MARIETTA ADMINISTRATION
MARIETTA ADMINISTRATION President, Dr. Joseph W. Bruno
Dr. Joseph W. Bruno, a native of Chicago, became Marietta College’s 18th president on July 1, 2012, after 28 years in faculty and administrative roles at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. Since joining the faculty of Wesleyan in 1984, Dr. Bruno has served in different leadership roles, including the Chair of the Chemistry Department, Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, President of the university’s Gamma of Connecticut chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. He has also served as Faculty Chair of the Tenure and Promotion Committee, led ongoing strategic planning for the university and, with the Chief Financial Officer, was an advisor to the Wesleyan’s President on all budgetary matters. Dr. Bruno received his undergraduate education from the small, liberal arts college, Augustana College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He continued his education at Northwestern University, where he earned the PhD in Chemistry in 1983 while also holding a thesis parts appointment at Argonne National Laboratory in 1982. He also served as a postdoctoral researcher at Indiana University prior to joining the faculty at Wesleyan University. Dr. Bruno is married to Diane, a human resources consultant. They have one daughter, Lisa, a 2009 graduate of Mount Holyoke College.
Athletics Director, Larry Hiser
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Larry Hiser joined Marietta College in March of 2008. He oversees a NCAA Division III athletics program with 18 varsity sports and the College’s recreation and intramural programs and facilities. Prior to joining Marietta, Hiser was the Director of Athletics and Head Baseball Coach at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass., from 1995-2008. Under his watch the Endicott teams won 37 conference championships and participated in 47 NCAA or ECAC tournaments. His baseball teams averaged over 20 wins per year in 13 seasons and won five league championships and one ECAC championship. Endicott also successfully launched new programs for equestrian, lacrosse and football, while improving its facilities that now rank among the finest in New England. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Ohio Northern University in 1987, where he was an all-conference shortstop on the Polar Bears baseball team. He went on to earn a Master of Science in Physical Education/Athletic Administration from Springfield College in Massachusetts, where he was a graduate assistant. He joined Endicott College in the fall of 1994 as the Gulls’ first baseball and basketball coach. The Oregon, Ohio, native is married to the former Susan Chick (of Williamstown, Mass.). The couple has two children, Dan and Allison.
Athletic Staff Directory Athletics Director Larry Hiser. . . . . . . . . . . (740) 376-4667 Softball/Associate Athletics Director Jeanne Arbuckle. . . . . . (740) 376-4668 Baseball/Assistant Athletics Director Brian Brewer. . . . . . . . . (740) 376-4517 Asst. Athletics Director/SID & Compliance Jeff Schaly . . . . . . . . . . (740) 376-4891 Director of the DBRC Dash McNeal . . . . . . . . (740) 376-3243 Administrative Assistant Wendy Thieman . . . . . . (740) 376-4665 Faculty Athletics Representative Bob Chase . . . . . . . . . . (740) 376-4776 Men’s Basketball Jon VanderWal . . . . . . . (740) 376-4612 Women’s Basketball Stacia Shrider. . . . . . . . (740) 376-4669 Men & Women’s Cross Country George Evans. . . . . . . . (740) 376-4656 Football Jeff Filkovski. . . . . . . . . (740) 376-4664 Men’s Rowing Phil Schmehl. . . . . . . . . (740) 376-4515 Women’s Rowing Kelly Harris. . . . . . . . . . (740) 376-4671 Men’s Soccer Stephen Rose. . . . . . . . (740) 376-4949 Women’s Soccer Elke Reisdorph. . . . . . . (740) 376-4516 Men’s and Women’s Tennis Mike Carpenter . . . . . . (740) 376-4552 Men & Women’s Track & Field George Evans. . . . . . . . (740) 376-4656 Volleyball Ray Costa. . . . . . . . . . . (740) 376-4902