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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, RESIDENT CLIFFORD BRUCE INDUCTED INTO MANHATTAN COLLEGE’S ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Clifford Bruce ’74, a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Manhattan College alumnus, has been inducted into the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The 26th annual event, sponsored by the Manhattan College Alumni Society, was held Dec. 4, 2004, in Smith Auditorium at the college campus.

Bruce had a tremendously successful run on the College’s cross country and track and field teams. He broke eight College track records during his career in the early 1970s as he raced to become an NCAA All-American, a three-time IC4A Champion, and a three-time Metropolitan Champion. As a freshman, Bruce, along with three other Jaspers, broke the freshman medley relay record established in 1968 by Villanova’s team, which included future Olympian Marty Liquori.

Bruce also helped win the 1973 NCAA indoor track and field championship when he took third-place in the 1,000-yard run. In his senior year, he was victorious in the 1,000-meter run at the Olympic Invitational at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.

Bruce completed a master’s in business administration at the College while working for Con Edison. Bruce now works as a manager for American Express.

Manhattan College was founded in 1853 upon the Lasallian heritage of excellence in teaching, inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle. Located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science. For more information about the College, visit www.manhattan.edu.

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