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IN MEMORY

Betty Jane Anderson Betty Jane Anderson, 81, died Aug. 10. She graduated from KU with a bachelor's in biology, and worked at the KU Medical Center as a medical technologist for more than 10 years.

Survivors include five cousins, all of Lawrence. The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Humane Society, sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

Bernard "Bud" Hirsch Bernard "Bud" Hirsch, 61, died Sept. 3 at his home of brain cancer. Hirsch was a noted scholar on American Indian literature and culture. He had taught at KU since 1976. Survivors include his mother, a brother, a stepbrother, a granddaughter and four nieces. The family suggests memorials to KU Center for Indigenous Studies or the American Cancer Society, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

NOTABLE ALUMS

Alumnus Clyde Tombaugh has been in the news recently. Before earning bachelor's and master's degrees at KU, Tombaugh discovered Pluto. Tombaugh's discovery was recently demoted to dwarf planet. The Tombaugh Observatory atop Lindley Hall is named in his honor, but is no longer in use.