Scott GRUGAN, M.D., 43, of Alexandria, died suddenly Thursday morning,
March 3, 2005, while vacationing with his family in the Bahamas. He was
born Nov. 15, 1961, in Philadelphia, to Carol Sonya and Hartford Ernest
Grugan, M.D. As a child. Scott resided in Williamsport and Reading. He
was married Aug. 16, 1986, to Pamela (Pichler) Grugan with whom he had
five children: Olivia, 15, Fiona, 13, Cecilia, 11, Joseph, (Seppi). 8,
and Mario Rene, 1. He is survived by his stepfather, Glenn M. Frazier,
of Huntingdon: stepsisters, Teresa Vancko, Glenda Hebe. Kitty Snyder,
Sandra Douglass and Laura Falk; as well as half sisters, Claudia Grugan
and Tina Grugan Heineman. Dr. Grugan was a graduate of Governor Muffin
High School, Shillington. He graduated from Albright College in Reading
and the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University,
Philadelphia. He completed his residency at Reading Hospital and Medical
Center in diagnostic radiology before coming to Huntingdon to join the
medical staff of J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital in 1991. He was certified
by the American Board of Radiology and was a member of the American
College of Radiology and the Radiologic Society of North America. While
on the medical staff at J.C. Blair, Dr. Grugan served on numerous
committees, including Medical Education and Library: Radiation Safety,
which he chaired since 1997; Utilization Management; and Medical Records
and Credentials. He served as vice chief of staff from 2002-2003 and was
a founding member of the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital Foundation. At the
time of his death, he was the medical director of the Radiology
Department at J.C. Blair and the principal partner ot Huntingdon
Radiology, P.C. Dr. Grugan will be mourned by the members of many
diverse communities. He was an active member of the Stone Church of the
Brethren in Huntingdon and a committed member of the church's Guatemala
Circle, which in 1999 established a partnership with a Guatemalan
elementary school, Colegio Miguel Angel Asturias. He and his family
participated in all three volunteer delegations to the school organized
by Stone Church, and he was working to assemble a medical delegation to
Guatemala for the summer of 2006. He was committed to the home education
of his five children and to the education of the deaf He was well known
in the Huntingdon area for his devotion to his family, his involvement
in community projects. his interest and enthusiasm for music,
architecture, philosophy and religion and causes of many types. His
motto for life was Carpe Diem, and he lived it fully. A memorial service
will be held at Stone Church of the Brethren at 2 p.m. Saturday, March
19.
