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Name: Geoff White
From: Wellow, near Bath
E-mail: Contact 		I was so sorry to hear the news of Tom's death.

Only the other week I related a story to my trainees - I run a PGCE in secondary ICT at Bath Spa University - about Tom's comment at PEG in Edinburgh in 1993.

I fancied a pint in a pub other than Moray House's bar and caught a bus to Carpenters Mains. You had to put the fare in a box
and the driver asked for 60p. I put in a pound and then looked for my change. "There's no change", said the driver, "you have to put in the correct amount".

I related this story back in the bar at Moray House. Tom said "I can tell ye're nay a true Scot. A true Scot would have stayed on the bus until he got his pound's worth. He'd have then got off the bus and walked back!"
 
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Name: Neil Kennedy
E-mail: Contact 		Articulate, precise, intellectual, iconoclastic, funny, inspiring. It was a privilege to have known and been taught by Tom.
I am truly saddened by this news, it's the end of an era.
 
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Name: David Bethune
From: Selkirk
E-mail: Contact 		Tom was unique. He challenged orthodoxy, asked searching questions about policy and practice, and was always ready to enter into constructive dialogue. I have enjoyed being his pupil, his colleague and his friend.
 
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Name: John Walsh
From: Ardrossan
E-mail: Contact 		I knew Tom in a variety of educational contexts for over 20 years. The news of his death came as a great shock and is a loss to all of us. Sincere condolences to his family.
 
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Name: Susan Lister
From: PGDE secondary student
E-mail: Contact 		I was fortunate enough to have Tom as my multidisciplinary tutor this year. All of us in the class appreciated the extra special effort he put into every session, always pushing us to think more deeply and never allowing us to coast.
I was incredibly sad to hear about his death and offer sincere condolences to his family.
 
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Name: Giovanna Lami
From: Vice-Presidente nazionale AID
E-mail: Contact 		I met Tom for the first time this fall at the third CMC conference and I was very impressed by the discussion about his paper in Tallin and his words at the closing session.
I too am deeply saddened for this news, Condolence to his family.
 
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Name: Jane Heinze-Fry
From: Lexington, Massachusetts USA
E-mail: Contact 		I met Tom at the first international conference on concept mapping in Pamplona, Spain, 2004. He attended my session, which demonstrated multiple concept maps created by college students to integrate their semesters' learning in various biology subjects. He commented on the variety of creative expression exhibited by these students and I feel appreciated the unique meaningfulness that each student created from the same content. I am grateful for his insights, for his technical capabilities, and for his appreciation of learning as an exercise of each individual's mind.
 
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Name: Andreas Lercher
From: Austria
E-mail: Contact 		We met at the conference in Tallinn and Helsinki. I remember him as a very special person. We will miss you and your way telling the things how they are and how they could be.
 
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Name: Alistair Murdoch
From: PGDE Student 2006
E-mail: Contact 		I am fortunate enough to have studied with Tom for a year at Moray House, undertaking my PGDE in Secondary Education in 2006.

Without doubt, the most inspirational educator I have known in all my years of learning. Not only have you motivated me in my career as a new teacher, Tom, but much of what you spoke of and passed on, has affected my outlook on life in general. For that, I will be forever grateful.

A very great loss to Scottish Education.
 
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Name: Eleanor
From: Bristol
E-mail: Contact 		To all who knew Tom, my deepest condolences. I am so very sorry for your loss... Long may Tom's life and good work continue to be a light for many.
 
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