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Bruce Coulter
Bruce Coulter is remembered as a teacher, administrator, coach, friend, and a symbol of the Cranbrook community.

During his 26-year tenure, Coulter was active both in the classroom and on the playing fields. He was an English instructor and department head, as well as a coach of the football, hockey and baseball teams.

In 1972, a portion of Cranbrook’s Page Hall dormitory was named after him, and in 1973, he received the Founders Medal from the Cranbrook Foundation.

As a lasting mark of his legacy and a commemoration of the school, Coulter published the book "Forty Years On" in 1976. The book traces the history of Cranbrook from its foundation to the present day, and exemplifies Coulter’s dedication to the school.

Former faculty member Ben Snyder said about Coulter, “The hallmark of great schoolmasters is exceptionality. There is little place for the ordinary in such a world; Bruce met that high standard without even trying.”
10/27/2008 - Richard Townsend
He was a most caring man, always willing to listen, advise, and otherwise help out. And thanks to his asking me to write the Lower School News column for the Crane in '44, I became interested in writing and editing, which is part of my adult personae. I wish I'd kept more in touch across the years. Why did we call him 'Banty'?
7/16/2006 - William Coulter
Bruce Coulter was my Father's brother. He visited us often when we were growing up. He traveled in Europe summers and always rembered my brother and I with colorful postcards.
3/9/2006 - Douglas Lieberman
Mr. Coulter always kept a couple of pencils crafted by Thoreau himself in his desk. They were simple and handmade, and had never been sharpened. It says something about his trust in Cranbrook and its student body that he never locked that desk drawer although the pencils were priceless. We used to stare at them and think of Thoreau as a real person and not just a Great Man.