Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Trusock, Dorothy M. 2005
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Hastings Banner, 13 Oct 2005

Dorothy M. Trusock, PhD, 68, formerly of Hastings, Michigan, died unexpectedly 
Monday, Sept. 5, 2005 at her residence in Jonesboro, Arkansas.  Born in Ionia, 
Mich., she lived in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois before moving to Jonesboro 
to join the faculty at Arkansas State University in 1976.

She received bachelor and masters degrees in English from Aquinas College in 
Grand Rapids, Michigan.  She taught high school in Hastings, Michigan from 1964 
through 1970.  She went on to teach at St. Clair Community College in Port 
Huron, Michigan.  She earned a doctorate in education from Ball State 
University in Muncie, Ind. and completed a Rockefeller administrative 
internship at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill.

She began her career at ASU as an assistant professor in the Department of 
English, Philosophy and Languages.  In 1990, she was appointed assistant dean 
of the College of Education and coordinated the college’s NCATE self-study.  
She also held an appointment in the Department of Education Administration and 
Secondary Education as an associate professor of secondary education.  Most 
recently, she taught secondary education courses in the Department of Teacher 
Education.

Her many professional activities include service to the Educational Testing 
Service as a test reviewer, to NCATE as a member of accreditation teams, as a 
representative for SEDL projects in Dallas and two years as a regional judge in 
writing for the National Council of Teachers of English.  She also served on 
the accreditation standards committee for Teacher Education in Arkansas, as co-
director for the Mid-South Writing Project in numerous positions at ASU.  She 
also held membership in many state and national professional organizations.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Mary Gorse Trusock; her 
sister, Millie Trusock, and her brother-in-law, Francis Hengesbach.  Survivors 
include two brothers, James Trusock of Round Rock, Texas and George Trusock of 
Battle Creek, Mich.; two sisters, Anne Trusock Hengesbach of Spring Hill, Fla., 
and Mary Helen Trusock of Grand Rapids, Mich., and many nieces and nephews, 
including Joyce Hengesbach of Seattle, Wash.; Carol Hengesbach Gallagher of 
Minnetonka, Minn.; Alan Hengesbach of Spring Hill, Fla.; and Marcia Hengesbach 
Larson of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Contributions in Dr. Trusock’s name can be made to Arkansas State University 
Foundation, Teacher Education Department, Jonesboro, Arkansas.


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