George R. Silagyi

With Deborah Robert's new book I immediately thought of Mr. Silagyi. Such a warm, caring and funny teacher who lit the math spark in countless students. His legacy lives on!

This is such sad news. Mr. Silagyi was a tremendous mentor and teacher. He was my math teacher, Mathletes coach, and friend. I am so sorry to hear of his passing....all too soon. He was one of those rare individuals who, just by being himself, was capable of changing the direction of other peoples' lives. He changed mine. He was a good man. Sincere sympathies to you in your loss.

To George's Family,
I have many wonderful high school memories of George. He had such a good sense of humor. I am sorry for your loss. George was good friends with Randy Felgenhauer and we double dated many, many times. We had lost contact with each other over the years, but I have thought about him often. My prayers all with all of you.

Judy

Goerge was a great guy. We had some wonderful times all thru high school. George impacted many lives, and memories of those contacts will comfort us all. My sincerest condolences to his wife and son.

I was so deeply saddened to hear of Mr. Silagyi's passing. He was such a great teacher and friend. He was the only teacher that I "just had to see" when I would go back to Thornridge in the years after graduation. Mathletes was always fun with him around but I will be forever thankful for the extra kindness he showed so many of us. In my senior year, I (and two other students) had to travel to Thornton for an early morning class that was not offered at Thornridge. Our bus reurned to...

I first met Mr. Silagyi when he taught the District 205 Summer School Camp for Middle School Students. I remember playing games like Oregon Trail (how much computer games have since changed). When I came to Thornridge, he asked me if I wanted to be a teacher's aid for the camp. This was the first job I ever had. It was great because learned to use Geometer's Sketchpad and Auto CAD before everyone else in my classes. He even brought in graphing calculators, those things were still rather rare...

Doreen and Tim, I was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of George. He was a great teacher, mentor and friend. I hope it's a comfort for you both to hear how he touched so many lives. Not only was George a great teacher, but he truly treated us as friends, inviting us to your home and taking time to visit old students in college if he was in the area. He gave up many hours of family time to work with Mathletes/Math Club and to work on his softball game! Some of my favorite memories of high...

I knew that George was looking forward to his retirement since we discussed it at length many times. George was one of the finest teachers that I knew at Thornridge and his students all loved his classes. He was also one of the best club sponsors at TR and during my years as Activity Director I could always count on George's help, and always knew that he and his club members would do an outstanding job in anything and everything that they attempted. I have fond memories of the many Prom...

Doreen and Tim,
Please accept my sympathies on the passing of George. I was one of the many Mathletes who was touched by his kindness and intellect. His inspiration made me realize I needed to go into education and I now am a high school science teacher. His legacy in the Mathlete realm will live forever.