| Bruce Nesbitt was born November 14, 1932 in
Champaign, a son of Herbert E. Nesbitt, Sr. and Pauline Gillespie
Nesbitt. He graduated from Champaign High School in 1951.
He married CharLotte Neither in 1957; to this union was born
five children.
Mr. Nesbitt served in the Army then held a number of jobs
until joining the Champaign Police Department. His first
year on the force, he solved two murders and was named Rookie
of the Year.
Mr. Nesbitt then went to work for the University of Illinois,
first recruited as an official of the Housing Division and
then, in 1973, as the first director of the Afro-American
Cultural Programs office.
Mr. Nesbitt started a student-tutoring program at the Douglass
Center and was president of the Don Moyer Boys and Girls
Club board. He established or helped start the Moms Day
Fashion Club, the Association of Black Alumni, the Black
Congratulatory Exercise and helped gain academic credit
for members of the Black Chorus. He worked with Iota Phi
Theta fraternity. He was a member of the St. Luke CME Church.
The Bruce Nesbitt Scholarship Fund at the University of
Illinois was established in his honor.
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