Larry Grosskopf

Member, Board of Directors
Product Review Coordinator
Historian

Larry G. Grosskopf, Ph. D. is employed by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and works as a Clinical Psychologist at the San Antonio State Hospital. He has worked for the San Antonio State Hospital for the past 10 years. Larry came to San Antonio in 1989 as a Clinical Psychology Resident at the Audie Murphy V.A. Hospital, completing his Clinical Internship in 1990. In 1991, he accepted a year of Post-Doctorate training in Geriatric Psychology and Neuropsychology at the San Antonio State Hospital. He was hired as a full-time staff member upon completion of his Post-Doctorate training.

Larry grew up in Pensacola, Florida and graduated from Pensacola High School in 1970. He received his B. A. degree in Psychology and Religion in 1975 from Ouachita Baptist University. In 1980, he earned an M. A. in Counseling Psychology from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. After working for several years, he returned to graduate school in 1985 at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. He completed his requirements for his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1991.

During the early 1980’s, Larry became interested in computers and bought his first Intel 8088 computer during the middle of the first year of his Ph.D. program in 1985. Larry currently enjoys working and tinkering with computers but would not consider himself a technician. He joined Alamo PC Organization in July1995, after attending the big Windows 95 introduction meeting. Once he started attending meetings, it wasn’t long until he became more involved, started helping set up for the meetings and then began reviewing software and writing articles for the PC Alamode magazine. He initially became Vice-President for Software Reviews in 1997 and the next year was elected to the Board of Directors. He continued serving on the Board and remained the Product Review Coordinator until he became the President for the year 2000-2001.

Larry and his wife, Marta are the proud parents of second-grader, Zoë, (age 7) and kindergartener, Jackson (age 5). One of the reasons Larry continues to be involved is his belief that computers are, or at least can be, wonderful resources and outstanding learning tools. He is committed to helping others use these “tools” to help them achieve the goals they set for themselves.

Larry loves to play tennis and participates in other outdoor sports (golf, softball, biking) on occasion. His primary sedentary hobbies include computers and photography.