Candlelight Vigil Honoring Thomas Meixner
Oct. 10, 2022
Students, faculty, staff and community members gathered on the University of Arizona Mall on Oct. 7, 2022, for a candlelight vigil held to honor the life of Thomas Meixner.
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Members of the University of Arizona and Tucson communities gathered at a candlelight vigil held on campus on Oct. 7, 2022, to honor the life of Thomas Meixner.
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The Rev. Emmanuel Taylor, associate pastor at St. Thomas More Catholic Newman Center, center, speaks at an Oct. 7, 2022, candlelight vigil held in memory of Thomas Meixner as University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, left, and Bishop Edward L. Weisenburger listen.
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Members of the University of Arizona and Tucson communities gathered on campus on Oct. 7, 2022, for a candlelight vigil held to honor the life of Thomas Meixner.
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Two people write notes to the Meixner family at a candlelight vigil held Oct. 7, 2022, to honor the life of Thomas Meixner.
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Colin Cotter, right, speaks at the Oct. 7, 2022, candlelight vigil held to honor the life of Thomas Meixner. Cotter is the brother of Meixner's widow, Kathleen. At left is University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins.
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Those who attended an Oct. 7, 2022, candlelight vigil held on the University of Arizona campus to honor the life of Thomas Meixner were invited to write notes to Meixner's family.
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Sean Meixner, a student at the University of Arizona, hugs someone at a candlelight vigil held on the University of Arizona campus on Oct. 7, 2022, to honor the life of his father, Thomas Meixner.
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Hundreds of candles lit up the University Mall on Friday as family, friends, colleagues, students and community members shared tears, memories and hugs at a vigil honoring Thomas Meixner, head of the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences.
Meixner, who earned his doctorate from the University in 1999 and returned to join the faculty in 2005, was killed in a campus shooting Wednesday afternoon.
See the full story on the UA@Work website.