Grams, Rod, 1948-2013

Rod Grams was born February 4, 1948 at Princeton, Minnesota, and grew up on a dairy farm. He attended St. Francis High School, Anoka-Ramsey Junior College (1970-1972), Brown Institute (Minneapolis) (1966-1968), and Carroll College (Helena, Montana) (1974-1975).

Early in his career Grams worked as an engineering consultant for Orr-Schelen Mayeron and Associates (Minneapolis). He then spent a number of years in television and radio broadasting, working as a producer and anchorman at KFBB-TV (Great Falls, Montana); WSAU-TV (Wausau, Wisconsin); and WIFR-TV (Rockford, Illinois). He was the senior news anchor at KMSP-TV (Minneapolis-St. Paul) from 1982 to 1991. In 1985 he formed Sun Ridge Builders, a Twin Cities construction and residential development company, and served as its President and CEO.

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