C. Robert Dr. Borresen

Borresen, Dr. C. Robert “Bob”, 88, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015. Retired professor of psychology at Wichita State University for 30 years, retired in 1995. Celebration of life will be at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at University Congregational Church. Survived by wife, Thelma Borresen, step-son, Michael Meacham and his wife Vicky Triponey, of Charleston, SC, granddaughter, Kathryn (Dan) Palay, great-granddaughter, Sydney Palay of Chicago, IL. Bobs love of learning began at an early age. But he deferred his college career to serve on the USS Missouri during WWII seeing action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He then went on to graduate from Northwestern University with his BA, and the University of Missouri for his MS and PhD. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to The Wichita State Uuniversity Endowment for Dr. C. Robert Borresen Scholarship Fund, 1845 N Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260, and TLC: Targeted Lymphoma Consortium, http://www.supporttlc.org/donate/. Downing Lahey Mortuary East.