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Ronald H. Gruner

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Julie -- Clark University Commencement
Julie graduates summa cum laude at Clark University!
May 18, 2008


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Mother and Son, 1949
My Mother and me
Tonkawa, Oklahoma 1949
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Chicago 1954
My Dad and me out on the town
Statler Hilton, Chicago 1954
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Personal Stories and Websites

Over the years I have been the founding webmaster on a number of websites including ascs.org (American Society of Corporate Secretaries), niri.org (National Investor Relations Society), sugarbush.org (Sugarbush Soaring Association), boltonfair.org (The Bolton Town Fair), cessna195.org (International Cessna 195 Club) and others. I still maintain a few sites, including...

Click to Open Julie's Page: 1997

As we come to my latest piece, my masterpiece, you will notice a young girl looking out of a window, overlooking flowers. An Amish child looking out of a window what else could be more innocent and simplistic? Well the painting required many layers that made the painting full of different colors and shades of each of those colors. Each of the watercolor pieces require a lot of work and patience along with more than 70 different colors. On the average I think I spent at least 6 or 7 hours on each watercolor and the pastel was just about the same amount of time. On this watercolor I learned new techniques that will be useful in future pieces.
Click to Open Lindsay's Page: händemassage.com

Horse massage is a technique in which the practitioner uses hands and body to manipulate soft tissue, thereby positively affecting the health and well-being of the animal. Massage should be performed by a graduate of an accredited massage school who has specialized training in equine anatomy, physiology, massage and veterinary ethics. The work should be done under the referral of a veterinarian.
Click to Open Silent Giants: St. John's to Cabo

Occasionally life presents the opportunity to do something very special. For me that opportunity came in the summer of 1991.

I had spent 25 years designing high-performance computer systems: mainframes for General Electric in the sixties; minicomputers for Data General in the seventies; and supercomputers for Alliant Computer Systems, a company I had cofounded and for which I served as Chief Executive, in the eighties. By early 1991, I was ready for a change. Our story begins four months later just off the southwestern coast of Newfoundland...

Click to Open Wild and Crazy Friends

Mark and a college buddy at the 19,340 foot summit of Kilimanjaro...On her first parachute jump at Skydive San Diego in Jamul, California. Lisa jumped from 13,000 feet and enjoyed the long view down as she free fell at 120 mph for 40 seconds...John setting the Guiness World Record for riding the most rollercoasters in a 24 hour period...Paul flew across some of the most beautiful - and desolate - mountain terrain in the world...In 2003, Bob made his fourth Around The World Flight. Halfway through the Tarawa to Hawaii leg he passed just south of Typhoon Jimena...Johann has often flown in Sugarbush's wave. Some sailplane pilots have climbed as high as 25,000 feet.
Click to Open International Cessna 195 Club

In the sky our hearts beat faster when we admire the enduring loveliness of a particular airplane, which for one reason or another achieves the status of a standard of perfection.

The Cessna 195, Cessna's cabin class "Business Liner" possesses these qualities. A little before its time, already an antique, round engine and taildragger makes it instant nostalgia...Born in anticipation of a post-war aviation boom that never materialized, the 195 was the last of its kind.



A Little Over Ten Years Ago...

Click to Open gruner.com: 1997

The Internet was a cool place ten years ago. People were trying all kinds of new things.

My first home page featured classic science fiction movies. Click on the image to the left to open it. Bandwidth was limited so images were kept small. Once on the homepage, click the link below the image for the movie sound clip. Refresh the page to view different movies, they're randomly organized.

Can you recognize all of them?


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