Background
Grabek, James Robert was born on August 30, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph Richard and Dorothy (Luecht) Grabek.
Grabek, James Robert was born on August 30, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph Richard and Dorothy (Luecht) Grabek.
Bachelor of Science, Northern Illinois U., 1968; Master of Science, Northern Illinois U., 1969.
Sales supervisor, Convertors American, Minneapolis, 1972-1974; region sales manager, New Dimensions in Medicine, Atlanta, 1974-1978; midwest regional operations manager, American Mgmt Services, Denver, 1978-1979; regional sales director, United States Surgical Corporation, Minneapolis director world sales, St. Jude Medical, Inc., St., 1980-1982; president, Horizon Industries, Inc., 1982-1983; president, chief Executive officer, GV Medical, Inc., Minneapolis, 1983-1991; founder, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Comedicus Inc., Columbia Heights, Minnesota, since 1992. Staff Faculty Entrepreneurship Center, Graduate School Business, U. St. Thomas, St. Paul, since 1991.
Council member City Orono 1983-1986, mayor City Orono since 1987. Member American Electronics Association.
Married Penelope Jean Chipain, August 20, 1967. Children: Justin Ryan, Seth Alexander, Christopher Joseph, Nicholas James.
