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Thomas D. Knight

Palo Alto, California

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Thomas D. KnightThomas Dunster Knight was born on July 6, 1942 in Rome, NY to George Robinson Knight and Helen Frances Dunster. He passed away May 22, 2024 in Redwood City, CA.Tom worked at SLAC Stanford Linear Accelerator Center for 31 years after earning his PhD in Physics at University of...

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Tom, so sad to find out right now, June 9, 2025 that you have passed. I told you where I was going, and that was the last I spoke with you. Great memories of you, Bob, and I meeting a couple of times at UCLA when Bob came in from Loma Linda and you came down from San Carlos. Remember the time Carl Reiner met us at UCLA as we were walking after midnight on warm evening past the UCLA bookstore, and he pretended to need a dime, showing a big role of $50 bills? Wow, just growing up, I guess I...

Thinking of you Valerie and knowing how lucky you were to have been such an integral part of his life and may happy memories you´ve made over a lifetime give you some comfort! Katie Allen

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Thomas was an old running friend. We shared an interest in historical distance running statistics (Bay to Breakers). He was a precise race course measuer. One of the many unique characters in our sport.