Dr. Poe was a scholar, a scientist, a teacher, a mentor, and above all, a friend. He was the kind of professor that every academic hopes to become. He knew how to transform students into scholars. He worked hard to transform war into peace.
I got the news today from my good friend and colleague, Geoff, that Steve had passed away doing what he loves so much: playing golf. I'm not much of a golfer, so I never had the chance to join him on the course. But I was fortunate enough to be one of Dr. Poe's students. He was such an important mentor to me. Without him I would not have gone to graduate school, I would not have graduated, and I certainly wouldn't operate the business I do now. I'm not entirely sure I'd be able to write a decent paper, but that's another story.
There's so much I could say about Dr. Poe. I could mention the ketchup factory; how he chose political science for a PhD; his contribution to the peace studies discipline. But what I know I will miss the most is his friendship. His passing is a loss to so many.
At the request of my colleagues I've created this blog, "In Loving Memory of Dr. Steven C. Poe." You are invited to share your thoughts, feelings, and anecdotes below. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at dean@criticalmath.com.
Sincerely,
Dean Haddock
I got the news today from my good friend and colleague, Geoff, that Steve had passed away doing what he loves so much: playing golf. I'm not much of a golfer, so I never had the chance to join him on the course. But I was fortunate enough to be one of Dr. Poe's students. He was such an important mentor to me. Without him I would not have gone to graduate school, I would not have graduated, and I certainly wouldn't operate the business I do now. I'm not entirely sure I'd be able to write a decent paper, but that's another story.
There's so much I could say about Dr. Poe. I could mention the ketchup factory; how he chose political science for a PhD; his contribution to the peace studies discipline. But what I know I will miss the most is his friendship. His passing is a loss to so many.
At the request of my colleagues I've created this blog, "In Loving Memory of Dr. Steven C. Poe." You are invited to share your thoughts, feelings, and anecdotes below. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at dean@criticalmath.com.
Sincerely,
Dean Haddock
109 comments:
When I interviewed at UNT back in the Fall of 1990 there were many things that attracted me to the Department, the campus and Denton, but Steve Poe was at the top of that list. Perhaps because we were both stubborn Midwesterners who valued common-sense and making a difference I found in Steve a kindred spirit. More than anyone Steve has epitomized our department ethos and always sought to find the best in people and always do right by people. Steve had a center of gravity anchored in his faith, family and belief in human dignity that always steered him and us to do what was right. His smile, his laughter and his easy-going nature made people want to connect with him. His dedication to his life's work and his passion for human rights attracted so many students to his classes and his research. I have heard from so many of them--you--since Steve died so tragically and suddenly. It heartens me to know that his life work will go on and that we can continue to live up to his spirit and his ideals.
Like Dean, I wouldn't have gone to graduate school were it not for Dr. Poe's encouragement. Sadly, it was only in the last year that I finally saw in myself what I think he saw in me those many years ago.
Of his many amazing qualities, the one that has always stood out in my mind was how he exuded a calm consideration that co-existed with a fiery passion for the things he cared about in life. Over the course of one day, I remember talking to him about a paper which he helped me shape with the former and, later on that evening, seeing the latter erupt on the intramural soccer field. After the game, he smiled and quipped to Scott Walker and I that it probably would be sending the wrong message if the Johnie Christian Family Professor of Peace Studies was red carded and booted out of an intramural soccer game.
While I don't feel like I can adequately express my feelings right now, perhaps this bit will help explain how so many of us felt about Dr. Poe: Over the course of the day as I've contacted people and been contacted by people regarding Dr. Poe's passing, I've sent and received emails and phone calls from Oregon to Texas to Missouri to Illinois to Mississippi to Massachusetts to Germany and to the Central African Republic.
Some of these emails and phone calls have been with professors, others with graduate students, still another with a software developer and yet another with a human rights professional.
While his passing is tragic...even more so due to its suddenness...I hope that his family will find some solace in the immense legacy he left in terms of his students. We'll certainly not forget him.
-Patrick McLeod
I first met Steve when I interviewed for a position at UNT, but I been an admirer of his work for a long time. He picked me up in a beat-up pickup truck and we went to breakfast at Ruby's on the square in Denton. I was wearing a suit and he was in jeans, a sweatshirt and a baseball hat. That was his character: despite being one of the greatest minds I've ever met, he was always unpretentious, humble, and kind. But the thing that I admired most about Steve was that his work on human rights was more than an academic interest--he believed in what he was doing. He sincerely thought that he was contributing to a better world through his teaching, research, and volunteer work, and he succeeded in doing just that. I frequently went to him for advice and he never hesitated to listen and to offer guidance and encouragement. He was loved by many and will be sorely missed.
