Karl Frederick Grittner (November 22, 1922 – March 3, 2011) was an American educator and politician. Grittner was born in West St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated from the Mechanic Art High School in

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in 1940. He lived with his wife and family in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Grittner graduated from

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in 1945 and went to the National Institute of Public Affairs in

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Grittner also received his master's and doctorate degrees from

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. He taught at Cleveland Junior High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Grittner served in the

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from 1953 to 1958 and in the

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from 1959 to 1970. He was a Democrat /a>. Grittner died from pancreatic cancer at his daughter's house in San Antonio, Texas">pancreatic_cancer.html" ;"title="/a>. Grittner died from pancreatic cancer">/a>. Grittner died from pancreatic cancer at his daughter's house in San Antonio, Texas. His wife died in 2004.'Legislator, educator Karl Grittner dies at 88,' Minnesota Star Tribune (Minnesota), Steve Brandt, March 13, 2011, pg. B8

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