John McBride, a former faculty member in the Anthropology Department and later in FREDS in the business school, died on Friday, Dec. 30. He was 85. A gathering to celebrate his life will be held between 3-6 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 7) at the Guild Hall of St. James Episcopal Church, 3750 E. Douglas. To honor his wife Flavia's love of swimming and their enjoyment of life on the WSU campus, they created the Flavia and John McBride Wichita State University Heskett Center Education Fund, focused on training future lifeguards and teaching adults to swim. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the fund and sent to the WSU Foundation. Share tributes online at http://www.dlwichita.com
