Lawrence died Feb. 5, 2023, at Agrace Hospice Care in Fitchburg, Wis.
He grew up in Dallas and spent much of those years with his maternal grandparents at their ranch in western Kansas. After high school in Garden City, Kan., he spent two years at Princeton but left us to go on to graduate from Tulane and then the University of Colorado Law School.
After practicing law in Colorado Springs, he joined Rockwell International in California, where he led a team of negotiators and had a role in creating the first spacecraft to land on the moon. After a doctorate in political science at USC, he and his family relocated to Neenah, Wis., where he taught at UW Oshkosh, was a member of the Winnebago County Board, and practiced law until retiring in 2007.
We never heard from Lawrence over the years, but we regret his passing nonetheless. Lawrence is survived by his second wife, Eileen; a daughter; a son; two stepchildren; and four grandchildren.