No public services are planned for Ronald ‘Ron’ Broun, 75, Lawrence, who died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2105, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He was born Dec. 30, 1939, in Phillipsburg, Kan., the son of Diran Turner and Winifred Winship Broun. He graduated from Phillipsburg High School, and later earned undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Kansas. Ron served as an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board for many years. He was deeply knowledgeable about all music, played classical piano and ragtime too, he was a classical music reviewer for the Washington Post for seven years, and amassed a significant collection of LPs and CDs. Ron always followed his beloved Jayhawks.
Survivors include a daughter, Katie Sandhaus and husband Jay, and their four sons, Alex, Andy, Teddy, and Thomas, Atlanta, GA, and his former wife, Elizabeth “Betsy” Broun, of Bethesda, MD .
Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), 424 E. 92nd St., New York, NY 10128-6804
