Bud recently served on the National Committee for designing new criteria for liver allocation. He says that he may have died if the new gu idelines were in use when he had his transplant, because now the organ must be used first in the area where the donor is. Bud's organ came from Massachusetts and he was in Minnesota at the Mayo Clinics. Among his jobs at OTS is presenting programs in schools and other places. He reminds people that only they have the power to give life to someone else.
Bud knows of no religion where that is the case.
To th e question about an open casket funeral he says there is no problem with that. Whether you're a baby or someone up to 60 years old you can donate your organs. In some cases they will also take older ones. Corneas may even be given by those who are into the 90's and 100. The women need 390,000 more by the end of the year.