Tom. Thanks for conveying the sad news. I sent him an email that day. He was one my mentors when I studied at Duke in the early 70s. He will be missed! Sent from my iPhone On Jan 1, 2011, at 2:00 PM, "Quirk, Thomas V." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I am sorry to report that Louis Budd died in his sleep on Monday, December > 20th. In accordance with Lou's wishes, there will be no memorial service. > As some of you may know, Lou lived the last several months next door to his > son and his family in Patagonia, Arizona. According to his son," if you > communicate with folks who wish to memorialize in some concrete way, his > favorite cause had become the local library. Any checks would be made > payable to Friends of the Library, at mailing address Patagonia Public > Library, PO Box 415, Patagonia, AZ, 85624. They do have a website, which i= > s > www.patagoniapubliclibrary.org." > > Tom Quirk =20