HOPKINS, MN — Josef Pausch, president and chairman of the board of General Resource Corp. here, passed away on March 7. He was a pioneer in the development of modern pneumatic conveying and bulk material handling, and was awarded more than 50 U.S. and foreign patents.
Mr. Pausch was born in Vienna, Austria. As a teenager during World War II, he ran the family-owned flour mill. After the war, he designed for first pneumatic flour mill in Austria.