95 is the new 30: UNM researcher embarks on new study
January 31, 2023 - Savannah Peat
UNM Professor Dr. Emeritus Bruce Porch is 95 years young.
With decades of experience as a speech-language pathologist under his belt, Porch’s extensive array of research, publications, founding new speech pathology programs
The accomplishments of this Speech & Hearing Sciences icon span decades back, starting in the west. While initiating and supervising a Speech Language Pathology department for Alameda County Hospitals, Porch completed his doctoral studies at Stanford Medical School.
and patient care continues to grow. It’s enough to make his own scrapbook the size of an encyclopedia.
With many job opportunities open to him, Dr. Porch was invited to come to New Mexico to begin a Speech Pathology and Audiology Department at the Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center as well as to teach at UNM. Eventually, he held appointments in the UNM Departments of Speech & Hearing Science, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology.
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