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  David Bloom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39.
Bloom was traveling with the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq when he suddenly collapsed due to a pulmonary embolism.
Bloom attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California from 1981 to 1985 where he was a national debate champion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Bloom   (276 words)

  
 Allan Bloom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Allan David Bloom (born September 14, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana, died October 7, 1992 in Chicago, Illinois) was a philosopher and academic who was famous for his criticism of contemporary universities.
Bloom was an editor for the scholarly journal Political Theory as well as a contributor to History of Political Philosophy edited by Joseph Cropsey and Leo Strauss among many other publications during his years of academic teaching.
Bloom looks at it not as a model for future society, nor as a template for the human soul; rather, it is an ironic city, an example of the distance between philosophy and every potential philosopher.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Allan_Bloom   (1989 words)

  
 Allan Bloom
Bloom believed that a liberal education with a judicious use of great texts was the essential element of education.
Bloom believed that the Great Books were the vehicles of the best of 2500 years of reflection on the most permanent and important questions one can face as an individual and as society.
Bloom also referred to an openness to study historical and cultural texts and materials in their original form, and be open to develop one’s own thoughts from them rather than accepting them at first glance with the opinions of so-called experts in the field of their textbooks.
www.selu.edu /Academics/Faculty/nadams/educ692/Bloom.html   (893 words)

  
 nbc13.com - News - NBC13 Remembers Reporter David Bloom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In life, David Bloom had an energy that was infectious, a passion that he dared you to match and a smile that charmed you to the core.
David was a reporter's reporter but he didn't get to the peak of his career by focusing on the destination.
David Bloom Children's Trust was established by his friends for the benefit of his three young daughters.
www.nbc13.com /news/2093990/detail.html   (730 words)

  
 David Bloom, 39, of New York - Today HIDDEN - MSNBC.com
David Bloom, Nicole (9), Melanie Bloom, Ava (3) and Christine (9).
David was a familiar face on morning and nightly news broadcasts, bringing live coverage from the wars in Bosnia and Somalia, from Ground Zero in New York, as well as Israel, Kuwait, and Pakistan.
David’s enthusiasm and charismatic style endeared him to his NBC audiences and colleagues, who remember David for his boundless energy, humor, his helpful kindness and his ability to make friends effortlessly.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3079105   (503 words)

  
 David Bloom dies in Iraqi desert
David Bloom, an NBC News correspondent traveling with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division outside Baghdad, died Sunday, NBC announced.
Bloom and crew covered the war as no other did: on a specially modified M-88 tank recovery vehicle that allowed them to file live reports during the division’s campaign from Kuwait to the outskirts of Baghdad.
Bloom was a co-recipient of the 1992 George Foster Peabody Award and received the Radio-Television News Directors Association’s Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew.
www.angelfire.com /realm3/war.in.iraq/david/bloom.htm   (1094 words)

  
 Contacts - David Bloom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
David has extensive experience representing unions in the federal public sector and appears frequently before arbitrators and the Canada Industrial Relations Board on behalf of postal workers and other federally regulated workers.
David also specializes in education law and acts on behalf of teacher federations and their members on issues arising from their collective agreements or before the Ontario College of Teachers.
David presents annual Grievance Arbitration Workshops for a variety of unions, and Union Steward workshops covering all areas of labour relations and professional issues, including skills training in the presentation of grievances.
www.cavalluzzo.com /directory/david_b.html   (193 words)

  
 Pitzer College - Memorial
David was an extraordinarily talented journalist, one of the best of his generation, and his professionalism and expertise are irreplaceable.
David, who was extremely busy do to his debate schedule and his school schedule, always stopped to chat and encourage me. David was, as many have said, a kind and giving person.
David Bloom will never be forgotten and i hope that Pitzer will be able to honor him in a way that the administration and faculty deem appropriate.
www.pitzer.edu /memorial/davidbloom   (4533 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
David Bloom was a rising TV news star, headed straight for the top, until his sudden tragic death at the age of 39.
BLOOM: Well, we met in Wichita, Kansas, where I was working at an advertising agency and he was a local reporter for a station there, and he moved into the apartment right next door to me. So he was my next-door neighbor.
BLOOM: Well, you know, two nights before he passed away, on one of his phone calls home, he mentioned that he was sleeping outside on top of the tank, under the sky in the Iraqi desert.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0503/09/lkl.01.html   (6691 words)

  
 Remembering David Bloom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The NBC family is mourning the death of correspondent David Bloom, who died Sunday in Iraq of a pulmonary embolism.
As NBC’S Washington Bureau Chief, Tim Russert was one of David’s mentors.
David loved being a reporter, but his most passionate role was family man for his wife and three daughters.
www.msnbc.com /news/896439.asp?0cl=cR&cp1=1   (937 words)

