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Shure's Dennis Harburn (1950-2009)
March 27, 2009
Source: Shure
Pro Audio Industry
Mourns Loss of a “True Gentleman”
Shure Incorporated today announced the passing of Dennis Harburn,
Managing Director of Shure Distribution UK. A native of South
London, Dennis had been with the Company for 36 years.
“I was shocked and deeply saddened by this news,”
said Sandy LaMantia, Shure’s President and CEO. “Dennis
had a very long relationship with Shure, as an Associate and
as a channel partner. His expertise and leadership in the
complex United Kingdom audio marketplace were invaluable to
Shure throughout those years. He will be greatly missed. My
sympathies go out to his family and to our ‘family’
of UK Associates.”
“I met Dennis roughly 20 years ago, but really started
to get to know him in 2002 during Shure’s re-acquisition
of the Company’s UK Distributorship,” commented
Al Hershner, Vice President of Shure’s Asia and Americas
Business Units. “He will always be remembered for his
integrity, humility, compassion, and his leadership of our
operations in the UK, but I will have a lasting memory of
his wonderful sense of humor…always able to lighten even
the most difficult of moments.”
“Dennis was instrumental in the growth and continued
success of this Company,” said Markus Winkler, Managing
Director of Shure’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa Business
Unit. “He was a special person…a true gentleman.
His professionalism and his personality will be missed by
all of us at Shure and by those in the professional audio
industry who knew him.”
Dennis joined the Company in 1972, when
it was Shure Electronics Limited (SEL), as a sales rep for
London and the South East (UK), but as SEL shifted to independent
ownership, he quickly rose through the ranks as Assistant
Sales Manager, Sales Manager, and then Sales Director before
being named Managing Director in 2000.
While spending almost his entire career
supporting Shure, Dennis also was a classic car enthusiast,
a lover of horse riding, and a die-hard fan of Gillingham
F.C. According to one of his Associates, “His enthusiasm
for music was infectious and there did not appear to be a
genre or band that he did not know.”
Dennis is survived by his wife, Nicky, and
their three children, Daniel, Paul, and Andrea.
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