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Walter Maurice Harold Budde, Jr. PhD succumbed to COVID – 19 on December 4, 2020 in Sarasota, Florida after a valiant battle.
In Memoriam:
1925-2020
Walter Maurice Harold Budde, Jr. PhD succumbed to COVID – 19 on December 4, 2020 in Sarasota, Florida after a valiant battle. Walter was born in Minneapolis, MN, to Helen and Walter Budde, Sr., and graduated from Cretin High School in St. Paul, MN. He attended the University of Minnesota, earning a degree in Organic Chemistry. He earned his master’s degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Indiana, where he met his future wife and lifelong companion, Jacqueline Hyberg Budde. The couple moved to Iowa City, where they were married on June 6, 1948. Walter obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry as well as a minor in Chemical Engineering from the University of Iowa at age 23.