Comments on: In Memoriam: Terry Dean Beitzel

By: Barry Hart

Barry Hart — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:30:54 +0000

Terry, you have offered the world you insights, humor and honesty. You have given all of us your friendship and deep care. It is difficult to “let go of you” and your physical presence, but we know you are with us because we ‘remember’ you. Somehow you are part of us and that won’t go away. Thank you for your scholarship which is also a reflection of your personality and values–those values of the importance of right-relationships, justice and peace for and across all humanity. Be well, my friend!

By: Marinetta Cannito Hjort

Marinetta Cannito Hjort — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:51:20 +0000

I am reading only now about Terry’s passing. What a shock, I am deeply, deeply saddened. I was one of those persons mentored by Terry during a class on Theory he co-taught with Jayne Daugherty. He was ALWAYS very supporting, encouraging, and devoted time to help me sort through my thoughts, but not only me, he was kind and gentle with EVERYBODY. And he was humble and smart. I have thought of him through the years and followed with joy the developments of his marriage and his fatherhood and the wonderful initiatives he helped create. May we all learn from his example. What a loss, what a loss of a very special person, for all of us in the peacebuilding community and in the world. My heart and prayers go to his wife and daughter.

By: Joseph L Lapp

Joseph L Lapp — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:46:40 +0000

Terry was a special friend. He had sought me out when he began to study at 91��Ƶ after having studied at several other universities. His brilliant mind was continually exploring ideas. Like many of us, he was seeking ideas from others to reconcile his Anabaptist roots with his goal of doing justice and walking humbly with God. He was not wanting easy answers but ways to practice justice in whatever context one may find themselves. Terry was one of a small number of friends I have had in my life that stimulated my mind far beyond my own intellectual compacity. I will miss his conversations at the Park View Mennonite Church coffee hour. Rest in peace, my friend.

By: Duane Yoder (70)

Duane Yoder (70) — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:26:56 +0000

Accepting Terry’s death is very hard and painful. I very much appreciate hearing the stories and insights about Terry from persons outside our home community here in Western Maryland. As a cousin who watched Terry grow up, I have been in awe of his remarkable life story. Terry is from a large extended family, including his mother Naomi and brother Gary and he will be greatly missed for many many reasons.

By: Chandrakant Langare

Chandrakant Langare — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:44:08 +0000

My deepest condolences to his bereaved family members. I experienced his erudite Gandhian scholarship while coediting two commemorative books on Mahatma Gandhi and during his recent visit to India to deliver Keynote at International Symposium organised by RTM Nagpur University. I am deeply saddened by the sudden demise of Prof. Terry Beitzel. Now the two books authored by sixty one Gandhian scholars will be real tribute to him. He had planned one online international symposium around the book proposed book release. The ‘Foreword ‘of the books is written by renowned Gandhian scholar and philosopher Prof. Lord Bhikhu Parekh and ‘Preface ‘is written by Mr. Tushar Gandhi, great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. We all contributors of the book and publisher pay our tribute to him May God bless his soul.

By: Oliver Ley

Oliver Ley — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:26:01 +0000

Gerade eben habe ich es von meinem Bruder erfahren! Es tut mir so leid und ich bin traurig... Mein Beileid allen Angehörigen Wir wollten uns immer mal wieder treffen und er wollte mir auch seine Familie vorstellen und ich ihm meine Frau! Ich bin sprachlos... Ich durfte Terry damals in Boston kennenlernen und wir freundeten uns an. Auch in Deutschland besuchte er uns und wir hatten viel Spaß und fuhren auch nach Italien an den Lago Maggiore zusammen. Danke Terry für die tollen Momente damals, ich werde Diese und Dich nie vergessen. Es ist so schade, er wird fehlen... Ich wünsche der Familie Kraft und bin in Gedanken bei Euch! Bleibt alle Gesund und passt gut auf Euch auf! Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Oliver

By: Muhammad Akram

Muhammad Akram — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:47:40 +0000

Since I’m still processing this news and don’t know how this happened, it is certainly a great loss. Terry was very humble and kind person with very interesting and accommodating personality. It’s a great loss to his family which I cannot even imagine. Also, his work will be missed in the field of non-violence. May his soul Rest In Peace. Prayers.