Bruce bowman

bowman Bruce Of Center City Philadelphia and husband of Deanna Cassin Bowman died peacefully at home on April 2, 2023 after a brief battle with lung cancer. He was 76. Born in Flushing, Queens, NY he was the son of the late David and Ruth Bowman. His father was an electrical engineer and his mother a homemaker. He attended public schools in Arlington, VA and Strafford, PA graduating from Conestoga High School in 1964. Bowman went on to the University of Rochester where he majored in English and was a member of the Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity and the Yellow Key honor society as well as a resident advisor. He joined the army in 1968 after graduating from college and was stationed in hospitals in Japan that provided care for injured soldiers from Viet Nam. Upon his return to the States he found a post as a reporter for the Danvers Herald a weekly newspaper north of Boston. There he won several awards for writing and photography. He moved on to daily newspapers at Essex County Newspapers as an editor. In 1983 he moved to New York and began a new career in public relations beginning at Hill and Knowlton where he was part of a team that won a Silver Anvil the industry's highest award. An avid runner Bowman finished 15 marathons and more than 100 races of 10 miles or more. Upon retiring he and Deanna left a long-time residency in Brooklyn and moved to Philadelphia in 2016. In addition to his wife he is survived by a daughter, Amanda Bowman-Carr of San Francisco, 3 step children, William Cassin of New York City, Daniel Cassin of Littleton, CO, and Michelle Cassin of Haddonfield, NJ as well as a granddaughter Connolly Cassin also of Haddonfield and a sister Christina Tsuchida of Tokyo, Japan. A Memorial Service will be held in the future. www.loganfuneralhomes.com