Background
Bruce, Carl Vernon was born on April 25, 1940 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Carl Vernon Senior and Nellie Reece (Fugate) Bruce.
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Carl Vernon Bruce
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Indiana State, 1962; Master of Science, Indiana State, 1963.
Career
With sales and engineering department, Station WTHI-television, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1960-1967; advertising and promotion manager, Smith Alsop Paint, Terre Haute, 1967-1975; president, C.M. Bruce Advertising, Terre Haute, 1975-1982; general manager, Station WBAK-television, Terre Haute, 1982-1983; general manager, Station WRSP-television, Springfield, Illinois, 1982-1983; general manager, Station WCCB-television, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1983-1987; vice president, general manager, Station WTXL-television, Tallahassee, since 1987.
Achievements
Membership
Communications chairman American Lung Association, Charlotte, 1985-1987. Board directors University of North Carolina (Charlotte) Athletic Foundation, 1984-1987, March of Dimes, 1985-1987, American Heart Association, 1988, Dick Howser Center. With Springtime Tallahassee, Inc., 1987.
Chairman Dick Howser Memorial Golf Classic. President American Heart Association, 1989. Member Tallahassee Advertising Federation, Charlotte Sales and Marketing (board directors, secretary 1986-1987), Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce (board directors), Killearn Country Club.
Connections
Married Marilyn Lee Smith, July 22, 1961. Children: Jeanne, Pamela, Thomas, Caroline.
