Obituaries : Lawrence E. Bruce Jr.; President of U.S. Branch of UNICEF
Lawrence E. Bruce Jr., 47, president of the U.S. Committee for the United Nations Children’s Fund. Bruce was a strong voice for children around the world during his tenure with UNICEF, which began in 1985. He pushed for the eradication of malnutrition and disease, often reminding audiences that each day 40,000 children die in developing countries. In New York on Friday of complications from a liver ailment.
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