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West Lafayette, Indiana
Age 79
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I mention Prof. Fox to my High School Physics students & tell the stories about him teaching me Statics and how he played hockey... Upon graduation, professor Fox escorted me/us from the ME building to the ceremony towards Hovedy Hall. He was beaming & so very proud! What an extraordinary person! I'm blessed to know him! I got to see him plenty when I transferred into ME undergraduate.
Csilla Gutay
January 23, 2024 | Plymouth, MI | Student
Dr. Fox was a tremendous educator at Purdue University. I studied Dynamics under Dr. Fox, and I truly appreciated how he made learning a difficult subject fun. Rest In Peace My dear Friend.
Thomas Rost
November 10, 2022 | Plainfield, IN | Student
Professor Fox was a blessing! What an outstanding teacher & person. We are very fortunate to have had him at Purdue in Mechanical Engineering. I'd advised my sister a EE to take his statics & dynamics class which she did.
I can still see him in the classroom - teaching or administering the exams! I loved his books & so enjoyed the "fluids" class along with the lab! I think of him fondly & was blessed to see him even after I'd graduated!
Eternal rest grant unto them, O...
Csilla Gutay
January 21, 2021 | Plymouth, MI | Student
I am but a curious engineer student from Brazil and I have Mr. Fox's book on Introduction to Fluid Mechanics on my lap as I write this.
I want to say thank you Mr. Fox for breaking through the boundaries of distance, borders and time. Thank you for spreading your share of knowledge to future engineers throughout present and future generations alike.
Thank you for teaching us.
With respect and gratitude:
Giovanni Capua Medici
Giovanni Capua Medici
November 05, 2020
With the deepest sympathy to Beryl, David, Lisa and their children Allison, Andrew, Peter and Sarah. We miss him too.
Sorry, that we could not take this trip with you, Bobby, as we have done on so many previous occasions.
Rest in peace dear friend, colleague and neighbour.
With love,
Barb and Ray
February 25, 2014
I had Professor Fox for Statics in the fall of 1981. I failed. In early January I walked into the Mechanical Engineering office to get my schedule change signed so I could take Statics again. I ran into the one person I didn't want to see. Professor Fox signed my form, then looked at me and told me in no uncertain terms that I had better get my act together or I was not going to be around there much longer. It was one of those moments that sets your ship on the right course even though you...
Curtis Niemeier
February 20, 2014 | Indialantic, FL
Erratum
The phrase in my January 30, 2014 entry, titled "Memories of Bob Fox," should read: our paths crossed by chance in 1967-68, not 1966-67.
Lloyd Bauer
February 15, 2014 | Leesburg, FL
Dear Beryl, David, & Lisa,
As faculty members of Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering, Bob & I enjoyed a wonderful professional & personal relationship for 15 years. Bob guarded the structure & integrity of the undergraduate program & the graduate fluid mechanics program with the same skill & ferocity that he used to guard the goal at RPI. It was my pleasure to support fully those efforts. His constant reminder to follow all the steps of the thermo-science process we...
Bill Tiederman
February 14, 2014 | Bainbridge Island, WA
I first met Prof. Fox as a freshman in 1976. I was a mechanical engineering student. I was looking for someone in the administrative office to help me with my course curriculum for the next semester, his door was open so I took a chance and knocked. That knock was probably one of the best things I did for my educational learning experience at Purdue. Prof. Fox looked up, said he was very busy and tried to find someone else to help me. He looked around not really finding anyone and decided he...
Bill Fisher
February 05, 2014 | San Jose, CA