Tribute to Michael H. Bruno, Upon His Passing, Paid by Frank Ro

Mike Bruno died peacefully in his sleep this week at the age of 93. He is survived by his wife Gilda, his son J. Michael and daughter Donna Eltoft. Mike will always be considered the father of the American printing industry.

In 1925 his mother died at the age of 45. She had wanted him to become a doctor and he would have gone into medicine if she lived. But Mike hated the sight of blood and switched to chemistry. In 1927 he graduated with honors as 5th in a class of 750 at Hillhouse High School in New Haven and won a four-year scholarship to Yale University. One of his classmates would be the future chairman of Heidelberg.