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Robert Tweed Hersh
Robert Tweed Hersh, 71, died Aug.
31, 1999. He was a professor of biochemistry at KU from 1958
to 1996, and chair of the biochemistry department from 1971 to
1978.
Hersh studied chemistry and mathematics as an undergraduate at
Columbia College, received his master's degree in physics at
Columbia University and his Ph.D. in biophysics at the University
of California, Berkeley.
During his tenure at KU, he guided a newly formed biochemistry
department as its first chair. In 1960 he received one of the
first National Institutes of Health Research Career Development
Awards, which he held for 10 years. While maintaining a heavy
teaching load, Hersh published more than 40 articles on subjects
ranging from cures for viruses to applications for molecular
biology. He received KU's Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award
in 1991 and KU's Outstanding Progressive Educator Award in 1990.
The idea for a human-oriented biology curriculum at KU grew from
Hersh's interaction with undergraduate students, and the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences has honored him with the Robert
Tweed Hersh Memorial Scholarship Award in Human Biology. Memorial
contributions may be made to the Robert Tweed Hersh Scholarship
Fund for KU, sent in care of the Kansas University Endowment
Association, or to the Lawrence Community Theater, 1500 New Hampshire.
Hersh is survived by his wife, Sally Six Hersh; a son, Christopher
Karrer, Portsmouth, Va.; a daughter, Jennifer Newton Hersh, Brooklyn,
N.Y.; and two grandchildren.
Diana Fox
Diana Faye Fox, 65, died Feb. 16 at
her home.
She began working at KU in 1972, retiring July 10, 1999, as assistant
director of undergraduate services for the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences.
Fox was born Aug. 9, 1934, in Loggootee, Ind., and graduated
from KU. She had lived in Lawrence for 40 years.
She is survived by a daughter, Lisa Potts, Caldwell; three sons,
Mark Fox, Overland Park; Tim Fox, Des Moines, Iowa; and John
Fox, Apache Junction, Ariz; her father and stepmother, Porter
and Esther Girdley, Booneville, Ind.; two brothers, Arch Girdley,
Grand Junction, Colo., and Richard Girdley, Booneville, Ind.;
and seven grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to the Friends of the Lawrence Public
Library may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
Richard Harp
Richard "Dick" Harp died
March 18 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. He was 81.
After serving as assistant basketball coach for the legendary
F.C. "Phog" Allen, Harp was KU's head men's basketball
coach from 1956 to 1964. During that time, he coached Wilt Chamberlain
and led the team to two conference titles and two NCAA Tournament
berths.
A graduate of Rosedale High School in Kansas City, Mo., Harp
came to KU in 1936 to attend school and play basketball. Before
his graduation in 1940, he was a starter, star and captain of
the team.
Harp served in the U.S. Army during World War II and married
Martha Sue Layne in 1944 in Heavener, Okla. She survives of the
home.
He was head coach at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo.,
before joining Allen at KU in 1948 as head assistant and freshman
coach. After Allen's mandatory retirement in 1956, Harp succeeded
him.
After leaving KU, Harp served as executive vice president of
the Fellowship of Christian Athletes from 1964 to 1983. In 1986,
he went to Chapel Hill, N.C., to serve as an assistant to University
of North Carolina coach Dean Smith, one of his former players
in the early 1950s. He moved back to Lawrence in 1990.
Other survivors include a son, Richard, Las Vegas; and four grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes, First Baptist Church, the Good Samaritan Fund at Lawrence
Presbyterian Manor or the Richard Harp Fund of the KU Endowment
Association. These may be sent in care of the Rumsey-Yost Funeral
Home.
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- Robert Hersh
- Diana Fox
- Richard "Dick"
Harp
- Photo courtesy of University
Archives
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