Bruce Ingham Granger

Gentleman, scholar, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, Bruce Ingham Granger died peacefully in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 2, 2009. He was 89.Bruce was born to Percival Harkness Granger, and Caroline Granger (ne? Gibbons) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 28, 1920.Bruce attended Cornell University and Deep Springs College. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honors Society. After attaining a PhD from Cornell, Bruce taught in Wisconsin and Colorado before becoming a professor of English at Oklahoma University in Norman in 1953. He taught at OU for thirty years, retiring in 1983.Bruce married artist Rosemary Ingham Jemne, in 1944. They had two sons, Percival (Percy) Harkness Granger III (b. 1945, d. 1997) and Adam Granger (b. 1949). Bruce became a noted scholar of early American history and politics. He authored Benjamin Franklin: An American Man of Letters; Political Satire in the American Revolution; and American Essay Serials from Franklin to Irving. Bruce was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1968-69, to teach at the University of Vienna on American Theatre. He was president of the Southwest Modern Language Association.Rosemary died in 1988, and Bruce married Eleanor Goltz Huzar, a classics professor at Michigan State University, in 1991. They made their home in East Lansing, MI, before moving to St. Paul.Bruce loved teaching and reading. He took pleasure in family, the fine arts, conversation and humor. He drove for Meals on Wheels and provided respite care for Alzheimer's patients.He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Percival Harkness Granger II, his wife, Rosemary, and son, Percy.He is survived by his loving wife of 17 years, Eleanor Huzar Granger, his son Adam, Adam's wife Renee, and former wife, Sherry Minnick. He is also survived by daughter-in-law, MariElena Wright Granger and four grandsons, Benjamin, Andrew, James, and Austin.In lieu of flowers, Memorials may be sent to the University of Oklahoma Foundation, 100 Timberdell Rd., Norman, OK 73019, re: Bruce Granger Fellowship.A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.Henry Brooks AdamsSubmitted by family