David-Wilson-Obituary

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David Thomas Wilson

State College, Pennsylvania

Nov 2, 1934 – Feb 1, 2015

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November 2, 1934
DIED
February 1, 2015
LOCATION
State College, Pennsylvania

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Koch Funeral Home - State College Obituary

With great sadness, the family announces the death of Dave Wilson at Foxdale Village, State College from complications of Parkinson's disease.He was born in Toronto, Ontario, son of the late David and Lena Pearson Wilson of Arbroath, Scotland. He was the dearly loved husband of Joan Keevil,...

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Hello Dave:

I am happy to share good news with you. I continue in the path that you shared with me. I keep working hard on my manuscripts following your example and wisdom. You left a beautiful mark on me that I cherish and share with my colleagues, students, and friends at every moment.

Just recently coming back from France on a teaching assignment and visiting with an old faculty colleague, I ended talking about you. I shared how an example of knowledge, kindness, and...

Our thoughts are with Joan and family at the sad loss of a lovely man. Our fond thoughts go back to dinner meetings in Melbourne Australia in the mid 70's during the Kodak days. It is with regret that we have only just found each other again recently. Farewell dear David.

Our condolences to Joan and family.I met Dave at Western in the fall of '62 and continued through to spring of '65.He and I were in the same class together where he always had wise words and was easy to work with.I often wished he had made it to one of the class reunions to renew our friendship again

Dear Andy, My condolences to you and your family. I enjoyed my time with him at the Ice Pavilion. He made my job fun. I remember him so well from the "Huffers & Puffers" ice hockey league. He was an asset to the program.

A sad loss of a great person and academic leader

Dave was a great teacher and business instructor...It was my pleasure to meet and learn from him when he was conducting many programs at Eastman Kodak in the 70's & 80's...God Bless him. Bob Patterson

Dear "Dave",
as we (foreigners) from the IMP research community in Europe came to call you. You had quite a few that treasure the memeories of you as not only a respected colleague but as a friend.
Ivan Snehota
(University of Lugano - Switzerland)

As the ISBM Scholar (MBA 2008) and the ISBM Doctoral Fellow (Ph.D. 2011), both of us benefited tremendously from Dave Wilson's generosity. We met him a couple of times and were struck by his warm smile and interest in our activities. Our heartfelt condolences and best wishes to his family.
- Mahima Hada and Rahul Maurya

Dear Joan,
Don and I extend our deepest sympathy to you and your family on the loss of Dave.
May the many happy years and memories you shared with him sustain you at this time. We will keep you both in our thoughts and prayers.