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Bruce MacDonald

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NYU Athletics Mourns the Passing of Bruce MacDonald

Former Olympian and NYU Hall of Famer was 92

NYU Hall of Famer and former United States Olympian Bruce MacDonald, 92, passed away on Monday, March 30, at an assisted living facility in Port Washington, NY.
 
A member of the NYU Class of 1951, MacDonald was inducted into the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995.
 
A track star out of Bayside High School in Queens, NY, MacDonald was a three-time USA Olympic racewalker (1956, 1960, 1964), a two-time USA Olympic Team Manager (1968, 1972) and then a two-time Olympic official (1984, 1996).
 
Active in the Tri-States Olympians Chapter for many years, McDonald was a dedicated teacher and coach at Schreiber H.S. in Port Washington, NY, for several decades.
 
A tribute from the USATF Association can be found here.