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Bud received a degree in medicine from the University of Missouri in 1965. His hospital training included posts in Naval hospitals in Maryland and California. Bud's professional appointments spanned 41 years and included serving as director for the UF College of Medicine Intensive Care Unit, Chief of Anesthesia at Richland Memorial Hospital, affiliated with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, and Chairman of the Anesthesiology Department at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Bud was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Omega Alpha, the American Society of Anesthesiology and was a Fellow of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
In Bud's youth, he was on his high school football team, played the trumpet in the band and with a small local band made up of friends as well as lettered in tennis in college at the University of Missouri. Throughout his adult life, Bud enjoyed hobbies of golf, tennis, racquetball, and skiing. He was an avid college sports fan with loyalties to the UF Gators and Mizzou Tigers. Bud also had a soft spot for the numerous dogs and cats he owned throughout his life.
Bud is survived by his wife, Sally; daughter, Beth Klein of Gainesville; son Mike (Sonia) Klein of Gainesville; and son Eddie (Kimmy) Klein of Kalispell, Montana; and four grandchildren, Jared, Jackson, Jasmine and Adam, and his loyal dog, Samson.
A private family memorial service will take place in the future. The family welcomes memorial donations to The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care at 4011 NW 43rd St, Suite B, Gainesville, FL 32606.
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Rae Brown, MD
September 28, 2025
Sally,
Bud was a remarkable man and a presence in my life since medical school at UNC. Will never forget rounding with him in the ICU. Likely responsible for my career in critical care.
In our years at Arkansas Children´s and UAMS, He was a friend, a mentor, and a comrade. By taking a chance on me as the Chief of Anesthesiology at ACH, he gave me the confidence to succeed at a level that I would never have attained otherwise. He was and is more responsible for any success that I have than any other single colleague, peer, or mentor. I have not forgotten the role that he played in my life, and I will honor his spirit, his work, and his friendship every day of my life.
Rae
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