David M. Matheson

Colonel Matheson was my Physics teacher back in Newton HS. All the students loved him, not just for his excellent teaching, but because he clearly was genuinely interested in our education. "The Colonel", as we called him, would be constantly waving back as scores of students passing him would smile and say hi to him. What I remember most was his obvious love of science. It was hard not to be interested in his physics class when around his passion for the subject. He was a great man and a...