Bruce H. Thompson
'56
At Rochester:
- Letterwinner and starter for basketball sophomore through senior years
- Led the team in scoring and assists as a senior, finished third in rebounding
- Won the Rufus Hedges Trophy
- Four years as the starting catcher for the baseball team
- Team captain as a senior
- Offered a professional contract by the St. Louis Cardinals
Post-Graduate:
- Had a six-month career in the U.S. Army
- Began as a salesman for IBM and Honeywell which evolved into the computer leasing business where he has spent the last three decades
- Currently part-owner and President of Com-Lease, Inc. and BW Financial Corp., located in Hackensack, NJ, specializing in vendor program leasing, telecommunication and intermodal tank car leasing
