Grucci, Joseph Leonard, 1908-1982

Joseph L. Grucci was born in Pittsburgh, May 23, 1908, sometimes reported as 1911. He attended Penn State and the Universities of Alabama and Pittsburgh, where he taught before joining the Penn State faculty. During World War II, he served with the 63rd Infantry Division in Europe. At the end of the war, he was assigned to teach at the American University of Shrievenham, England. One of the first translators of the Chilean Nobel Laureate, Pablo Neruda, he was the author of four volumes of poems, including Time of Hawks, and The Invented Will and one of translations, Three Spanish-American Poets. Joseph L. Grucci was appointed an instructor in English composition at The Pennsylvania State College in 1949 and became an assistant professor in 1950. In 1956 he was promoted to associate professor of English composition. He retired on July 1, 1974, as associate professor English composition, but Pivot, the first poetry journal at Penn State, founded and edited by Grucci since he joined the faculty in 1950, continued after his retirement. He died in October, 1982 .

Joseph L. Grucci was born in Pittsburgh, May 23, 1911. He attended Penn State and the Universities of Alabama and Pittsburgh, where he taught before joining the Penn State faculty. During World War II, he served with the 63rd Infantry Division in Europe. At the end of the war, he was assigned to teach at the American University of Shrievenham, England. One of the first translators of the Chilean Nobel Laureate, Pablo Neruda, he was the author of four volumes of poems, including Time of Hawks, and The Invented Will and one of translations, Three Spanish-American Poets. Joseph L. Grucci was appointed an instructor in English composition at The Pennsylvania State College in 1949 and became an assistant professor in 1950. In 1956 he was promoted to associate professor of English composition. He retired on July 1, 1974 as associate professor English composition but Pivot, the poetry magazine he founded when he joined the faculty in 1950 continued after his retirement. He died in November, 1982 at the age of 71.