Brugmann spent two years in the Army as an infantryman and journalist, including a stint in South Korea, where he worked at the Stars and Stripes as a bureau chief.
The Northern California Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists, which he served as president of,[1] gave him a Career Achievement Award.
He served as a board member on the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, which enforces San Francisco's public records rules.
In recent years, Brugmann usually maintained a low public profile in San Francisco.
With his features and his words being carried throughout the city on the sides of the buses, Bruce Brugmann was, for a short time, unavoidable.