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Bruce Allen Black Bruce Allen Black, a long-time resident of
Jul. 14—Bruce Allen Black Bruce Allen Black, a long-time resident of Farmington, New Mexico passed away on July 8, 2025. Bruce was born August 20, 1936 in Albuquerque New Mexico to Ruth E. (French) and Harmon Black who preceded him in death. Rear Admiral Black received his second star and was the Commander of the Naval Reserve Intelligence Command of the United States for five years. Bruce A. Black graduated from Highland High School in 1954 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and joined the Naval Reserve as a seaman recruit in 1953. He received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Texas El Paso. Upon graduation in 1959, he married the former Marjorie Manget Watkins, his wife of 66 years. Bruce received his Masters Degree and his PhD in Geology from the University of New Mexico. After working for Shell Oil Company, he established his own company, Black Oil, as an independent consultant geologist. Most recently, he was the President of Black Exploration, LLC in Farmington, NM. He designed and created Kokopelli Cave, a unique Bed and Breakfast He loved to fly his airplanes and fish the mountain streams. Bruce served on the Board of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History during its establishment in Albuquerque. He also served as the President of the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and member the Board of San Juan Regional Medical Center. In addition to his parents, Bruce was preceded in death by his brother, James H. Black and wife Eleanor Black. He is survived by his wife of over 66 years, Marjorie, their children Leigh Irvin (Joel) and Bruce Harmon Black as well as grandchildren, Ashleigh (husband Vincent Gomez), Marilei Black and Alice and Tasha Irvin, and Great-Granddaughter Ruth Gomez. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Contributions may be made to New Mexico Right to Life, The Wounded Warriors Project, San Juan College Foundation, or an organization of your choice.
Boston Globe
04-06-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Mass. politicians react to proposed renaming of Navy ships honoring gay, civil rights icons
Advertisement Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a memo that the move aligns with President Trump's objectives to 're-establish the warrior culture.' The ship garnered the most attention was the USNS Harvey Milk, which was named after the first openly gay elected official in California. The proposed renaming of the ships comes at the start of Pride Month in June. Before Milk made history with his election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, he had been pushed out of the Navy. He had been appointed as a Naval Reserve officer in May 1952 during the Korean War, but in 1955, he was forced out like other gay officers at the time. He resigned and accepted 'Other Than Honorable' discharge which meant that he wasn't entitled to any military benefits. Milk was killed in 1978 by a fellow member of the board of supervisors. Advertisement 'If you ask the average straight person in Boston who Harvey Milk was, they would really be scratching their head for a while,' said Byron Rushing, a former Massachusetts state representative. Other ships in the John Lewis-class of replenishment oilers that are on the list to be renamed are ones honoring prominent civil rights figures and abolitionists such as Thurgood Marshall, Tubman, and Medgar Evans. The USNS Lucy Stone, which honors the Massachusetts women's rights and antislavery advocate, is also on the list. The ships were originally named after gay and civil rights leaders in 2016 by Ray Mabus, then-U.S. Navy Secretary who was a teenager in Mississippi during the Civil Rights movement. Current Navy Secretary John Phelan has organized a team to decide new names for the ships. It's unclear when the names will be officially changed. Rushing Rushing said that he was not surprised by the Trump administration's tactics to rename ships honoring people such as Evers. 'I have no idea what Trump's personal prejudices are,' Rushing said, 'but he does know that he has a significant number of supporters who agree with any anti-gay, anti-Black,' sentiments. Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Newton Democrat and former Marine who served in Afghanistan and Panama, said that by renaming the ship, the Trump administration was neglecting economic priorities. Advertisement 'One Chinese shipyard constructed more tonnage last year than America has built since World War II,' Auchincloss said in a statement. 'But instead of building more ships, the Secretary is renaming them.' U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley said that the administration's plan to rename USNS Thurgood Marshall and USNS Harriet Tubman was 'disrespectful.' Marshall was the first Black Supreme Court justice and argued cases that helped end racial segregation in public schools in the 1950s. Tubman escaped slavery in 1849 and subsequently worked to promote abolition and helped rescue around 'The Trump Administration continues to whitewash our history but they cannot and will not erase the contributions of civil rights leaders who fought for our most vulnerable,' Pressley said. Angela Mathew can be reached at