  
 David Bloom, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography, Department of Population and International ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
From 1990 to 1993, Bloom served as the Chairman of the Department of Economics at Columbia University, and from 1996 to 1999, he served as Deputy Director of the Harvard Institute for International Development.
Bloom, David E. and Ajay Mahal, "Does the AIDS Epidemic Threaten Economic Growth?" Journal of Econometrics, pp.
Bloom, David E. and Jeffrey Sachs, "Geography, Demography, and Economic Growth in Africa," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2:207-295, 1998.
www.hsph.harvard.edu /facres/blm.html   (636 words)

  
 Reporter dies in Iraq - April 08, 2003 - Pipe Dream on the Web
David Bloom, a 39-year-old NBC News correspondent whose boyish enthusiasm and energetic style of presentation made him a rising star in network news, died Sunday in Iraq while covering the war.
Bloom, whose war coverage was showcased on NBC and cable channel MSNBC, died of an apparent blood clot in his lungs early Sunday morning, according to NBC.
Bloom's high visibility during the war was partially the result of new video technology that he helped design.
www.bupipedream.com /040803/wire/w1.htm   (336 words)

  
 David Bloom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
David Bloom has been co-anchor of the weekend editions of “Today” since March 2000.
Covering the White House beat during one of the busiest newscycles, Bloom reported on the Maryland Peace Summit with Yassir Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu, on Operation Desert Fox and the NATO bombings in Kosovo.
Bloom is the co-recipient of the 1992 George Foster Peabody Award and an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew.
www.dnr.state.md.us /pressroom/pk/wcm/david_bloom.html   (422 words)

  
 The Command Post - Iraq - David Bloom dies in Iraq
David Bloom, an NBC News correspondent embedded with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division outside Baghdad, died Sunday, NBC announced.
Bloom, the 39-year-old anchor of the weekend Today show, was embedded with troops about 25 miles south of Baghdad when he suddenly collapsed, according to Allison Gollust, a spokeswoman for NBC News.
Bloom has averaged less than 2 hours of real sleep per 24 hours in the past 17 days, along with spending nearly all his time in cramped quarters.
www.command-post.org /archives/004212.html   (1149 words)

  
 David A. Bloom Named First Jack Lapides Professor of Urology-Medicine At Michigan Fall 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In a Sunday morning ceremony on June 9 at the Michigan League, David A. Bloom, M.D., professor of surgery and associate dean for faculty affairs, was installed as the first Jack Lapides Professor of Urology.
Bloom received his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and completed two residencies at the UCLA Medical Center, the first in general surgery and the second in urology.
In 1993, Bloom became a professor of urology and, in 2000, associate dean for faculty affairs.
www.medicineatmichigan.org /magazine/2002/fall/limelight/bloom.asp   (432 words)

  
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Biographical Note David A. Bloom (born in 1917)and his wife Leona G. Bloom have been active members of Tucson’s business, religious, and social service communities for decades, as well as serving as amateur historians for Tucson’s Jewish community.
David A. Bloom and his brothers operated the successful retail men’s clothing store founded in 1906 by his father, David W. Bloom (called Dave Bloom Mens’ Store until 1936 and Dave Bloom and Sons thereafter).
David A. Bloom has served as president of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society’s Southern Arizona Chapter, president of the Tucson chapter of the University of Arizona’s Alumni Association, and vice president of Temple Emanu-El.
parentseyes.arizona.edu /bloom/findingaids/sja001.doc   (704 words)

  
 NBC's David Bloom Dies -- Newsday.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
David Bloom, NBC's correspondent embedded with the Army's 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq and one of network television's most prolific reporters, died late Saturday night of a pulmonary embolism.
Bloom, who last appeared on the air Saturday, had been packing his gear when he suddenly collapsed and lost consciousness at a location the network identified as 25 miles south of Baghdad, according to Neal Shapiro, NBC News president.
Bloom was traveling with the 2nd Battalion, 315th Mechanized Unit, which had seen a lot of action in the past two and half weeks.
www.newsday.com /news/nationworld/iraq/ny-iraq-bloom0406,0,4869463.story?coll=ny-top-headlines   (726 words)

  
 nbc6.net - News - NBC's David Bloom Mourned At St. Pat's
Bloom, 39, the weekend anchor of "Today" and a former White House correspondent, died of an apparent blood clot April 6 while embedded with a military unit in Iraq.
Bloom's funeral was at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral, less than a block from his NBC News office.
At the request of the Bloom family, donations can also be made in his memory to the Convent of the Sacred Heart, the school attended by the Bloom children, and sent to the following address: Convent of the Sacred Heart, In Memory of David Bloom, 1177 King St., Greenwich, CT 06831.
www.nbc6.net /news/2093560/detail.html   (605 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - NBC News' David Bloom dies in Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News correspondent David Bloom, who had been reporting on the war from the Iraqi desert, died Sunday from a blood clot, the network said.
Bloom, a native of Edina, Minn., lived in the New York area with his wife, Melanie, and three daughters.
Bloom attended Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif., and started his career as an investigative reporter for NBC-owned WTVJ in Miami in 1989.
www.usatoday.com /life/2003-04-06-bloom_x.htm   (467 words)