Steve, best wishes for your journey on.
Idean Salehyan
I didn't get to work as directly with Steve as many of the folks who'll comment did because I was in central administration when he came to UNT; then my field (public administration) became a separate department.
However,in a view of Steve a bit different from that of the peace and other international scholars, I always enjoyed his comments on my great love, Texas politics, and his helpful comments as my co-author and I revised the Texas book.
He was always full of concern about the world, the students, most of all his family, and he was a gentle, kind man who will be missed by many people.
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I took Steve Poe's Peace Studies class several years ago and had a wonderful time. I have had two great teachers in my life, my high school English teacher and Dr. Poe. He really knew how to infuse enthusiasm into his students. Plus, I used to run into him at all the Peace Groups around town. He was dedicted and passionate in his life, we will miss him greatly. Nancy Viens
Steve's research on US foreign aid and human rights records led me to start paying attention to the topic as one in which to conduct research. I had been interested in human rights as an undergraduate, but got away from it in graduate school as there seemed to be little science being conducted on the topic. Steve's 1992 AJPS article made me realize what was possible.
I remember when my copy of the 1994 APSR issue containing the Poe & Tate article arrived. I read it with great interest. A year or two later Christian Davenport told me that I needed to have dinner with Steve Poe at an upcoming meeting. Not only was Steve an excellent scholar and an important person to meet professionally, Christian explained, he was a remarkably delightful human being that anyone would want to get to know. I gladly accepted the invitation.
It was a fun dinner. Steve's wit, charm and, above all, kindness and passion, were revealed almost immediately. Christian was right: he and I were in the company of a damn fine human being. Of all the people I have had the pleasure to meet in my life, I count Steve among the members of a very small set of genuinely kind, decent, AND smart folks.
That evening Steve changed my attitude toward Ketchup with a story about its production that he picked up from a summer job working at such a factory. I won't repeat the story here, but Steve had both Christian and I grimacing and laughing out loud with that tale.
Steve's commitment to science was top flight. He cared about knowledge and its production, and in addition to leading by example he sought to evangelize in the tradition of Ben Most, one of his advisor's at Iowa. The evening that I met him Steve spoke about the impact Ben had on his intellectual development and how much he missed Ben. I am sure Steve's students feel much the same way.
I would like to close with a personal remembrance. I was in Denton visiting UNT for one reason or another and Steve had met me at the airport. We were driving back to the hotel and he started telling me about a tennis match he had played with his oldest daughter, then a high school student. The story had to do with the mixture of pride AND frustration he had felt when she beat him for the first time. Though I never experienced it first hand, Steve reported--and others corroborated--that he was a tenacious competitor. Indeed, at the dinner when we met he asked whether Christian or I would like to find a spot where we could play some pickup basketball. So the silver-lining I find in the horrible, tragic news of Steve's early death is that he went out doing something about which he was passionate--competing on the tennis court.
For all those reasons I will miss Steve Poe.
--
Will H. Moore
Professor
Department of Political Science
113 Collegiate Loop
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2230
I met Steve when I interviewed at UNT in the spring of 1995. Two events from that interview stick out in my mind—events that made clear the kind of colleague Steve would be in the following years. After breakfast on my first day at UNT I guest lectured in an introduction to international relations course. It had been sleeting the night before and attendance was quite low. About five minutes after I began lecturing someone walked in wearing jeans, a stretched out Iowa sweatshirt and a Chicago Cubs baseball cap and took a seat in the front row. When I first asked if there were any questions he immediately raised his hand, complemented me on how interesting the material was, and asked a question that helped me engage the rest of the class. I can to learn after I was finished that this was Steve Poe. The last event of my interview was my job talk. I began with what I thought was a pretty good joke, paused while waiting for the laugh and stood in the silence. Steve was good enough to laugh out loud (even sounding genuine) which was enough for me to realize that I should move on with the talk. I should also add that Steve took me to Shoney’s for breakfast during my interview; something that spoke to how he viewed things: conversation and personal relationships were key—the surroundings were not.
