Bruce Alan Lunder ’51 died on May 28, 2005, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Born on May 9, 1929, in Lynn, MA, he prepared for college at Newton (MA) High School and Hebron Academy in Maine and became a member of Zeta Psi Fraternity at Bowdoin. Following his graduation in 1951, he became the purchasing agent of Bruce Shoe Company in Biddeford, of which he became general manager and treasurer in 1952. In 1963, he was elected to a three-year term as a director of the Two-Ten Associates, the national philanthropic foundation of the shoe, leather, and allied trades. For many years he was the treasurer of Der-Tex Corporation in Lawrence, MA, manufacturers and distributors of intersoling materials. Surviving are his wife, Elinor Lunder; a daughter, Deborah Lunder of Boston; a son, Michael Lunder of New York City; a brother, Peter Lunder of Scarborough; and two grandsons.