Remembering Ken Dean

On Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, we held a memorial service honoring Professor Emeritus Ken Dean who died on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

A recording of the service as well as the slides shown on the day and the service booklet are available for download.

The link below provides access to a folder containing the video (~ 2 GB), transcript of the video, audio only recording, the Zoom chat, the presentation slides, and the service booklet.

Folder access: Memorial Service for Kenneson (Ken) G. Dean.  

Thank you to all who came and shared your memories of Ken.

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