Bruce Nelson Blackburn

My father enjoyed your conpany and friendship. I met you at the Sante Fe opera, and Chicago. I'm sorry to learn of your passing. Blessings to you and your family. Jeffrey Mudgett son of Howard Mudgett

Bruce and I served together aboard the USS Calvert (APA-32) in 1965 during the Viet Nam war. It was a real pleasure to know him!

Tina,
My deepest condolences. I happened upon the notice about Bruce in the February 19th Passages section of The Seattle Times. I just saw it recently--and wrote to Peggy Somoza. I have been thinking about you and Bruce ever since. He was such a gracious, modest and lovely man. I remember how he let you and me do all the talking at our get-togethers in Oakland.

Now that I have read about his many professional accomplishments I am in awe of his remarkable achievements. I...

I am so saddened to hear of the passing of Bruce Blackburn. I first met Bruce during my internship at Chermayeff & Geismar as staff photographer while I attended School of Visual Arts. His influence and support of my commercial photography career, as well as his friendship, cannot be emphasized strongly enough. When he later joined with Richard Danne, I was invited to participate in an award-winning photographic project for Scott Paper, unquestionably one of the most pleasurable assignments...

Bruce and I were high school classmates and very good friends in Evansville. He was the source of a long lost knickname about my hair! We had a strong mutual interest in music. Although I have not seen him for many years, I regret the loss of a friend and a wonderful person.

So sorry to hear this...Bruce and Tina were church friends when we all lived in Weston, CT many moons ago...such a great guy with a quirky sense of humor...thinking of Tina and your entire family...

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.

I am very sorry to hear the sad news of Bruce Backburn's passing. I worked for Danne & Blackburn for many years in the late 70's to mid 80's as their Office Manager. It was my first job in Manhattan and I felt very lucky to work for such an iconic firm. D&B was in the thick of the NASA identity program, and I remember the first mock-up of the Space Shuttle in our office. What a thrill. I loved working for this renowned firm and to this day, consider it one of the greatest successes of my...