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Silver medals aren’t strictly for the Olympics. Michigan Tech is handing out one of its own, to one of its own, this weekend.
Dr. Bruce Trusock, a 1974 graduate, will be awarded the Michigan Technological University Board of Trustees Silver Medal on Friday, February 9. Fittingly, the medal will be presented to the former student-athlete at a Huskies hockey game during Winter Carnival. Michigan Tech’s team physician has served 36 years as a sports medicine doctor for Michigan Tech Athletics, attending more than 1,500 games and volunteering more than 6,600 hours of service.
Trusock also knows a thing or two about putting on Winter Carnivals. As 1973 Blue Key Honor Society President it was his job to oversee organizing and running the event.
The Silver Medal is awarded to those whose personal and professional achievements set an outstanding example for recent Michigan Tech graduates. “Throughout his 36 years of service, Bruce has helped make Michigan Tech a great environment for student-athletes,” says Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz. “We’re proud to be considered not only the safest campus in the country, but thanks to Bruce, one of the healthiest.”
For more on Trusock’s achievements as a Huskies Football offensive center, his career as a family and sports medicine physician in Houghton and why a Battle Creek, Michigan native would choose to live and work in the Upper Peninsula, see Inspiring By Example: Dr. Bruce Trusock Receives Silver Medal, on Michigan Tech News.