I was fortunate to have Steve as a colleague for five years. During that time we co-chaired a number of student committees. I learned how to be patient, nurturing and compassionate; characteristics that flowed from Steve and touched everyone around him. He had an seemingly bottomless well of love and boundless amount of energy for the things that mattered: his faith and his family. It is a testament to how he touched so many that moments after the news of his untimely death went out emails and phone calls from around the works started pouring in. We will miss you Steve.
David Leblang
University of Colorado
I was in one of Dr. Poe's early peace studies classes and was incredibly impressed with him as a teacher, and a Friend. He was intelligent, fascinating and always, always very helpful. I never had any professor who came close to being as talented as he was. He will certainly be missed.
I was blessed to have a mere eight months getting to know Dr. Poe. I find myself truly envious of those of you who enjoyed years upon years of company with such a fine man.
In a class which I had the join of acting as his TA, I will remember him most for the multitude of random quirks, stories and strange events he would bring up to the class. Whether it was him standing up to his chest in tomato paste for six hours a day or his mother having beer delivered to her home by the local distribution plant, he could always justify a good story if it meant a few laughs from, and subsequently the attention of his students. Blasting the Super Bowl Shuffle over the Lyceum speakers as students entered for the final class before the Super Bowl got rave reviews; the loudest uproar however came during the “Tale of the missing horse testicles.” If you’ve never heard it, ask around. It’s a doozy. Keep in mind that all of this happened with at least a third of his shirt randomly untucked at any given time.
Beyond those most humorous memories, my fondest and easily the most lasting memory was actually one of his lower periods during that semester. Our class was easily 400+ students, and his first teaching assignment of a class that size in innumerable years. The semester began with all the fury and excitement you could ask for. Steve was particularly excited to be at the helm of so many feisty undergraduates. But as the semester dragged on, he lost his trademark grin and the hop in his step. When I finally cornered him to ask if there was anything I could do to help remove some of the course load (I figured he must have been overburdened), instead, he told me that he didn’t think he was reaching the students on the level he thought that they deserved. That he had been poring for several hours an evening over his slides and lectures trying to enervate the class with discussion and debate, all to little or no avail.
My fondest memory? That after twenty years of teaching he still cared enough about his entry level students that he was truly, and deeply, saddened by the prospects of not reaching every single one of them on the most meaningful of levels. It was a personal defeat to him if he did not give everything he could to his students.
We should all hope to carry passion such as Steve’s for mere moments. Something he managed to do throughout every aspect of his life.
-Steve Liebel
Like so many others, I am in grad school now because of Steve. As an undergrad at UNT, I knew I wanted to go to get a PhD in political science, but I came from a decidedly nonacademic background and really had no idea how to go about doing it. Steve served as my mentor in the McNair program, and his support and confidence in me have really made all the difference. Just knowing that someone like him genuinely believe in my abilities still comforts me whenever I have doubts.
Steve has been a role model for me and so many others, both professionally and personally. He was simply a good person. It's hard to explain what I mean by that, other than just saying that he was just good at being a person and had all the qualities that make us love life and people: he was genuine, confident, smart, funny, kind, thoughtful, compassionate, humble, and so many other things. He was truly a special person.
When I'm upset or have something I need to think about, I often drive around and listen to music in the car. Last night, I did this when I was trying to organize my thoughts about what we have all lost and what Steve meant to me. At first, I played sad songs because they matched what I expected my mood to be. Somehow, though, it just didn't seem right. Ultimately, it was the happy songs--the songs that always give me a goofy grin and make me sing along--that were the most appropriate and brought back the most memories of Steve. For me, this was an important and indicative representation of how Steve has touched us who knew him. His warmth emanated so intensely that it still comforts us even after he has gone.
I will miss him so much, as will so many people. I feel honored to have known him and blessed to call him my teacher, mentor, and friend.
I first met Steve back in the fall of 1983, when we were both entering the graduate program at Iowa. In many ways we were complete opposites—Steve was athletic, somewhat driven, trusting, and didn’t swear (other than the occasional “gosh”) or drink, while I was, well, none of the above—but we became good friends. I don’t look back very fondly on most of the time I spent in graduate school but I do cherish many of the memories I have of my time with Steve. I remember the many times he would come over to my desk in the graduate student hovel and say, “let’s get out of here.” We’d go to Joe’s Place—a local watering hole—or over to the arcade in the downtown mall to shoot pool, play air hockey, or engage in some other mindless activity. We pretended to be goofing off, but we always ended up talking shop. In fact, over the succeeding years, when I would run into Steve at meetings, he would joke with me about writing our dissertations at Joe’s Place.
