A flowerbed at the Harshbarger Building, a functional rain gauge at Holy Hope Cemetery--these are some of the memorials honoring the memory and work of hydrologist Dr. Thomas Meixner, who was killed on the University of Arizona campus in October. More .
TUCSON, Ariz. — It's been nearly six months since the tragic death of Dr. Thomas Meixner, the University of Arizona's Hydrology professor and department head, who was shot and killed on campus in October.
"We were at the cemetery just looking at other memorials that people had and things that people leave on gravesites that are very personal to the people there," Dr. Gupta said. "And so, we thought, 'oh, it would be great to have a rain gauge just knowing who he was,'" Dr. Gupta said.
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