Background
Donovan, Bruce Elliot was born on March 8, 1937 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry Albert and Ruth Hannah (Kent) Donovan.
Dean professor of Classics Fulbright scholar
Donovan, Bruce Elliot was born on March 8, 1937 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry Albert and Ruth Hannah (Kent) Donovan.
AB, Brown U., 1959; postgraduate, U. Bristol, England, 1959-1960; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1965; postgraduate, Rutgers Center for Alcohol Studies, 1976.
He held the titles of Professor of Classics and Associate Dean of the College at Brown University. He also served for many years as chairman of Brown"s Classics Department and as president of Brown"s Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Donovan graduated from Brown University in 1959 and received his Doctor of Philosophy in classics from Yale in 1965.
He served as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a Fulbright Scholar, and a Fellow of the Center for Hellenic Studies.
His writings included Studies In The Literary Papyri Of Oxyrhynchus (1964) and Euripides Papyri (1969), as well as fifty original monographs in his field He also was a recognized authority on Homeric fragments.
Donovan later became an authority on chemical dependency on college campuses.
Board directors Volunteers in Action, 1975-1990, Rhode Island Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependence, 1973-1994, New England Institute Alcohol Studies, 1978-1991. Founding member New England College Alcohol Network, Academics Recovering Together, Association Recovery Schools, 2006-2008. Vice president Funeral Consumer Alliance Rhode Island, since 2007.
Steering committee Network Colleges and Universities Committed to the Elimination of Substance Abuse, 1988-1993. Member Funeral Consumers Alliance Rhode Island (vice president).
Married Doris Louise Stearn, September 7, 1959. Children: Gregory Stearn, Erika Ruth.