How can I verify Robert Edward Grant’s professional credentials and education?
Executive summary
A straightforward verification starts with the claims themselves: Robert Edward Grant’s bios and press materials consistently say he holds a BA from Brigham Young University and an MBA (with honors) from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management, and that he served as President of Allergan Medical and CEO/President of Bausch + Lomb Surgical [1] [2] [3]. These institutional claims can be checked against university registrars, corporate records and independent public documents such as conference programs, patent registries and archived press materials [4] [5] [6].
1. Start by documenting what his own profiles claim
Every verification project begins by collecting the primary self-descriptions: Robert Edward Grant’s official site and press pages repeat educational and professional claims (BA from BYU; MBA from Thunderbird; leadership at Allergan and Bausch + Lomb) and list patents and awards, giving a checklist of items to confirm [3] [7] [6] [2].
2. Verify degrees with the awarding schools’ offices and public alumni sources
The clearest way to confirm the BA and MBA cited on his bios is to ask the registrar or alumni office at Brigham Young University and at Thunderbird (now Thunderbird School of Global Management) for degree verification or searchable alumni directories—these are the institutions named in multiple profiles that assert his degrees [1] [2] [4]. If schools decline due to privacy rules, university commencement lists, alumni publications, or featured speaker pages (for example, university event listings that name him) provide independent corroboration [4].
3. Corroborate executive roles through corporate filings, archived press releases and conference programs
Claims that Grant served as President of Allergan Medical, CEO and President of Bausch + Lomb Surgical, and founding CEO of ALPHAEON appear across corporate and conference listings and should be verifiable in SEC filings, company press releases, board minutes or contemporaneous news coverage; the Samueli School of Engineering event page and multiple bios reference his Allergan role and echo the corporate leadership claims [4] [1] [3]. Archived corporate press rooms and trade journals from the relevant years are good independent sources.
4. Check patent databases and independent publication records for inventor and authorship claims
Multiple sources assert he holds dozens of patents and has published on quasi-prime numbers and encryption theory [2] [5] [1]. These technical claims can be confirmed in public patent databases (USPTO, EPO, Google Patents) by searching his full legal name; similarly, scholarly and conference proceedings can be checked for listed publications and presentations referenced on conference sites or BusinessWire announcements [5].
5. Use media archives, event programs and third‑party bios as independent corroboration
Profiles on conference sites and university event pages (e.g., UC Irvine engineering event materials) and independent media interviews provide third‑party confirmation of both roles and credentials and are cited repeatedly in his online footprint [4] [8]. Such independent notices are useful because they were produced by other organizations that had their own vetting practices.
6. If direct confirmation stalls, pursue public-record avenues and document the chain of evidence
When registrars cite privacy limits, public records—such as corporate filings, trade press, conference speaker lists, and patent records—are the fallback for a chain-of-evidence approach; multiple independent references to the same credential across reputable sources strengthens verification even without a registrar statement [4] [5] [6]. Where claims remain only on personal or promotional sites, note that limitation: several assertions (knighthoods, lifetime awards, exact patent counts) appear in press materials and profiles and should be checked against issuing authorities or award announcements listed in those same external sources [2] [6].
7. Report findings transparently and cite the sources used
Any public report should list exactly which documents or offices confirmed or failed to confirm each item; the available online materials already provide a roadmap—official site and press kit assertions [3] [7] [6], university and event pages referencing degrees and roles [1] [4], and patent/publication claims in trade press and BusinessWire-like notices [5]—and these should be cited alongside the registrar, corporate or database responses obtained during verification.