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Dr. Walter F. Jusczvk

(1918-1997) ~ Inducted 2000

Walter Jusczvk was a star pitcher at Brown and played in the minor leagues in 1941. The Warwick, RI, native and Providence Journal Honor Roll Boy is the only Brown pitcher to defeat Providence College four times running. He was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers, only to have his career interupted by World War II. He was intimately involved in aspects of Brown life, working as a recruiter, and regularly supporting athletics and alumni activities at Brown. He was a president of the Brown Club of Rhode Island and sat on its board for many years as well as a founder of the Brown Hall of Fame.

Jusczvk became a dentist., practicing in Warwick and was an avid car enthusiast. His son, the later Peter Jusczvk, was the founder of the Walter F. Jusczyk Memorial Scholarship Fund, which helps scholar-athletes interested in pursuing a career in medicine.


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