Bruce M. Pantley ’73
Bruce died Sept. 3, 2020, in his sleep at his home in Vancouver, Wash.
He was born in Seattle and attended Ingraham High School with future Princetonian Bill Lewis ’74. Bruce was Ingraham’s student body president, a member of the Latin Club, and ran cross country. At Princeton, he dined at Wilson College and participated in varsity track and field. He majored in the Woodrow Wilson School and wrote his senior thesis under Professor Jameson Doig *61 on “A Study of the Police and the Community in Two American Cities.” He graduated from Princeton with honors.
After Princeton, Bruce became a policeman in Portland, Ore. After his resignation in 1984, he became a paramedic who taught others the profession. Upon his death, his funeral home’s message board was filled with tributes to his skills and empathy in his work. Bruce was cremated and his funeral was held in Cannon Beach, Ore.
The class sends condolences to Bruce’s wife, Nicole.
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