FRANK L. GRUSKA ’50

FRANK L. GRUSKAY, a longtime pediatrician in the New Haven, Conn., area, died Dec. 18, 2016. He was 87. A member of the John Wesley Club, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in biology. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi. After receiving his medical degree from Yale University, he completed a residency in pediatrics and also served in the U.S. Army for two years. Moving to New Haven, he entered private practice and in 1961 co-founded the Milford Pediatric Group, where he continued to work for 55 years. A man of many interests, his kind and gentle manner drew his patients to him. His wife of 61 years, Bette Gordon Gruskay, died in 2013, and his daughter, Susan G. Warford ’80, died in April 2016. Among those who survive are two children; two sons-in-law; six grandchildren; his brother, Robert H. Gruskay ’54; a niece, Holly D. Gruskay ’83; and his companion, Gilda Lender.