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The Budigs try to provide a stable life for their daughter Kathryn.
Budig
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"Religion has always been important to me and that was an important part of my upbringing."
In fact, Budig still carries a rosary. Even though Arthur Budig worked late at night, he found time to watch baseball games with his son.
Budd said he liked to go to baseball games because, "It allows you to return to the idealism of your youth. It also brings back the best memories of youth, to remember the many hours with my father at baseball games.
"Baseball linked us together in a special way. It links me with my mum."
Budig said he never missed one of his son, Christopher Budig's, baseball games, and it became an important part of his lives. Christopher Budig is now 26.
Budig began playing baseball at an age he and he continued to play through.
In his offices in Kansas City and Lawrence, baseball posters adorn the walls and autographed baseballs sit on tables and desk toks.
"I have failed in life because my great ambition was to be the second baseman for the New York Yankees," Budig said with a smile. "I still hope someday I will have a relationship with major league baseball."
He said that he did not know what he would like to do in baseball but that he wanted to try something different in the future.
Baseball games serve as an opportunity to relax, which he does not do very often
"Baseball is the best of both worlds, because it is a national pastime and it represents the great escape," he said. "One can go to the ballpark and leave problems of the parking lot for several hours."
Budig said his favorite player was Joe DIMaggio of the New York Yankees.
"He was a legitimate hero for millions of people," Budig said. "He was bigger than life."
Budig met DiMaggio in 1981 when Budig was president of West Virginia University. DiMaggio donated $100,000 to the West Virginia medical center's nutrition research. DiMaggio's donation equaled the largest amount of money he had made in one year as a baseball player.
Education and experience
Budig has been the top official at three universities. But before that he was a reporter for two Lincoln newspapers while he attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln until his 1962 graduation.
He attended school full-time and also worked at the newspaper full-time. He would go to school Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon and work at the newspaper from 5:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.
As a reporter for the newspaper, Budig covered John F. Kennedy's election bid for the White House and Kennedy was campaigning in Nebraska.
"I owe much to the University of Nebraska," he said. "Those people gave me the chance to grow as a professional."
When Budik became an assistant to the governor of Nebraska in 1965, he wrote speeches for Lyndon B. Johnson when he visited the Midwest.
When he was 27, Budig became the executive officer for the chancellor at Nebraska. He also was one of the highest full professors at the university.
His ties to the University of Nebraska made Budig's decision to leave on Monday, presidency at Nebraska opened last month. But Budig said he had pro-
ects, including Campaign Kansas and the Margin of Excellence, he wanted to complete.
"I've told him I want this to be our last public job," Gretchen Budig said. "The Nebraska job would have the latest move at best."
Gretchen Budig, who has been married to Budig for 27 years, said the decision not to return to Nebula was on her husband than it was on her.
She said the Budigs were happy at KU.
"I wasn't real giggly about the thought of leaving," she said. "He had (Nebraska) alumni, friends and family around him, made him into the second coming."
Before coming to KU in 1981, Budig was president of two universities. He was president at Illinois State University from 1973 to 1977 and president of West Virginia from 1977 to 1981.
The Budigs' two older children have moved out of the house, and Kathryn lives at home.
The Buddies have had a family during their stay at all three universities. They have three children, Mary Frances, 24, and Katherine, 8.
Budig said, "Being the son or daughter of a chancellor can be difficult at times and they have been stung by criticism of me in the past, but it adds to their strength and character."
It is sometimes difficult to explain to her why students are marching in front of the house to protest a policy or issue on campus, Budiad said.
Gretchen Budig said that if students knew an 8-year-old was in the house, they might not criticize Budig so harshly.
Commitment to KU
Budget spends an average of five nights a week with friends of the University, including alumni and legislators. On three of those nights he travels to the Kansas City area for meetings.
He is responsible for KU's main campuses including Lawrence, the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Chicago, the Regents Center in Overland Park.
Budig's colleagues describe him as a shv funny and caring chancellor.
David Ambler, vicechancellor for student affairs, said Budig's personal beliefs never got in the way of Budig what was right for the University.
"He could have said he did not approve of having condoms in the residence halls because birth control is against his religion." Ambler said.
One talent Budig takes pride in his ability to hire people who are responsible, reliable and capable of being leaders.
Judith Ramaley, former KU executive vice chancellor and current president of Portland State University, was one BUI hired.
Ramaley said Budig prepared her well for her position at Portland State by requiring her to work hard and have responsibility and responsibility to do her job.
"He believed in me and held me to high standards," she said. "I was given a lot of freedom to make my own decisions and mistakes. I have yet to experience something he didn't prepare me for."
Budig admits he has high aspirations for KU and its administrators, faculty and staff.
"For those aspirations to be realized, it takes great time and effort," he said. "I expect them to work as long and as hard as I work."