Bruce R. Alger ’40

Bruce died April 13, 2015, at Bethesda Assisted Living Facility in Palm Bay, Fla.

Born in Dallas, he grew up in Webster Groves, Mo., and came to us from Webster Groves High School. At Princeton, Bruce majored in philosophy, played football and ran track, and managed Quadrangle Club, where he lived junior and senior years.

After a brief stint with RCA, he joined the Army Air Corps and captained a Boeing B-29 based on Tinian Island, logging 23 bombing missions over Japan. After the war he entered the real estate business in Casa Linda, Texas. Active politically in the greater Dallas community, Bruce was elected to Congress in 1954 from Dallas County’s 5th Congressional District. After serving for 10 years, he relocated to Florida and re-entered the real estate business, but eventually returned to Texas in 1976, where he worked in finance. After his retirement, Bruce settled in Barefoot Bay in Florida.

Bruce had two sons, David and Steven, who predeceased him as did his second wife, Priscilla. He is survived by his daughter, Jill; stepson Robert Jones; stepdaughter Laura Jones; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.