Oral history conducted for the 100 Years of Coeducation commemoration. Jean Bruce arrived at William & Mary in 1945. During her time at William & Mary, she participated in Kappa Kappa Gamma, the Student Association, the Women’s Student Cooperative Government Association’s Judicial Committee, the YMCA, and German Club. She was also chair of the Honor Council, served as a President’s Aide, and was a member of the Mortar Board. After earning her Bachelor of Arts in English in 1949, Bruce worked in a number of fields, including advertising and health and welfare. She wrote copy and advertising for Farm Fresh through Highway Advertising, the agency she started with her husband, Jack. She eventually moved into the health sector, serving as Director of Family Life Education for the Norfolk Health, Welfare , Recreation Planning Council, and sat on the boards of both the Williamsburg Community Health Foundation and the Sentara Health System. In her interview, Bruce recalls her college experience as being filled with games of bridge in the dorms, attending football and basketball events, and lots of dancing with her would-be husband, Jack. She laughingly states that she "learned more from [her] extracurricular activities than I did in the classrooms." Bruce admits that she still attends sporting events on campus and that she, like other alum, is still attached to William & Mary, stating in regards to alumni connection to the school, "you never lose it."