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Joseph Bruno
President
Dept: Office of the President
740-376-4701
Office: Irvine
Degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, Augustana College. Argonne National Laboratory Ph.D. organometallic chemistry Northwestern University, Indiana University
Year appointed: 2012
President Dr. Joseph W. Bruno, a native of Chicago, became Marietta College's 18th president on July 1, 2012, after 28 years in faculty and administrative roles at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.
Dr. Bruno takes over for Dr. Jean A. Scott, who retired after 12 years of leading Marietta.
Since joining the faculty of Wesleyan in 1984, Dr. Bruno has served in different leadership roles, including the Chair of the Chemistry Department, Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, President of the university's Gamma of Connecticut chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. He has also served as Faculty Chair of the Tenure and Promotion Committee, led ongoing strategic planning for the university and, with the Chief Financial Officer, was an advisor to the Wesleyan's President on all budgetary matters.
He has taught introductory chemistry, organic chemistry, advanced electives in inorganic and organometallic chemistry, and several levels of laboratory courses. While at Wesleyan, he developed an organometallic chemistry research program and authored about 60 publications and patents, most of which were coauthored with students he mentored in his lab.
Dr. Bruno received his undergraduate education from the small, liberal arts college, Augustana College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He continued his education at Northwestern University, where he earned the PhD in Chemistry in 1983 while also holding a thesis parts appointment at Argonne National Laboratory in 1982. He also served as a postdoctoral researcher at Indiana University prior to joining the faculty at Wesleyan University.
Dr. Bruno is married to Diane, a human resources consultant. They have one daughter, Lisa, a 2009 graduate of Mount Holyoke College who is a development associate at Read Alliance, a non-profit foundation that focuses on improving the academic skills of children in New York City neighborhoods.
Dr. Bruno's inauguration took place Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, during Homecoming weekend.