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2013/11/26
> To 趙寧
> 天石已於十一月二十二日在聖安東尼逝世，安息主懷。因他被困在床多時，我已有心理準 備。我們一切都好，請勿念！
> Rebecca wang
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On 11/22/2013 our dear classmate and friend 天石 had sadly left us. 天石 suffered a stroke over a year ago and had been unconscious since. He is survived by his wife 戚蓮 and five great children (in order): three daughters, Grace, Ann, and Esther; and two sons, Daniel and Timothy. Their kids at one time or another have been doing good work helping others. This can be attributed to the teachings of their parents. Our thoughts and condolences are with them and hope they will consider themselves part of our Bio10 family.
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| Family 2008 (Daniel's wife is Korean. ) |
As we all know, while at Tunghai, because his father was a professor at our department, 天石 lived at home and never stayed in the dorm with the rest of us. He must have missed this part (call it exciting or noisy or crazy or...) of the college life. However, he never missed any of our class activities. He is probably closer to 趙寧 than anybody else, because they went back a long way as they went to the same Tunghai affiliated middle school.
(Click on photo to enlarge)
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| Freshmen year at Chung Shing Univ. |
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| In the lab 1967 |
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| Junior year 1967 |
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| Senior year 1968 |
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| Graduation party 1968 |
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| Farewell party 1968 |
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| Graduation tour 1968 |
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| Graduation tour 1968 |
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| Graduation tour 1968 |
After Tunghai, 天石 went to Colorado State University (Fort Collins, and later joined by 耿中平). He is perhaps the first among us to get his PhD (in Radiation Biology) around 1974. He then went to San Francisco (to either UCSF or UC Berkeley) to do his post doc research. From there his entrepreneur spirit had emerged and his career path started to change...
Since 1978, 天石 has ventured in his own business in Texas. He studied for a dental degree and started his dental practice in the mid 80's in San Antonio, where he called home ever since. He eventually expanded his practice to Houston. All this time he also maintained a business interest in real estate and several product sales. 天石 worked so hard, that is perhaps how, unfortunately, his diabetes and blood pressure eventually caught up on him at a time his business was about to explode...
天石 is a very religious and nice person. While in Tunghai he had brought quite a few people to his church and successfully converted them, but not quite successful with his biology classmates (yeah, we are a bunch of tough nuts). It is worth mentioning that in 2005, he and 戚蓮, sponsored by a church group, volunteered to go to Ukraine to offer free dental clinic. You may like to take another look at their 2005's newsletter to learn more.
天石 is also genuinely funny and friendly. He always made us laugh. He values our friendship very much. Just look at our newsletters. 天石 always invited us to visit with him (and free dental offers!). But few (陳維多 was one) would take the offer. What a shame. It is Texas to blame.
Following are a few of the photos of 天石 in the Alaska and Galapagos trips.
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| Alaska tour 2003 |
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| Alaska tour 2003 |
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| Alaska tour 2003 |
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| Galapagos tour 2008 |
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| Galapagos tour 2008 |
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| Galapagos tour 2008 |
懷念王天石：
錢超群：憶一位走得太快的同學
(In memory of a schoolmate)
一顆遠來的天外之石,
恰如天空的殞星,
劃過夜間静静的天際,
如今又飛往浩瀚的太空。
三年的同室、數十年的同窗之誼,
在光年的計算
中,顯得多麼微不足道的短暫。
留給我們的是許多顢頇中的幽默…
…
主福佑。
敦之
11 月22 日,2013 年
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張筱琳：
王天石是個開心果，他樂，周圍的人都跟著樂。每囘大家聚會，有他
在，聽他說故事，笑聲不絶。
天石是我們生物系的寶，樂觀也愛玩，每逢郊遊re-union 他一定參加。
我印象最深的一件事是生十的卅年 re-union 在洛杉磯舉行, 隨後有
三天到 Mexico 的 cruise, 他沒有事先 make reservation, 結果所
有的同學們都上船了，只有他一個人留在岸上與大家揮手告別. 再
下一次的Galapagoes Islands trip, 他就不敢不先繳費了.
Now Thomas is gone, we wish him happy in 天堂。
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趙寧 :
由初一起的“老小”同學，王大胖，教官點名叫王夫右（笑翻了大
夥），成了“天使”。戚蓮嫂及孩子們三年多在醫院進出照護已經有
了預感，但還是走得太年輕了。2003 年生十Alaska 遊，他血糖
350mg/DL，還不肯用藥，後來我未能堅持提醒（“罵”他），2008
Galapagos 時，他的眼睛可能已有了損壞，以後未能再見到他。去年
11 月與王嫂聯繫時他已躺在病榻上，看不見了。不可避免的，我們每
天更接近死亡，但天石走得太急。我們要多保重玉體，退休了，至少
得再玩20 年！
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陳維多 : 12/21/2013
I am very sad to see Tom leave so early. I went to see him and Rebecca while attending Reproductive MedicineC onference. Their #5 child was just a baby.
