Background
Gruny, Charles Richard was born on March 27, 1932 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of C. Ray and Margaret Louise (Piepenbring) Gruny.
Gruny, Charles Richard was born on March 27, 1932 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of C. Ray and Margaret Louise (Piepenbring) Gruny.
AB cum laude, Illinois College, 1953; Juris Doctor, University of Illinois, 1959.
Instructor, Green Street Commercial College, Champaign, Illinois, 1958-1959; assistant legal counsel, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1959-1961; acting legal counsel, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1961-1963; legal counsel, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1963-1970; counsel board of trustees, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1970-1997; semi-retired, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1989-1997; assistant professor journalism, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1964-1989.
Past president, board directors Lions, Carbondale. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1953-1957. Member National Association College and University Attorneys (secretary, treasurer 1963-1964), Order of Coif, Alpha Phi Omega.
Married Diane Emilie Shrader, September 6, 1958. Children: C. Ray II, Robert Lincoln, Richard Lind.