About Tom Trusky
Professor Tom Trusky worked as an English professor at Boise State for 40 years. He was an active and prolific colleague, helping found and operate many initiatives on campus, including the Hemingway Western Studies Center from its founding in 1986.
Trusky joined Boise State’s faculty in 1970. Throughout his career, he “championed the work of artists and writers who inspired his own projects,” said Gwyn Hervochon, assistant professor and librarian/archivist.
A Life in the Arts
Trusky was himself a poet, book artist and researcher. He also devoted his time and energies to small press publications and zines. Trusky was the founder of literary publications and projects, including cold-drill Magazine and Poetry in Public Places. He was also co-founder and editor of Ahsahta Press and the Western Writers Series, as well as founder and director of the Idaho Center for the Book and the Idaho Film Collection.
In 1991 he became the director of the Hemingway Western Studies Center. He amassed numerous awards throughout his career, including recognition as one of the top 10 professors in the U.S. by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. He was named the CASE Idaho Professor of the Year in 1990, 1991, and 1993.