王天石是個開心果，他樂，周圍的人都跟著樂。每囘大家聚會，有他
在，聽他說故事，笑聲不絶。
天石是我們生物系的寶，樂觀也愛玩，每逢郊遊re-union 他一定參加。
我印象最深的一件事是生十的卅年 re-union 在洛杉磯舉行, 隨後有
三天到 Mexico 的 cruise, 他沒有事先 make reservation, 結果所
有的同學們都上船了，只有他一個人留在岸上與大家揮手告別. 再
下一次的Galapagoes Islands trip, 他就不敢不先繳費了.
Now Thomas is gone, we wish him happy in 天堂。
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趙寧 :
由初一起的“老小”同學，王大胖，教官點名叫王夫右（笑翻了大
夥），成了“天使”。戚蓮嫂及孩子們三年多在醫院進出照護已經有
了預感，但還是走得太年輕了。2003 年生十Alaska 遊，他血糖
350mg/DL，還不肯用藥，後來我未能堅持提醒（“罵”他），2008
Galapagos 時，他的眼睛可能已有了損壞，以後未能再見到他。去年
11 月與王嫂聯繫時他已躺在病榻上，看不見了。不可避免的，我們每
天更接近死亡，但天石走得太急。我們要多保重玉體，退休了，至少
得再玩20 年！
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陳維多 : 12/21/2013
I am very sad to see Tom leave so early. I went to see him and Rebecca while attending Reproductive MedicineC onference. Their #5 child was just a baby.
Have a nice Christmas and new year.
Love,
vicky
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陳文盛 :
So long, Tien-shi 天石,
I have saved this until the end (of my newsletter), because if I had wrote about it earlier, the sadness would definitely have influenced every sentence here. It is so sad that we have lost one of our classmates at this stage, or perhaps at any stage, of life. We are all approaching 70, but I guess we do not expect death among us. Not yet.
Tien-shi was (sad to use the past tense) such a tender and innocent soul. I have not seen him for so long, and I still remember him as a big, kind, cheerful, and sometimes awkward young boy. It was unfortunate that he went to Texas a couple of years after I had left. Otherwise, San Antonio is a wonderful city to visit from the dull Dallas. From the stories that I have heard over the decades, he seemed to be the same old Tien-Shi. Still the same big good-natured boy.
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陳文盛 :
So long, Tien-shi 天石,
I have saved this until the end (of my newsletter), because if I had wrote about it earlier, the sadness would definitely have influenced every sentence here. It is so sad that we have lost one of our classmates at this stage, or perhaps at any stage, of life. We are all approaching 70, but I guess we do not expect death among us. Not yet.
Tien-shi was (sad to use the past tense) such a tender and innocent soul. I have not seen him for so long, and I still remember him as a big, kind, cheerful, and sometimes awkward young boy. It was unfortunate that he went to Texas a couple of years after I had left. Otherwise, San Antonio is a wonderful city to visit from the dull Dallas. From the stories that I have heard over the decades, he seemed to be the same old Tien-Shi. Still the same big good-natured boy.
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鈕廷肯 :
悼王天石
最近幾年跟著校友旅遊，見到王天石夫婦兩次。頭一次是在Alaska 的
遊船上。船都快要開了，他們才及時趕到。因為王天石從Texas 到
Vancouvre 後，第一件事不是上船報到，而是去買套西裝，準備跟船
長進餐用作禮服。是在Salvation Army 買的舊衣服，穿戴起來，居然
派頭十足， 物美價廉，他為此得意了好幾天。他的瀟灑和風趣，立刻
讓校友跌進那無憂無慮的校園生活。後來
聴他講述由生物𨍭到牙醫，在石油大亨家做廚子管家的故事，簡直是
是天方夜譚，燴炙人口。
我在學校時與王天石並不熟，只有在共同科時偶而幾句對談。宿舍裏，
倒常聴他走過時響亮的笑聲。 我還記得他常勸人信教，在座上的，不
論信或不信，都會感佩他的虔誠與愛心。那兩次聚會，又重新認識了
王天石。其實他在大亨家的傳奇故事, 多少彰顯了他的毅力和智慧。
下一站就沒有wifi了，必須趕緊寄出去。。不知我們終站何處。老友，
安息吧。在終站再聴你爽朗的笑聲。
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陳瑾華: 12/26/2013
Tien-Shi was a simple, pure-hearted person. He was never a complicated person and he said what he thought without calculating what others might think of him. Everyone remembers him as a humorous and happy person. Indeed, one cannot but feel happy when Tien-shi was around. I saw him for the first time after graduation at Brazil when Ning organized the Amazon expedition in 1993. I remembered that I was laughing so hard listening to his fantastic stories and adventures and about his hilarious life with 5 children! He never wanted to hide anything from us and I think that's why we liked him so much. I believe he is in a better place with God because of his almost child-like faith and trust. "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8) We shall remember you, Tien-shi.
Jean
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