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Tuesday, May 3, 1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Bob Friauf, professor of physics and astronomy, will retire from the university after 41 years of service at semester's end. Friauf hopes to have more time to play his clarinet with the Lawrence City Band.
Professor set to retire
Music, sailing and camping on his agenda By Jamie Munn
By Jamie Munn
Kansan staff writer
When Bob Friauf, professor of physics and astronomy, retires at the end of this semester, he'll have two loves to keep him company — his music and his dog.
Friauf, who at 68 has been teaching students at KU for 41 years, will leave behind him a 15-year career in University governance and regular attendance at Board of Regents meetings.
He also has played for nearly 15 years in the Lawrence City Band, which performs summer concerts Wednesday evenings in June and July at South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St.
"I'm getting old enough," Friauf said. "I sort of figured I didn't want to continue indefinitely."
"I have always enjoyed it," he said.
"At time, I've practiced for hours and
hours, but that was because I wanted to."
Robert Foster, director of the Lawrence City Band, said Friauf had been an important part of the band as long as he could remember.
But he will have more time for hobbies such as his clarinet, which he has been playing since he was in fourth grade.
"He's a wonderful, loyal member," Foster said. "He's smart, a good player and just a nice guy."
Friauf's pet dog is his audience when he practices at home. The eight-year-old shelft, Tessie, is a captive audience whether she's waiting for Friauf to warm up his clarinet or to just return from KU each day.
Friauf said he would miss his colleagues and students in the department, but he also will miss the friends he made in his years in University governance.
One of his governance teammates, T.P. Srinivasan, professor of mathematics and head of Senate Executive Committee this year, said Friauf worked well with the faculty presidents of other Board of Regents institutions.
"Nobody is really that immune from emotions," he said.
Friauf and Srinivasan worked together to prepare the University's consensual relationships policy. Friauf said the problem had existed as long as humans had been around.
"He was able to cover a wide spectrum," Srinivasan said. "We are going to miss him in so many ways."
But now that he has more free time, Friauf said, he will pursue other recreational sports such as camping, skiing and boating.
"You really feel as if you're part of the wind and the water," Friaud said "You feel like a seagull. It's closer to a sense of flight than most other experiences can get."
take off together as soon as he was too close.
In his single-person sailboat, Friarjail sails at Clinton Lake. He said he especially enjoyed the quiet days when he could float next to flocks of birds that
For Friauf, camping is also an individual activity. With his Coleman stove and lantern and a thick foam bed pad, Friauf gives the impression of roughing it when he hikes to Colorado, Montana and California.
"To me, this is almost the lap of luxury," he said.
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