 Before his death Conrad befriended Steve Mannheimer, an "Indianapolis Star" art critic and Herron School of Art professor.They once spoke at length about the need to commemorate the events of April 4, 1968, and Robert Kennedy's speech to a crowd gathered near the corner of 17th and Broadway streets in Indianapolis.At the time Conrad was an executive with the Simon Property Group, the Indianapolis-based shopping mall developers, and a close friend of Herb Simon and his wife Diane, who had been a worker in RFK's campaign at the time of his speech.