Thomas Allen Bruce

Background

Bruce, Thomas Allen was born on December 22, 1930 in Mountain Home, Arkansas, United States. Son of Rex Floyd and Dora Madeline (Fee) Bruce.

Education

B.S.M., Doctor of Medicine, University Arkansas, 1955; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Arkansas, 1995.

Career

Intern, Duke Hospital, 1956-1957; resident medicine, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1957; resident medicine, Memorial Center Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York City, 1958; resident medicine, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, 1958-1959; cardiopulmonary trainee, Southwestern Medical School of University Texas, 1959-1960; cardiac research fellow, Hammersmith Hospital and University London Postgraduate Medical School, London, 1960-1961; cardiac research fellow, Harvard Business School, 1974. From instructor to professor medicine Wayne State University, 1961-1968, also assistant dean School of Medicine. Professor medicine, head cardiovascular section U. Oklahoma Medical Center, 1968-1974.

Professor medicine, dean College Medicine, U. Arkansas Medical Sciences, 1974-1985, emeritus professor, since 1997. Medical director Barton ResearchInst., 1974-1985. Coordinator Sino-American Medical Exchange Program, 1979-1985;member research support review committee National Institutes of Health, 1983-1985.

Program director in healthW.K. Kellogg Foundation, 1985-1997, program consultant and advisor, since 1997. Board directors Grantmakers in Health, 1986-1994. Co-chair session 312 Salzburg Seminar, Austria.

Member of national advising committee Native American Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, History of Medicine Associations. National advisory board community health leadership program Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Member policy advisory board Center for Health Improvement U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Member program advising committee Foundation for the Midsouth. Advisor group XVI Kellogg National Leadership Program, group II Kellogg International Leadership Program, Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communitiesin United States. Board directors Center for Advancement of Cmty.-Based Public Health, Founder's Society, U. Arkansas College Medicine, Watershed Human Superior vena cava syndrome Agency, Heifer Project International, Arkansas Grantmakers Association.

Adjunct staff Arkansas Cmty. Foundation.

Achievements

• Thomas Allen Bruce has been listed as a noteworthy physician, philanthropic administrator, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Cardiology. Member APHA, American Medical Association, Association American Medical Colls., Arkansas Caduceus Club, Leila Arboretum Society (president 1989-1992), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Dolores Fay Montgomery, May 28, 1960. Children: T.K. Montgomery, Dana Fee Thomas.

Father:

Rex Floyd Bruce

Mother:

Dora Madeline (Fee) Bruce

Spouse:

Dolores Fay Montgomery

child:

Dana Fee Thomas Bruce

child:

T.K. Montgomery Bruce