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Andrew Thacker

Houston, Texas

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Andrew Jackson Thacker, Jr. On March 31, a most remarkable man passed from this life into the next.  Brilliant, energetic and kind, Andy Thacker was a force of nature that drew people from academia to industry, arts and literature to sports, and could convince a democrat to vote republican....

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Thanks for coming to Cal Poly when you did. Dr Thacker thank you for your time, effort and support. you changed my life.

Dr. Thacker,

It was a pleasure working with you the past few months. Our conversations will be greatly missed. Rest peacefully my friend.

- Brad

Dr. Thacker is what I called him. He knew so much when I was a student and he was my Marketing teacher at Cal Poly, California. My extra credit class was working in his Office as an assistant. Learned a lot. Dr. Thacker was funny, intelligent and he put all his energy & time in his students. A lot of good times with all of us Pi Sigma Epilson students. He was a faculty member for PSE. Dr. Thacker did it all. Never will forget him. A good man, mentor & teacher.

You will be greatly missed Andy! I'm so fortunate to know you in the past few months! Karen King

A temporary goodbye old friend.

Andy was a wonderful teacher, mentor and friend. We are so glad that we had a small part of his life. He was a person with many talents and helped to design and make our wedding rings and also helped to photograph our wedding. It is so sad that we lost contact with Andy when he moved to California but he continued to make a lasting influence to many others. We will always treasure the memories that we had with Andy.

Andy, thanks for being such a wonderful neighbor at the Cougar Apartments.

In 1979, I was a club disc jockey. I had been out of high school for 2 years. Although I graduated with a B average, I really was not thinking about college. Andy Thacker convinced me to apply to the University of Houston. To this day, I'm really not sure just how I got in, but I would not doubt that Andy played a significant role. Without his guidance and support, I might not have gone on to graduate, from U of H, with honors, go to law school and become a lawyer. I never got the...

Thank you Andy for being an amazing teacher. You touched my life. God bless you.