Dr. John Meriwether RIP

[Redgineer]

When I took Dynamics, Hibbeler had two sections. For one he made them do extra work. The other (us) he gave candy to in class. He wanted to see which section made better grades. He was a nut….

Pretty amazing to have the author of the book you're studying also teach the class.

[Redgineer]

Had him for physics. Great human being all around. Seems he was known by all on campus. Even those who never graced his classroom.

One day there was a tenth of students in class and he got mad and off the cuff he gave a pop quiz with one question: Write Newton's 2nd Law in any form you want.

[RCFan]

He had a wheel, that he'd spin everyday, which whatever number it fell on he'd grade from the homework, which counted as a test grade. One particular homework problem he gave of the 4 problems for that night gave me a lot of trouble. So I got to class early and taped a quarter to the back of the one that gave me issue. So, he came into class as normal and spun the wheel, the wheel spun but spun backwards when it reach the top. He looked at it curiously and spun it again, did the same thing. He look at the back of the wheel, saw the quarter, put it in his pocket and said, I guess someone had problems with this one, so I won't grade it and proceeded to show how to solve it.

Great professor.

[CajunSaint]

I knew him through his wife, with whom I worked in the public school system. He was a very decent human being. Which to my way of thinking is a great way to be remembered.

[lcitsh]

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[moorecajun]

He had a wheel, that he'd spin everyday, which whatever number it fell on he'd grade from the homework, which counted as a test grade. One particular homework problem he gave of the 4 problem for that night gave me a lot of trouble. So I got to class early and taped a quarter to the back of the one that gave me issue. So, he came into class as normal and spun the wheel, the wheel spun but spun backwards when it reach the top. He looked at it curiously and spun it again, did the same thing. He look at the back of the wheel, say the quarter, put it in his pocket and said, I guess someone had problems with this one, so I won't grade it and proceeded to show how to solve it.

Great professor.

Funny story.