IN MEMORY
JAMES AHRENS, PROFESSOR OF LAW EMERITUS, 94, TOPEKA, on June 6 Born in St. Louis, Mo., James Ahrens served in the Army/Air Force Intelligence Corps during World War II before attending Wooster College and the University of Chicago, where he received a juris doctor degree. He was a professor of law at Washburn from 1944 to 1988, designing the Washburn Law Institute and serving as the faculty adviser for the Washburn Moot Court team. Ahrens initiated comparative law programs for Yugoslavia and England and was named a distinguished professor of law. He also had a law school endowment in tort law in his name. Survivors include wife Margaret Ahrens, Topeka; sons Martin Ahrens, ba ’67, Topeka, a senior development director at the Washburn University Foundation, and Anton Ahrens, Topeka; daughters Julia Ahrens, ma ’89, Kansas City, Kan., and Katherine Weidling, ba ’77, Shawnee Mission, Kan., Martha Miller and Barbara Jackson; grandson James Ahrens, ba ’10, Topeka; son-in-law Frank Weidling, ba ’78, Shawnee Mission, Kan.; and daughter-in-laws Carolyn Szafran Ahrens, bfa ’74, Topeka, and Susan Stickley, b ed ’76, Topeka.
judge, owned Crawford County
of the House Reappointment
Republic County and a member
He served in the Army during the
Abstract Company from 1971 to
Committee. He later opened a
of the Kansas Bar Association.
Vietnam War before teaching and
1990 and retired as a gunsmith.
law firm. Bideau was a member of
Karl Glatt, ba ’76, ms ’89, 59,
coaching in Arkansas City, Kan.
Survivors include daughter
Sigma Phi Epsilon and an intern
Topeka, on Aug. 11. He worked
Prather had a private practice
Ramona (Saia) Miller, msw ’11,
in the Law Clinic at Washburn.
at Southwestern Bell Telephone
in McPherson and served as
Berryton, Kan.
Survivors include wife Margaret
Company. Survivors include
assistant county attorney. He
Charles Schwartz III, b music ’69,
(Fritton) Bideau, b ed ’75,
father Oren Glatt, ba ’52,
was a member of Phi Delta Phi
66, Hartville, Mo., on May 13.
Chanute; brother David Bideau,
Abilene, Kan.; mother Harriet
and an intern in the Law Clinic.
He served in the Navy and taught
bba ’79, Chanute; and nephews
(Heins) Glatt, ba ’55, Abilene,
Survivors include son Nathan
music at Siuslaw High School in
Adam Bideau, bis ’13, Chanute,
Kan.; uncle A.D. Glatt, bpa ’89,
Prather, bfa ’02, McPherson.
Oregon. Schwartz was a member
and Heath Bideau, bba ’10,
Topeka; and stepdaughter
of Alpha Delta and Phi Mu Alpha
Lenexa, Kan.
Lisa (Mills) Goularte,
Sinfonia. Survivors include brother
Harriet (Gingerich) Caplan, jd
ba ’96, Topeka.
1980s
James Schwartz, b music ’66,
’76, 67, Hays, Kan., on Aug. 2.
Larry Kane, bba ’71, 64, Oro
Ariz., on July 28. He owned the
Eureka, Kan.
She was a professor at Fort Hays
Valley, Ariz., on July 4. He was
John Thomas Banta P.C. law
1970s
State University. Before then,
executive vice president of U.S.
firm. Banta was a member of Phi
Caplan was a parole officer in
Bank in Lawrence, Kan., and
Delta Phi and worked on the staff
Edwin Bideau III, bba ’72,
Cleveland, Ohio, and had a 25-
previously worked at banks in
of the law journal.
jd ’75, 62, Chanute, Kan., on
year career in banking. She was a
Portland, Ore., and Chicago, Ill.
Terrance Cavanaugh, bba ’84,
Sept. 5. He was the assistant
member of Phi Kappa Phi and the
Kane was a member of Sigma Phi
69, Corpus Christi, Texas,
county attorney in Neosho
editorial staff of the law journal, as
Epsilon. Survivors include sister
on Aug. 29. He was a funeral
County before being elected
well as an intern in the Law Clinic.
Patricia (Kane) Kovalchuk,
director and worked for
as county attorney. Bideau was
John Eyer, bba ’74, jd ’77, 60,
bsw ’95, Topeka.
Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
elected to the Kansas House of
Belleville, Kan., on May 7. He
Charles Prather, jd ’77, 67,
Survivors include brothers
Representatives and was chair
was district magistrate judge of
McPherson, Kan., on June 27.
Stephen Cavanaugh, ba ’71,
35 In Memory
John Banta, jd ’85, 67, Phoenix,