South Bend, Indiana
June 5, 2009SOUTH BEND - Professor Otto Allen Bird, Founding Director of the General Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame, died June 5, 2009 in his sleep. He received his bachelor's degree in English and his master's degree in English and Comparative Literature from the...
Read MoreIn many ways my adult life has been shaped by the various passionate interests that my grandparents, Otto and Eve, shared with me. I have been blessed.
Tina Bird (Chris' daughter)
ND Class of 1987
Tina Bird
June 07, 2009 | Austin, TX
Our condolences to the entire Bird family. Our thoughts are with you at this time.
Jim & Barb Danehy
Cincinnati, Ohio
June 07, 2009
He will be missed.
Max Weismann
Center for the Study of The Great Ideas
Founded in 1990 by Mortimer J. Adler and Max Weismann
Max Weismann
June 07, 2009 | Chicago, IL
I have been in the family for 45 years by marriage. From the very beginning Dad Bird always made me feel welcome. Mom & Dad Bird will have a special place in my heart until I die. I have been honored to have been fully accepted as part of Dad,s family.
Roni Bird
Roni Bird
June 07, 2009 | Indianapolis, IN
We offer our condolences to the entire family, and especially our dear friend Kate.
To honor his memory we will be sending a check to the Program of Liberal Studies.
Annette and Dick Conklin
June 06, 2009 | Mendota Heights, MN
