May 13, 2025
Bond LSC honors namesake in death
Kit Bond speaks to Thom Payne, vice chancellor for agriculture and dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, at the groundbreaking for the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center on September 8, 2001. Christopher “Kit” Bond died Tuesday, May 13, 2025. We hold enormous gratitude to his efforts that contributed to our center’s creation. Bond LSC Director Walter Gassmann summed up our sentiments, writing “We mourn the passing of U.S. Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond and send condolences to his family and all who’ve been touched by his many years of service. Sen. Bond displayed an admirable…