Bruce Dunning was born in Rahway, N.J., April 5, 1940, and graduated from Westfield High School.
At Princeton, Bruce majored in English. He was actived in WPRB, McCarter Center for the Performing Arts, Theatre Intime, and the Princeton Community Players.
Bruce received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1963 and in 1968 he began a long career with CBS. He is perhaps best remembered for his report “The Last Flight from Da Nang.” This five-minute news segment won Bruce a “best TV news report” award from the Overseas Press Club of America and was included in Columbia Journalism School’s 100 Great Stories list.
While serving as CBS Asia bureau chief from 1989 until 2005, he was president of the Princeton Club of Japan and hosted University president Shirley Tilghman. Bruce also spearheaded the “SuperClass at 50” yearbook and was elected class president at the 50th reunion.
Upon Bruce’s retirement, Dan Rather commented, “No CBS News correspondent — living or dead — has more of my respect than does Bruce.”
Bruce died Aug. 26, 2013, in New York of injuries from a fall. The class extends its condolences to Bruce’s partner of 26 years, the artist Tetsu Kawana; his brother, Alan ’68, and his wife, Anne; and his nieces and
nephew, Ashley ’11, Mary Kay ’99, Catherine ’95, and John ’95.