  
 KOMO : NBC News Correspondent David Bloom Dies In Iraq
NEW YORK - NBC News correspondent David Bloom, one of the network's most prominent young stars and a near constant television presence reporting from the Iraqi desert, died Sunday from an apparent blood clot, the network said.
Bloom was the second American journalist to die while covering the war.
From the Iraqi desert, Bloom reported on what the American forces were doing militarily, but he also took the time to convey what their lives were like there, including the meals they were eating and what it was like trying to work in the middle of a sand storm.
www.komotv.com /news/printstory.asp?id=24093   (682 words)

  
 Poynter Online - Bloom's Colleagues Reflect on His Career, Legacy
David Bloom's career as a journalist included stints as a White House correspondent and investigative reporter.
NBC's David Bloom died in Iraq Sunday from what appears to be a pulmonary embolism.
Bloom's producer is accompanying his body as it is taken to Kuwait, while the cameraman and technician remain embedded.
www.poynter.org /content/content_view.asp?id=28739   (1347 words)

  
 MPR: NBC's David Bloom, Edina native, dies while covering war in Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
David Bloom, a native of Edina, Minn., lived in the New York area with his wife, Melanie, and three daughters.
New York, NY — (AP) NBC News correspondent David Bloom, one of the network's most prominent young stars and a near constant television presence reporting from the Iraqi desert, died Sunday from an apparent blood clot, the network said.
Bloom, who played hockey and graduated from Edina High School, was honored with a moment of silence Sunday before the Minnesota Wild-Columbus Blue Jackets game in St. Paul.
news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2003/04/06_ap_bloom   (844 words)

  
 HPH NOW, October 5, 2001, Reich New Director of Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Bloom was recently named acting chair of the Department of Population and International Health.
Bloom is a specialist in economics and demography and former chair of the Department of Economics at Columbia University.
Above all, said Bloom, he wants to make sure that the Department of Population and International Health is preeminent in its contributions to research in international and population health and in devising practical ways to achieve the world’s goals in these areas.
www.hsph.harvard.edu /now/oct5/bloom.html   (651 words)

  
 The battlefield deaths of American journalists Michael Kelly and David Bloom: some hard truths
David Bloom, 39, of the NBC television network, died April 6 of a blood clot.
Bloom conducted his coverage of the Iraq war in a specially designed armored vehicle, nicknamed the “Bloom-mobile,” which could transmit sharp images traveling at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour.
Bloom and Kelly, each in his own fashion, were the products of a 25-year process by which the US media, since the end of the Vietnam War, has been conditioned to serve as the mouthpiece of the most right-wing elements in the political establishment and the American military and intelligence apparatus.
www.wsws.org /articles/2003/apr2003/jour-a12.shtml   (2442 words)

  
 RealityTVTalk Forums - David Bloom Died...
Bloom and crew covered the war as no other: on a specially modified M-88 tank recovery vehicle that allowed them to file live reports during the divisions campaign from Kuwait to the outskirts of Baghdad.
Bloom and his cameraman mounted a gyrostabilized camera - the kind that’s mounted on helicopters - to produce jiggle-free video even when the M-88 was bumping along at 50 mph or more.
Bloom was a co-recipient of the 1992 George Foster Peabody Award and received RTNDA’s Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew.
www.realitytvtalk.com /forums/showthread.php?s=6997865870d5e63ab90bdff7d3843d7c&threadid=6997   (1162 words)

  
 Press Release: Dayton and Coleman Honor the Life of NBC Reporter David Bloom in Senate Resolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bloom rose to prominence in the early 1990's, winning an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew.
"David Bloom led a remarkable life, though it was cut tragically short," Senator Dayton said.
Bloom is survived by parents Harold and Laura Bloom of Edina; wife Melanie; daughters Nicole, Christine and Ava of New York; and two brothers, John, of Edina, and Jim, of Seattle.
www.senate.gov /member/mn/dayton/general/news/details.cfm?id=228890&&   (367 words)

  
 E! Online News - NBC's David Bloom Dies in Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
NBC correspondent David Bloom, who spent the past month reporting on the conflict in Iraq, died on Sunday after suffering a pulmonary embolism.
Bloom, who traded his Today show desk job for battle fatigues last month, was embedded with the Third Infantry division about 25 miles south of Baghdad when he collapsed from an apparent blood clot.
Bloom began his career as a government reporter in La Crosse, Wisconsin, going on to work in local markets in Kansas and Florida before joining NBC in Chicago in 1993.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/Pf/0,1527,11575,00.html   (802 words)

  
 General Electric : Our Company : News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
NBC News confirmed Sunday morning the death of David Bloom, who was on assignment in Iraq for most of the last month.
Bloom, 39, was embedded with the Third Infantry Division, 2nd Battalion, 315 Mechanized Unit about 25 miles south of Baghdad when he suddenly collapsed.
"David Bloom was an extraordinary man and dedicated journalist; his courage, passion, and unerring devotion to his craft were unparalleled.
www.ge.com /en/company/news/nbc_stmt.htm   (363 words)

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