Education
Grunsfeld graduated from Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois in 1976. He went on to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning a Bachelor of Science in physics in 1980. He then attended the University of Chicago, earning a Master of Science in physics in 1984 and a Doctor of Philosophy in physics in 1988.
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