Dr. Thomas C. Childers Jr.

I studied under Professor Childers as an undergraduate in the early 1980s, and retain lessons learned to this day. A very passionate and inspiring teacher. Thank you, Professor Childers.

The world has lost a great scholar, teacher, and wonderful human being.

Tommy's grandparents lived across the street from my Gilliland grandparents in Cleveland TN. He was a year older than me, but we had many of the same friends. So sorry to hear he passed away.
Hilda Gilliland Smith.

I mourn for my half-a-century-long best friend in America. I share Kristen's, her mother Jean's, and Tom's children's feeling of a great loss.
Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Professor em. of economics and economic history at the Free University of Berlin, Germany