Memorial service for former KU Chancellor Hemenway to be streamed live

LAWRENCE – The memorial service on Sunday for former University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway will be streamed online and broadcast at the Lied Center, where overflow seating will be available.

The Lawrence Journal World reports the service for the university’s 16th chancellor will start at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Dole Institute of Politics. A reception in the Lied Center’s main lobby will follow.

Hemenway died July 31 at a Lenexa nursing home from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 73.

His family asks that memorial contributions be made in lieu of flowers to the Robert E. Hemenway Scholarship fund, handled by the KU Endowment Association.

Hemenway served as chancellor from 1995 to 2009.

The university will provide the live video stream at journalism.ku.edu/live/doleinstitute.

This story was originally published August 7, 2015 at 1:27 PM with the headline "Memorial service for former KU Chancellor Hemenway to be streamed live."