Robert R. Bruno Jr. | |
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| Born | January 30, 1945 |
| Died | December 9, 2008 (aged 63) |
| Monuments | Bruno Sculpture Plaza, TTU |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Dominican College |
| Occupation(s) | Sculptor, artist, businessman |
| Organization | Founder of P&R Irrigation |
| Partner | Patricia Mills |
| Children | Christina Bruno |
Robert R. Bruno Jr. (January 30, 1945 – December 9, 2008) was an American artist, inventor, and businessman.[1] In 1982, he designed and created one of the first solar-powered surge irrigation systems for row crops and founded P&R Surge Systems with his wife Patricia Mills. As an artist, he designed jewelry, furniture, and numerous sculptures both large and small. He is perhaps most widely recognized for the artistic steel house that sits on the edge of the jagged caprock escarpment that overlooks Yellow House Canyon in the residential community of Ransom Canyon a few miles east of Lubbock, Texas.[2]