Thomas John Noer

Linda and family: A year has passed since Tom left us. My hope is that you are doing well and adjusting to your great loss. May Spring bring thoughts of growth and renewal as well as memories of good times with Tom. Best wishes, Ingrid

What a great man and mind. He will be missed. Condolences to Linda Jenny and Derek.

It is hard to say goodbye to a colleague of my now 44 Carthage related years. Tom and I were ships crossing in the night almost 56 years ago. I learned years ago that Tom had been a fellow graduate student at the University of Minnesota. The daughter of the then U. Minn. History department chair, Dr. Hoyt, was both my fellow Stanford undergraduate and my good friend (we were both graduate students at the Institute of Child Development). My bet is Tom, as a history graduate student, had been...

I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of Tom's death. He was my favorite professor at Carthage College, and welcomed me into his home as a friend to his whole family. I have thought of all of you so often over the years. I've thought of Tom too, wondering what he thought of recent political and social developments in the United States. He was a wonderful teacher, and knew how to teach history in a way that helped his students see the past in our present. That's a rarity! I grew to love...