Edward Beardsley

Rest in Eternal Joyful Peace, our Dear Ed - friend, mentor, and USC trainer of teaching assistants. Ed was my first American friend who became a frequent visiting bd performing historian in my South Carolina HBCU classes and programs, and I highly appreciated learning about his beloved family, Sara, Caolyn, Geraldine, `the real estate ventures with the boys´, and the wonderful French Elly! Ed was simply a wonderful and genuine human being! Ed will remain an inspiration to me, my children, and...

I knew him as a neighbor in Eagle Heights student housing at the University of Wisconsin, where I went to college and law school. He was unforgettable, a wonderful man.

I had Dr. Beardsley for the History of Science in America, a requirement to get into grad school. He made a topic I was dreading so interesting and the fact he so enjoyed teaching was apparent every day. He clearly did so much more than that in his life, and amazing man for certain.

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

He lived a "Wonderful Life"! Condolences to the Family during this time of sorry. Love, Marie Shaw & Family!

As a history graduate student at Carolina in the late 1980's, I remember Dr. Beardsley's constant happy demeanor. He always had a smile and a "hello" for you. I had the opportunity to be a TA for him during one summer school session, and was his "tech" for several of his classic performances of FDR, TR, and Woodrow Wilson. I learned from him that teaching history was about making the people and events come alive through well-crafted story-telling. He was a gem.

I couldn´t name another single professor from my freshman year in 1970, but I remember Dr. Beardsley. I think I even passed his class! A wonderful human being and I have a passion for history to this day.

The BEST teacher ever! Loved the class I took as a 40 year old student so signed up for his medical history. One day Ed told the class about slave Siamese twin girls had been sold to a circus. Everyone thought it awful they were put on exhibit but, that afternoon in my mail came American History Illistrated and an article about the twins! They wrote letters telling of how fortunate they were that they'd seen the world, met presidents, kings and queens, and one even married and had never had...

Ed mesmerized his students and audiences, especially when he stood before them and transformed himself into TR, Benjamin Franklin, and FDR. The applause was thundering.