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Thomas 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 Wisconsin Madison and teaching for a few years at University Wisconsin Parkside.
A running devotee and elite course measurement specialist, he ran more than 20 marathons and 30 consecutive Bay to Breakers. He measured many running courses including the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Marathon, New York City Marathon and San Francisco Marathon.
Tom was a longtime member of the Angell Field Ancients Running Club at Stanford.
Tom is survived by his wife Valerie, daughter Kim, son Gavin and niece Amy Keeling.
He was predeceased by his parents, sisters Barbara and Mary and brother-in-law David Yundt.
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Randall L. Rutz
June 9, 2025
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 felt...Crown Valley
Parkway and Laguna Niguel where Bob jogged...
I know how you felt about these matters, but I
DO pray, that I see you again when I arrive.
Randy
Katie Allen
June 10, 2024
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
Bob Darling
June 7, 2024
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.
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