Background
Bruce, Harry William was born on July 19, 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Harry W. and Ethel (Scruggs) Bruce.
dentist dental association executive
Bruce, Harry William was born on July 19, 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Harry W. and Ethel (Scruggs) Bruce.
Bachelor of Science, Carson Newman College, 1943; Doctor of Dental Surgery, U. Tennessee, 1946; Master in Public Health, University of Michigan, 1950; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Loyola University, Chicago, 1970; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Des Moines College Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, 1971; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Medical University of South Carolina., 1977; Doctor of Laws, Creighton U., 1981; Doctor of Science, Georgetown University, 1981.
Private practice, 1946-1984;
dental officer, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department, Tennessee, 1947-1948;
dental trainee, Public Health Service, Atlanta, 1954-1956;
regional public health consultant, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1956-1961;
dental officer, United States Public Health Service, 1961;
assistant surgeon general, United States Public Health Service, 1971-1984. Associate director operations bureau of Health Manpower, Health Resources Administration, Bethesda, Maryland., 1973-1975. Executive director American Association Dental Schools, Washington, 1975-1984.
Lister Hill lecturer U. Alabama, 1980. Member of advisory committee dental radiology National Center for Health Care Technology, 1980-1981. Member of national advising committee hospital dental program Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1979-1982.
With United States Army, 1942-1944. Fellow American Public Health Association, American College Dentists. Member American Dental Association (consultant 1975-1984), American Association Dental Schools, American Association Public Health Dentists.
Married Grace Brooks, June 12, 1944. Children: Harry William III, Neal Irvin.