Bull Remembered

I was so saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Bullen. What a fine and caring gentleman he was. He took me under his wing when I, a non-librarian, came to work at NSLS in 1980. He patiently explained how the System worked and decoded the acronyms for me. But more than that we shared so many wonderful conversations about life outside the library world–about our families and about royal families, about places and people in the South, about our views of the Civil War–and on and on.  Still he always had time to help me sort out job-related problems, and I would go away feeling a little less stressed. He was so good at what he did and a gold mine of library and historical information. But most of all–a very good and supportive friend.

Catharine Cole  (Mrs. Carwithen to Robert)