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Namesake of KU organ hall dies at 92
Polly Bales, KU alumna who helped found the Bales Organ Recital Hall at KU, died at 92 in Lawrence from natural causes. Her family donations, totaling 4.1 million dollars, supported cancer research and KU programs, funding the hall attached to the Lied Center and the Dane and Polly Bales professorship of organ.
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