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Robert O. Grover, chief of the news desk at U.S. News & World Report from 1986 to the present, is the editor of the U.S. News Stylebook. During his tenure at the Baltimore Sun (1966-1985) he served as a copy editor before becoming chief of the copy desk.

Grover received a B.A. in journalism from Pennsylvania State University in 1964. He was a lieutenant (j.g.) in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1964 to 66, and served as the Discipline Officer on USS Shangri-La (CVA-38).

Since 1989 he has been an adjunct instructor at the University of Maryland College of Journalism. He is also a member (piano) of Big Cam & the Lifters dance band, and is a founding member (1998) of the Blues You Can Use bar band.

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