....District
Governor Nominee 2001-2002 Bruce P. Frassinelli of Oswego retired as
publisher and editor of The Palladium-Times, Oswego County's only daily
newspaper, on December 31, 1998. Bruce was a newspaper journalist for
more than 32 years, the last seven in Oswego. Before that he had spent
25 years in a variety of capacities at The Express in Easton, Pa.
...When
promoted to publisher and editor of The Palladium-Times, he was the
general manager of The Express. Bruce was a high school teacher and
part-time college faculty member before becoming the program, news
and sports director of radio station WVPO, Stroudsburg, Pa., a position
he had for three years.
Bruce also is an occasional contributor
to WRVO, the public radio television outlet in central New York. Bruce
also served as correspondent for WDAU-TV (now WYOU-TV) Channel 22
in Scranton, PA, and has done extensive cable TV work.
Bruce has been a Rotarian for nine years.
He is a past president of the Oswego Rotary Club. He also served as
club secretary from 1994-95 when he was elected second vice president.
He moved up to first vice president in 1996-97 and president in 1997-98.
A Paul Harris Fellow and Benefactor, Bruce
is a member of the district's Administrative Procedures/Resolutions,
Finance, Literacy, Nominating and Technology committees and a member
of the Grants Subcommittee. He is a member of the Oswego Rotary Club's
Board of Directors and coordinator of the Regional Finals of the National
Spelling Bee, a jointly sponsored competition of the Oswego Rotary
Club and The Palladium-Times. Bruce serves as county coordinator of
National Make A Difference Day, in which the Oswego Rotary Club plays
a prominent role.
Bruce is a native of Summit Hill, Pa. He
earned his bachelor's degree with a French major and a master of arts
degree in political science, both from East Stroudsburg (Pa.) University.
He is an adjunct member of the Oswego State University faculty where
he teaches courses in broadcast and print journalism. He also is a
member and former chair of the board of directors of Oswego County
Savings Bank.
In addition to his Rotary involvement, Bruce
is former secretary of the Oswego Opera Theatre's Board of Directors.
He is also a charter member of the steering committee and board of
directors of Take Charge Inc., a grassroots community group formed
in 1995 to deal with the problems associated with underage drinking
and substance abuse.
Bruce also was a member of a number of professional
groups including the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the New
York State Association of Associated Press Managing Editors and the
New York State Publishers Association and its Foundation's Board of
Directors. He served as president of the Pennsylvania Associated Press
Managing Editors Association in 1991.
While editor of The Express in Easton, Pa.,
his paper was chosen as one of the 14 best small-city newspapers in
the United States. His series of articles in 1972 -- the Rape of the
Poconos, an expose of land-abuse developments in that resort region
of Pennsylvania -- earned him a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Bruce has
been a frequent moderator of community events, such as the 1995 Oswego
mayoral forum and a 1994 series on educational reform in the Oswego
City School District.
Bruce was named Optimist of the Year by
the Optimist Club of the Stroudsburgs (PA) in 1969. That same year,
the Pocono Mountains Jaycees selected him as winner of the Distinguished
Service Award, presented annually to the Outstanding Young Man in
Monroe County, PA.
Named to Who's Who in the East every year
since 1994, Bruce was also named to Who's Who in Communications. Bruce
and his wife, Marie, are the parents of five children and they have
seven grandchildren.
