Columbia University School of Social Work, and was a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York and New Jersey. He worked as a group therapist at the Addiction Institute of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. In that capacity, he trained graduate school interns in substance use disorders, and taught addiction therapy at Ferkauf Graduate School. He was also a clinician in private practice.
Bob received a Lily Foundation Grant, administered by Covenant Theological Seminary, which allowed him to pursue his culinary and cycling passions.
Bob After Bicycling Across the USA
In 2016, he bicycled across the country, beginning in San Francisco, and ending on a beach near Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His group averaged 82 miles a day. On a dare--and for 'extra credit'--he peddled a double metric century (124 miles) in a day. He accomplished this a week after being sideswiped by a pickup truck and briefly hospitalized. He has also climbed mountains around the world.
Bob has written and directed plays. Two of his short stories won national awards. Apocalypses is his third book and first novel. He lives in Rhinebeck, N.Y.