Education
Augustana College; Northwestern University.
Augustana College; Northwestern University.
He became the 18th president of Marietta College on July 1, 2012. Dr. Bruno took over for Dr. Jean A. Scott, who retired after 12 years. Formerly, he was the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Wesleyan University (2006–2010), Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Wesleyan (2003–06) and worked at Wesleyan since 1984, beginning as a chemistry professor
Bruno was inaugurated on Oct.
12, 2012. Bruno graduated from Augustana College in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry. He earned a Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry from Northwestern University in 1983. On November 10, 2015 President Bruno announced that he will be leaving Marietta College at the end of the academic year in May of 2016.