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To honor, recognize and celebrate the life of Robert Bruce McCallum and extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends on the occasion of his passing on Monday, August 29, 2011.
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WHEREAS, Robert Bruce McCallum was born in Alliance, Ohio on September 9, 1938, to Robert Jesse and Beulah Zellers McCallum; and
WHEREAS, Robert Bruce McCallum graduated from Mount Union College in 1960 and was a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity; he earned an MBA in Marketing from Capital University in 1983; and
WHEREAS, Robert Bruce McCallum served four years in the U.S. Navy with a tour of duty in the Far East on board the destroyer, USS Frank Knox; and
WHEREAS, Robert Bruce McCallum worked in sales and marketing for Federal Glass in Columbus and Anchor Hocking in Lancaster until his retirement; and
WHEREAS, Robert Bruce McCallum organized the National Hall of Fame for Persons with Disabilities and served as a lobbyist to the Ohio General Assembly for the League Against Child Abuse; and
WHEREAS, Robert Bruce McCallum served on the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission as well as the Columbus Community Relations Commission; and
WHEREAS, Robert Bruce McCallum was a friend to many and will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this council does hereby honor, recognize and celebrate the long and fulfilling life of Robert Bruce McCallum and extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends on the occasion of his passing.