Paul George Grussing

Paul George Grussing died early in the morning of July 13, 2014 at his apartment in Baxter, Minnesota at age 81. He was born on April 7, 1933 to George and Anna Grussing and grew up in Clara City, Minnesota. He attended Macalester College and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1954. He then served in the U.S. Army in Frankfurt, Germany where he put the language skills imparted by his grandmother to good use. After serving as the Executive Secretary of the Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy, Paul returned to the U of M at age 40 and earned a Ph.D. in 1978. He was a professor of pharmacy administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago for nearly twenty years and was twice awarded the Rufus A. Lyman Award for the best paper published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Administration. He and his beloved wife, Ann Bangsund Grussing, retired in 1988 to a lakeside home that he designed in Pillager, MN. Paul was devoted to his friends, his church, his community and his family. Ann preceded him in death in 2012. He is survived by his brother, Roger Grussing of Pillager, MN, his son Jon Grussing of London, England (along with Jon’s wife Kate and four children), and his daughter Jane Lonnquist of Edina, MN (along with Jane’s husband John and two children). Memorial gifts can be sent to the church where Paul and Ann were so well loved and supported, First Congregational United Church of Christ, 415 Juniper Street, Brainerd, MN 56401.