William F. Woo

Today, my husband and I returned to Stanford with our two small children. You would have loved seeing them, Professor Woo, and nothing would have given me greater joy than introducing them to you. You were instrumental in getting me into the program at Stanford and in introducing me to my future husband, to guiding me through so many ups and downs and in encouraging me to become first wife and then mother. I miss you and today so wished I could knock on your office door and have you meet...

Ten years after I leaving his tutelage, I still turn to his words of wisdom in editing and writing. I always will treasure his succint compliments and unassuming, steady demeanor. A year and half after his passing, I find myself wanting to drop him a line to see what new project he's involved in. He continues to be an inspiration not just to me, but I don't doubt the countless others that were lucky enough to pass under his shadow.

Professor Woo was one of the most memorable and gentle of Stanford professors I ever met. His demeanor made learning enjoyable and his intellect and passion were head and shoulders above the rest. He knew the business and academia of journalism but never forgot the heart in human nature. I was deeply saddened learning of his passing. His legacy lives on in the hearts of all of us who had the honor to call him teacher.

Today, on the first anniversary of Bill's death, I re-read every one of the reminiscences in this guest book and was again deeply touched by the reminders of his influence on so many lives. He was a very special person.
Those of you who miss his writing will be happy to learn that the University of Missouri Press will publish a collection of his letters to students in the summer of 2007. The collection was edited by his old Nieman buddy, Phil Meyers, a professor of journalism at the...

I still think of Professor Woo constantly.

a great person not just in journalism education, but in the media industry. i am a young journalist, and had got a chance to talk with bill in hk, while the accreditation posses was held in chu hai college in 2003. you will be named in my mind forever.

Hiiiii

What a gift it was to have shared work and time with Bill. We're both going to miss him.
Marion & Harry Lewenstein

Bill Woo loved to fish, and Bill and I once shared a fishing cabin high above the Meramec River in the Missouri Ozarks. So naturally when I heard Bill had died, I went fishing. “That’s what Bill would want me to do,” I thought. In part, I was serious -- that probably is what Bill would have wanted me to do. But in part I was making fun of myself and the cliché in a way that I thought Bill would appreciate.

Years ago, when I was in the midst of a midlife crisis, Bill gave me a...