Bruce E. Brown ’59

Bruce died Nov. 4, 2012, at home in Wellborn, Fla., following a recurrence of cancer.

Born in Orange, N.J., Bruce attended West Orange High School. He followed his father, Edward ’30, to Princeton, where he rowed for the varsity heavies and ate at Dial Lodge. Following graduation from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1963 and internship at Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, Vt., Bruce entered the Navy where he served as a flight surgeon aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bennington.

Leaving active duty, Bruce returned to Burlington for a residency in radiology at the Medical Center Hospitals of Vermont, followed by a fellowship at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, and service as staff radiologist at Kaiser-Permanente Hospital in Hollywood. Returning again to Vermont, Bruce became director of radiology at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington; a cattle farmer; and, with his wife, Debbie, the father of three sons, all of whom attended Princeton.

In 1991 the family moved to Florida, where Bruce served as a radiologist at the VA hospital in Lake City, finally retiring in 2000. An avid outdoorsman, Bruce fished and hunted the world over.

Bruce is survived by Debbie; sons Adam ’99, Zachary ’00, and Benjamin ’02; and his brother, Fred ’63. We have sent condolences.