Background
Gruys, Robert Irving was born on October 15, 1917 in Silver Creek, Minnesota, United States. Son of Herman and Dorothy (Vondergon) Gruys.
Gruys, Robert Irving was born on October 15, 1917 in Silver Creek, Minnesota, United States. Son of Herman and Dorothy (Vondergon) Gruys.
Bachelor Medicine, University Minnesota, 1946. Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1947.
Resident in general surgery Wayne County General Hospital, Detroit, 1948-1949, Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital, 1958-1962. Postgraduate Cook County General Hospital, Chicago, 1967, 63, 64, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1949-1958, University Minnesota, 1958-1968, 70-75. Private practice, Wells, Minnesota, 1949-1958, 63-67, 70-75, Edina, Minnesota, 1957-1958.
Physician, surgeon Ganado Presbyterian Hospital, Arizona, 1953-1957, Chiayl Christian Hospital, Taiwan, 1968-1970. Private practice, Estes Park, Colorado, 1975-1979. Member staff St. Cloud (Minnesota) Veterans Administration Hospital, 1979-1984, principal physician chemical dependence alcoholic unit, 1981-1994.
Member staff Wells Community Hospital, 1951-1975, Methodist Hospital, Minneapolis, 1967-1968, Mount Sinai Hospital, Minneapolis, 1967-1968, North Memorial Hospital, Minneapolis, 1967-1976, Fairview Southdale Hospital, Minneapolis, 1967-1968, Metropolitan Medical Center, Minneapolis, 1967-1976, Elizabeth Knutson Memorial Hospital, Estes Park, Colorado, 1975-1979, Weld County General Hospital, Greeley, Colorado, 1976-1979.
Member of staff Wells Community Hospital, 1951-1975, Methodist Hospital, Minneapolis, 1967-1968, Mount Sinai Hospital, Minneapolis, 1967-1968, North Memorial Hospital, Minneapolis, 1967-1976, Fairview Southdale Hospital, Minneapolis, 1967-1968, Metropolitan Medical Center, Minneapolis, 1967-1976, Elizabeth KnutsonMeml. Hospital, Estes Park, Colorado, 1975-1979, Weld County General Hospital, Greeley, Colorado, 1976-1979, Saint Cloud Virginia Medical Center, 1979-1994. Member American Society Abdominal Surgeons, International College Surgeons, Christian Medical Society, American Medical Association, Physicians Serving Physicians in Minnesota, Stearns-Benton County Medical Society, International Doctors in Alcoholics Anonymous, Mission Aviation.
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Member Reformed Church.
Married Cornelia Mol, June 30, 1943 (divorced 1976). Children: Kathy, Robert, William, John.