Boston Bruins organization issues heartfelt condolences to the Seattle Kraken following tragic loss
The Boston Bruins have sent a heartfelt message to the Seattle Kraken who have lost team founder, David Bonderman.
David Bonderman was co-owner of the Seattle Kraken franchise, the newest expansion team in the NHL welcomed to the fold in 2021.
Bonderman, 82 was responsible for helping to kickstart the franchise and made sure the build of Climate Pledge Arena was accomplished.
Per a Kraken news release, «David was born in Los Angeles on November 27, 1942. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Washington in 1963 with a major in Russian studies. While at UW, he developed both a love for the city and a curiosity about the world. He went on to Harvard Law School where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1966. While at Harvard, he was awarded a Sheldon Fellowship, which sponsored him to travel outside the United States for a year of research and discovery. He used this time to travel to Egypt and the Middle East where he studied Islamic law and became fluent in Arabic. This experience led him to create and endow the Bonderman Fellowships at his alma mater, the University of Washington, a program that has sponsored travel around the world for well over 300 students.»
He was a vital part of the team's goal of constructing a sustainable arena in the NHL, a feat that 31 other teams in the NHL can't boast.
«In 2018, David returned to Seattle, where he had worked as a security guard at the Space Needle while in college, and led the effort to bring the Seattle Kraken, the NHL's 32nd franchise, to the city. David also co-led the effort to construct the Climate Pledge Arena, a state-of-the-art facility and the world's most sustainable arena, under the historical roof of the old Key Arena. As the Kraken team worked through the selection of a name and design of their logo, it was David himself who notoriously stood up in a meeting and pointed to the location where a red 'eye' should be inserted in the Kraken «S,» now the signature element of the logo. The Kraken played their inaugural season in 2021 and are now in their fourth season.»
While Bonderman's vision will remain on the ice for Kraken and NHL fans in the future, we celebrate his efforts that brought us here.
He will be sorely missed by fans, friends, family, and partners in the NHL. We send our deepest condolences to those affected by his passing.
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Rest in peace Co-owner David Bonderman of the Seattle Kraken. | ||
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