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Peter Townsend posted a condolence
Monday, August 2, 2021
Everyone should be lucky enough at some time in their life to know someone as good, as kind, as smart, as caring, as knowledgeable, as patient, as decent as Tom Pierce. I knew Tom for decades and was lucky enough to work with him for most of those years and got to know him well. In all those years I never heard anyone say an unkind word about him, and that's rare, for he was a professional journalist of the highest caliber and both a teacher and professor, as well as. Tom always thought the best of people and gave them the benefit of the doubt even when they didn't deserve it. It was that quality I didn't understand at first but one I came to try to incorporate into my life. Yes, Tom and I were colleagues but he was a roll model for me as well for generations of his students. Tom stood up for what was right, no matter what, and if I were going into a battle I knew would be lost but also knew I was in the right, Tom is the one I'd want to have my back, and he invariably did. Tom's death (sorry, that's the word journalists use, not "passing") has left this world and it's not as good as it was with him here.
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Don Neubaum lit a candle
Sunday, May 30, 2021
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Mr. Pierce was an amazing man. He meant so much to so many who had the pleasure of taking his journalism class, or serving as a staff member of the Aqua Clara. His dedication to his students was beyond measure. Through his mentorship, students were empowered to learn valuable life lessons and grow under the gun of deadlines, all in the pursuit of quality and creating something we all could be proud of. TCP was among the most influential teachers I ever had and I am forever thankful to him for not only all that I learned, but also the live long friendships which were spawned in the Pub.
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Sue Gottscho lit a candle
Sunday, May 30, 2021
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Like many other students, Tom Pierce changed my life! I graduated from CHS in 1969 and he was my journalism teacher and my Clearlight advisor. My senior year I was his student assistant. Because of his guidance I went to UF, graduated from the College of Journalism and had a successful advertising career. Tom was a great teacher and an even better mentor. Rest In Peace…
Sue McCrillus Gottscho
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Shirley C. Moravec posted a condolence
Sunday, May 30, 2021
Dearest Gina,
I am so sorry about the death of your husband an my friend, Tom. I recall many happy times sharing an office with Tom, riding the bus to Myrtle Beach or Columbia, SC with 40 or so journalism students headed for SIPA Southeast convention. I never saw Tom upset with students. He was always calm, humorous, and dedicated to teaching good journalism. Yearbooks his students created were well-done and award-winning. He and I were on a steering committee for the creation of Modern Media Institute which later became The Poynter Institute and he went on to help create the high school program for them. Headlines Tom created were often humorous, clever and identifiable. I send you you sympathy. Tom is a big loss.
Love,
Shirley Moravec
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Sunday, May 30, 2021
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Tom was one of the kindest men I have known. He was a talented journalism teacher and I was lucky to have known him and teach beside him. Students adored him. He was patient. Often he would spend whole weekends with his students working to meet important deadlines for the yearbook.
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