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The TIGER
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leoRn to do something and do that something taell.
VOLUME 48, NUMBER 1
A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF ST. PHILIP'S COLLEGE
SEPTEMBER 1,1998
The Passing of an Era
Rose Renee Thomas, an outstand-
ing educator, passed away during the
first week of August. This semester
would have marked her twenty-fourth
at the college.
Rose was bom on December 9,1949
to Curtis and Alice Thomas in Luling,
Texas. She graduated valedictorian
from high school, received her B.A.
degree in English from the University
of Texas at Austin in 1972, and her
M. A. in English from the University of
Colorado at Greeley in 1974.
She began her career at SPC in Janu-
ary, 1974 as an English instructor. From
that time she served the College in
numerous capacities, including chair-
person of the Department of English,
later as Dean of Arts and Sciences, and
most recently as Vice President of Aca-
demic Affairs.
Rose was honored by her colleagues
as the SPC Minnie Steven Piper nomi-
nee for outstanding teaching. In May,
1998, she was also the recipient of the
Faculty Excellence honor awarded by
the College and District.
Long-time friend and colleague,
Brenda Cameron, remembered Rose
in this way:
“I came to know Rose Thomas re-
ally, really well back in the summer of
1993 when I was chosen as the secre-
tary to the then vice president of stu-
dent affairs, Don Coleman; we shared
a suite.
“Of course, I tried to impress my
new co-workers but I wasn’t aware at
the time that Rose had a few tricks up
her sleeve when it came to me.
“All of my new office supplies started
disappearing and it took me a week to
figure out that Rose had hidden them
from me. Sol tried to trick the trickster.
Needless to say, I was no match for the
master of tricks. Each time I thought I
had outsmarted her, she came up with
something even more cleaver. She had
me beat.
“I came from lunch one day to find
the holes from the 3-hole puncher all
over my desk and chair. Each day was
a new adventure with Rose. My phone
would be placed up-side down on the
receiver as well as everything else on
my desk. Who was the culprit? Rose
Thomas.
“Each evening she would announce
that I could leave the office a little
early... at 5:01 p.m.!
“Rose was a lot nicer to my kids than
she was to me; in fact, she treated them
like family. When I told my son, D.J.,
about her passing, he just asked me,
‘Why?’ I had no answer for that one.
“Rose Thomas kept the office happy
and her sense of humor was something
that made me feel at ease even though
I was the end result of all of her tricks
and jokes. I felt a little left out if she
didn’t pull a fast one on me.
“Since she lived in my neighbor-
hood, I could always rely on her for a
ride home when the old clunker
wouldn’t clunk anymore.
“She was a good friend of mine.”
Rose Thomas, friend, educator,
prankster, will be missed by all whose
life she touched - students, faculty,
staff, and fellow administrators. Her
legacy of kindness and joy made her a
“point of pride” in our community.
GM Creates George
Jackson Memorial Fund
In an effort to honor one of St. Philips ’
most respected faculty members, Gen-
eral Motors representatives announced
that they are initiating the George R.
Jackson Memorial Fund. Jackson, 63,
an assistant professor with the automo-
tive technology department passed away
in mid-June.
Jackson, who, along with other mem-
bers of the department, was responsible
for helping thousands of students receive
their associates degree in automotive
technology, received his associate de-
gree in applied science in 1997. It was an
accomplishment of which he was very
proud.
“The members of the department gave
George a congratulatory card (with a
lion revelling and the word, “ YesF’ writ-
ten across the top) when he graduated,”
recalled Patricia Heckman, adminis-
trative secretary for the department. “He
was so proud that he kept it in his office
from that point on so he could see it
everyday - along with his wall of family
pictures.”
What Heckman said made the accom-
George R. Jackson
plishment even more impressive was that
Jackson earned it while continuing to
work 40-plus hours per week as a class-
room, GM Contract and GM ASEP
instmctor.
Students, faculty, staff and adminis-
trators who would like to remember
George R. Jackson by donating to the
Memorial Fund are asked to contact Pa-
tricia Heckman at 531-3571 for more
information. To-date, no decision has
been made for how the fund will be
administered, but a scholarship fund is
being considered.
When more information is available,
it will be posted in The TIGER.
CENTENNIAL TALENT
AND FASHION SHOW
FEATURING SPC STUDENTS,
FACULTY, STAFF AND
ADMINISTRATORS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER25
12:00 NOON
$5 CHARGE INCLUDES LUNCH
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Candia, Patti & Evans, Glynis. The Tiger Opportunity (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1998, newspaper, September 1, 1998; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth648150/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Bexar+County+-+San+Antonio%22: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Philips College.