I also remember Steve as a collaborator in graduate school. Although we worked in different areas we coauthored one seminar paper (it was on Dutch attitude constraint, I think) and published one paper together on a different topic. As I recall, those co-authoring experiences were about as pleasant as possible. Although I don’t recall a lot of the details, I do recall one conversation we had about the paper that was eventually published. It had just been rejected by JOP and we were trying to figure out what we needed to do to get it published. We were really stuck on a couple of points so we did what came naturally; we continued the conversation at Joe’s Place. And it worked.
You know, for a man who didn’t drink, Steve sure did a lot of good thinking in bars.
As everyone knows, Steve was a very committed teacher. While he was very successful in the classroom, I had an up-close seat at what was probably Steve’s greatest failure as a teacher. That was, of course, when he tried to teach me to golf! I’ll give him credit--he really tried. But as we all know, there are some things that just can’t be taught to some people. Steve met his greatest teaching challenge at the High Point and Fairview golf courses in Iowa City. I was so bad that after several months of occasional golf outings, Steve played an entire round with just his putter and he still won quite handily. We had a lot of fun out on the golf course. Truth be told, though, I don’t think Steve actually cared much how either one of us golfed; I think he just liked to spend time out on the course chatting about whatever came up at the time. I know that’s why I always went golfing with Steve.
I also have fond memories of time spent with Steve and Sunny together. They seemed perfectly suited for each other, even back then, when most of us were too immature to succeed in interpersonal relationships. And although I never got to know his children, I never had to ask twice to get Steve to talk about them. He was a committed husband and a very proud father.
After graduate school we drifted apart and I only saw Steve occasionally at conferences. For this, I am truly sorry. But whenever I saw him he was always the same Steve I knew in graduate school. And, of course, he would take time to tell stories about my golf game, or our time together at Joe’s Place, to whomever I happened to be with at the time. And I would always say, after he left, “Steve and I were great friends in graduate school; he’s a great guy.” We were, and he was.
-Tom Holbrook
Steve’s sudden passing has sent shock waves through this old gal’s heart. As a “returning student” in the 90s, I was deeply impressed by this bright young man. His wisdom and dedication to the integrity of the discipline were inspiring. His quick smile and warm regard for his students and colleagues were always evident, especially when he was pounding a volleyball in either’s face at a Pi Sigma Alpha picnic! I enjoyed a few rounds of early morning golf with Steve over the years I was in the graduate program. We would go out rain or shine, heat or cold. I fondly remember one crisp winter round at the TWU course. As we crunched across the frosted turf, carrying our bags and searching for balls that were lost in the landscape, he described how he had been gathering statistics about his game and was delighted his model revealed he was more likely to shoot a good round when he missed the fairways … only Steve! My other fond memories of Steve are based in discussions about how his Quaker roots shaped his professional interests. I can honestly say that I see the world differently because I crossed paths with Steve Poe. For that, I am eternally grateful.
Nancy McWilliams
Steve’s sudden passing has sent shock waves through this old gal’s heart. As a “returning student” in the 90s, I was deeply impressed by this bright young man. His wisdom and dedication to the integrity of the discipline were inspiring. His quick smile and warm regard for his students and colleagues were always evident, especially when he was pounding a volleyball in either’s face at a Pi Sigma Alpha picnic! I enjoyed a few rounds of early morning golf with Steve over the years I was in the graduate program. We would go out rain or shine, heat or cold. I fondly remember one crisp winter round at the TWU course. As we crunched across the frosted turf, carrying our bags and searching for balls that were lost in the landscape, he described how he had been gathering statistics about his game and was delighted his model revealed he was more likely to shoot a good round when he missed the fairways … only Steve! My other fond memories of Steve are based in discussions about how his Quaker roots shaped his professional interests. I can honestly say that I see the world differently because I crossed paths with Steve Poe. For that, I am eternally grateful.
Nancy McWilliams
I first met Steve Poe when moved to Denton to attend UNT in January, 1992. I was not Steve's student, yet he still went out of his way to befriend me and make me feel welcome. We talked about current events, our hometowns, our families, pro sports, as well as Political Science and how my classes were going. Political Science was very important to Steve, but he never lost sight of the 'big picture' as he put it and encouraged us to do the same. I thank Steve for his friendship and guidance while I was at UNT, as well as afterwards.
