Thanks and Acknowledgments, or The Karass

 
Left: Dennis Van Gerven at graveside.   Center: Sandra & Leray Hillmon, Mimi Wesson.   Right: Exhumation of the grave.
(See The Exhumation for an explanation of “The Karass”.)

At the University of Colorado:

The Law School, especially

• Associate Dean Dayna Matthew
• Jane Thompson, Law Library
• Andrea Viedt

• Continuing Education, especially Wynn Martens
• Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, especially Ken Krauter
• Department of Anthropology
  • Dennis Van Gerven, amazing teacher, sage of bones
  • Paul Sandberg, man of limitless future
• The Film Studies program
  • Ernesto Acevedo-Munoz, director and force of nature
  • Rachel Griego, still photography and artistic sensibility
  • Mike Lawrence, quiet man of endless competence
  • Lee Sarter, source of energy and reassurance

At the City of Lawrence, Kansas:

• Toni Ramirez Wheeler, City Attorney’s Office
• Mitch Young, Cemetery Superintendent
• Lisa Patterson , Director of Communications
• Frank (last name unknown), cemetery worker

At the University of Kansas:

• Professor David Frayer, generous host, inventive chef, excellent scientist and fine talking head
• Professor Jim Mielke, fine scientist and contagious enthusiast

At Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne of Kansas City, Missouri:

• Mark Thornhill, genius litigator
• Mackenzie Murphy-Wilfong, mistress of attention to detail
• Maria Donigan, backstage tolerance and encouragement

Elsewhere:

• Dan and Kim Davis of Washington
• Leray and Sandra Hillmon of Montana
• Ben Herr of Lyons, Colorado
• Katie Tepley Jackson of Manhattan, Kansas
• Ellen Gault of Colorado, ranch minder and llama lover
• Shirley & Mike Brier, Jerry Ferrin, Kim Fowles and Phyllis Scherich of the Barber County, Kansas: History & Genealogy web site
• Mary Hey and Maria Krenz of Boulder, Colorado
• Charlie Brennan of the Rocky Mountain News
• Kansas State Historical Society
• National Archives and Records Administration