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OBITUARY: BRUCE PAULSON

LOMBARD, Ill. -- Services were held here last week for Bruce Paulson, who was a staff photographer in the Chicago bureau of SN's parent company, Fairchild Publications, for almost 40 years until his retirement in 1992. Paulson, who photographed the Food Marketing Institute Show for SN many times, died Aug. 11 at the Community Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center in Naperville, Ill. He was 77 and

LOMBARD, Ill. -- Services were held here last week for Bruce Paulson, who was a staff photographer in the Chicago bureau of SN's parent company, Fairchild Publications, for almost 40 years until his retirement in 1992. Paulson, who photographed the Food Marketing Institute Show for SN many times, died Aug. 11 at the Community Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center in Naperville, Ill. He was 77 and had been in declining health. Paulson was known for his attention to detail in a busy bureau that included magazines as diverse as Women's Wear Daily, Electronic News and American Metal Market, among other current and former SN sister publications. He is survived by his wife, Pat Xavier; two sons, Steven and Robert; three grandchildren; and two brothers and a sister.