Bruce Caswell
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Bruce Caswell (born October 20, 1949) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was elected to the Michigan State House of Representatives in 2002 for the 58th Michigan House district, which consists of Branch and Hillsdale counties.
He took office on January 1, 2003 and was re-elected in 2004. Rep. Caswell currently serves on the House Appropriations Committee, serving as the chairman for the Department of Community Health Subcommittee and the Fiscal Oversight, Audit, and Litigation Subcommittee. He also serves on the Department of Human Services Subcommittee.
Caswell is the son of Donald and Eleanor Caswell. He graduated from North Adams-Jerome High School in 1967. After graduation Caswell attended the United States Military Academy at West Point for two years. He received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, American history, and physics education from Michigan State University in 1971, and returned to earn a master’s degree in U.S. history in 1976.
Caswell is a retired school teacher and school superintendent. He taught history, mathematics, and physics over his thirty years of service as a teacher. His first teaching position was at ([1]) North Adams-Jerome Public Schools, the district where he went to school as a student. He later taught at ([2]) Onsted Community Schools.
In 1979, he began his teaching career at ([3]) Pittsford Area Schools. Caswell also served as the superintendent of Pittsford Area Schools from 1997 to 2000, retiring in 2000. Bruce served as the defensive coordinator for Pittsford’s 1997 state championship football team. As head track coach he led the team to the first of four consecutive state championships in 1997. Because of his success as a coach, the Michigan High School Coaches Hall of Fame inducted Caswell as a member in 2000.
Caswell served as the township supervisor for Adams Township in rural Hillsdale County for twenty years. He has also served as a tax assessor in Hillsdale County for 22 years. A member of the Hillsdale County Republican Party, Bruce currently holds the post of party treasurer.
Bruce is a member of the Pittsford Lions Club, Hillsdale American Legion, Jonesville Rotary, and Hillsdale Masonic Lodge #32.
Caswell is a lifetime member of the Michigan State University Alumni Association and a life member of ([4]) the Michigan High School Coaches Association. Bruce and his wife, Beth, have two children, Mark and Kevin. Beth Caswell currently serves as the Adams Township Clerk.
