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What’s it like to be married for 34 years to someone who wrote a book called “What Happy Couples Do.” 

That’s the lucky situation in which Brian Bruess finds himself. 

He is president of the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University and the first president to lead both schools.  His wife, Carol Bruess, is nationally known for her research on relationships and communication and is the schools’ scholar-in-residence for relationships and dialogue. 

MPR News host Angela Davis continues her 

 series talking with Carol and Brian about how they’ve supported each other in marriage, careers and creating community on campus. 

“Power Pairs” is a series featuring prominent Minnesotans in a close relationship. You may know of them separately but they reveal a new side of themselves when they sit down together. Listen to past interviews 

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MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her next Power Pair,  married couple Brian Bruess and Carol Bruess. He is the president of the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University. She is a nationally known researcher on relationships and communication. 

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her next Power Pair, married couple Brian Bruess and Carol Bruess. He is the president of the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University. She is a nationally known researcher on relationships and communication.

Power Pair: A college president and a relationship researcher on what makes a happy marriage

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