Ulysses Edward ‘Bud’ Gallanos
Ulysses Edward Gallanos of Southold, whom friends and family knew affectionately as “Bud,” died on September 16. He was 93.
Mr. Gallanos was the son of the late Alma and Ulysses Gallanos. His father was a Greek shipping company owner with a factory on the Catherine Slip on Manhattan’s East Side.
He graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Connecticut and also attended the Pratt Institute. He was a veteran of World War II, serving as an officer in the Merchant Marine, and was a survivor of the Murmansk Run in the North Atlantic, called one of the most hazardous naval operations of World War II.
He had a distinguished career on Madison Avenue in New York City, helping to pioneer the development of the ad industry for television in the 1950s and 1960s, and worked in advertising for Fortune 500 companies like Kodak, 3M and Olympus before establishing his own agency.
According to friends and family, he was also a talented artist and built several homes on Long Island, in particular on the East End, and in Greece. He developed an early appreciation and love for jazz and the natural wonder of the world around him. He was an ardent sailor and restorer of wooden sailboats, which he would often use to sail East Coast waterways.
According to family, even into his 90s he maintained an active lifestyle, using his experience and talents to promote charitable organizations including historical societies, neighborhood associations and special services for the United Nations.
He is survived by three daughters, Susan Barnes and her husband, John, of Southold, Priscilla Ruffin of Westhampton Beach, and Darcy Paddock and her husband, Thomas, of Rochester; a sister, Diane Angona of Mount Sinai; five grandchildren, Susanne O’Boyle, William Ruffin, Phillip Brown and Alex and Annie Grossjohan; 11 great-grandchildren; and a longtime companion, Chryssa Notara of Greece.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Dorothy Gallanos; a sister, Alma Gloria; and a son-in-law, William Ruffin.
Funeral services were held yesterday, September 21, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Westhampton Beach. Interment was private.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978, or the Southold Historical Society, P.O. Box 1, Southold, NY 11971.
on Sep 22, 2010