Tom Thomas Remembered: A conversation with Professor Emeritus Ron Carter

Carter, Ronnie
Title: An audio memory of IU East faculty of the first 40 years.
Keywords: Tom's boss, friend, house painters, Hill's Roses Greenhouses, crashed scaffolding and almost killed his boss, initiated Whitewater with a proposal to Alex Schilt-then Chancellor, entrepreneurial, artistic tire gauge, Service to IU East-one of a kind, pervasive influence, student supporter
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/2022/20377
Date: 2014-11-24
Publisher: IUE Campus Library Archives
Type: Recording, oral

Abstract:

Ron Carter provides a description of Tom Thomas as a Colleague, Friend, Teacher, Artist, Mechanic, & Entrepreneur. He discusses the start of the Whitewater Valley Art Competition,Tom's influence on students, using his son Shawn Carter as an example, and he describes Tom's energy and service to the Campus. Tom's first sabbatical was to experiment with STP as a paint additive, it never dried; this is an example of his experimental spirit.

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    To collect and describe a faculty member who was very important on the IU East campus for its first 30 years.

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