Robert L. Granger, Sr., 89, died on May 12, 2011. His college career at the Univ. of Northern Iowa was interrupted in 1942 for a 4-year tour of duty in the US Army. He was attached as a trumpet player to the official Army Ground Forces Band at Ft. Knox, KY. Later the band moved to the European Theatre. On VE Day, he represented the US Army by playing taps on the rubble of the bombed-out Coventry Cathedral in England. Following the war, Bob finished his BA degree in music and started his teaching career as Band Director in Webster City and Independence, IA. Continuing in music, he received an MM degree from New England Conservatory in Boston. He later served on two college music faculties: Idaho State University in Pocatello, and ASU in Tempe. Going back to college, he made a change to Educational Administration and received an MA and Ph. D at the University of MN. After serving as a public school administrator in both Silver Bay and Wayzata, MN, Robert was a professor at California State University at Los Angeles, Kean University in New Jersey, and New York University. Robert directed the national study of the Head Star Program for the Nixon administration in 1968. Robert was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and a son. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Virgie Mosby Granger; a daughter, three grandsons, a sister-in-law, niece and nephew.