Steve also pushed us to 'make a difference.' in our lives. I have frequently asked myself 'am I making a difference' in my professional and personal endeavors since I graduated. The answers have been mixed, but I thank Steve for helping me find the right questions to ask.
Steve, you will be missed. We will never forget you.
-J. Rapkin
Steve possessed one of the most joyous smiles I have ever seen, and he passed a bit of that joy on to every person he met. While I only had the opportunity to work with him for a couple of years, and both our offices and our disciplines were as far removed from one another as you can get in Wooten Hall, I will miss him deeply.
Steve was always animated and filled with laughter, but he positively glowed when he talked about his daughters and his wife. My heart breaks for us all, but most especially his family whom he loved so much.
I will miss Steve as a dear friend and as an inspiring colleague. I will always remember him for his humility, modesty, Kindness, honesty, sincerity, and his unwavering dedication to his student and his love to his family and support to his colleagues.
Emile Sahliyeh
When I first became a graduate student at UNT in the Fall of 2003, I quickly noticed that one of the professors in the department had a following. As time went on, I'd call them "Poesters." Having not yet had a conversation or a class with Dr. Poe, I kind of joked about it with others, the cynic that I am.
Then I started working at ISQ in January of 2006. I soon realized why some grad students were "Poesters." Sharing an office together, we swapped jokes, family stories, ideas, and bantering. He laughed when I told him that my first impression of him was that he was the David Koresh of Peace Science. Needless to say, it didn't take long for me to become a "Poester" myself. I am so fortunate to have had the opportunity to see him nearly every day for the past 1 1/2 years.
God, I really will miss him. As everyone has said, he's such a wonderful, easygoing, loving person that you can't help but love him. And I do. I love someone like family that I've only known for a couple of years. Only he could do that.
Everyone has something in common with Dr. Poe, other than academic interests, that establishes a bond. Dr. Poe and I connected because I told him that I was just a plumber's daughter who wanted to love her family, contribute to society in some way, and do what she loved. I think that those with "blue-collar roots" always found it easy to latch on to Dr. Poe. He was so unassuming and humble, despite his impact. But, he was also very hard-working and pushed us to our limits. Like others have said, even if you didn't believe in yourself, he believed in you. He would not accept less than he knew you could do.
There's so much I could say. I've shared so many stories with Dr. Poe that none in particular trumps the other. I'll close to say that he has definitely affected me at the deepest level, and I can only hope to have such an impact on one other person, let alone hundreds.
I consider myself honored to be one of the students who had an opportunity to learn from Dr. Poe. It's rare to take only one course with a professor and still feel as though they were deeply influential on your academic and personal path. It's clear from the number of students Dr. Poe affected and the high regard of his colleagues that he was no ordinary professor. His personal dedication to human rights research and activism was admirable, to say the least. Even after his tragic passing, his character and passion will certainly remain influential.
Dr. Poe, I hope you know how much you touched everyone who was lucky enough to learn from you.
Roxanna Manoochehri
I cannot properly express my sense loss at Dr. Poe’s passing. I cannot believe he’s really gone.
When I met him last January, he was energetic in his work. When I left Denton, he asked me to come to UNT whenever I was in the States.
He was a great mentor to me even after I finished my degree and while I was working here in Korea.
He asked that I be a scholar with a warm heart and taught me how to love the world and its people.
He will always be with me in my heart.
Seong Yi
I am proud and happy to count myself as one of Steve Poe’s students. I became interested in the empirical study of human rights after taking Steve Poe’s undergraduate human rights class at UNT. Poe encouraged me to follow my research interests in human rights through independent study and later through graduate school. Steve was a great mentor and provided inspiration and guidance throughout my academic journey. I will miss turning to him for guidance.
Steve Poe is the best instructor I have ever known. Poe had an uncanny ability to steer classroom discussions and create an interactive learning environment. I will never forget the fictitious country Trombonia he used in his foreign policy decision-making exercise. When I prepare for classes I often think, “What would Poe do?” I will continue to use my memories of him to help me with my teaching and research.
i first met steve in 1992 or 1993. he was on an apsa panel and wanting to make a name for myself, i read everyone's paper and went to the session to get some academic credentials (attacking, pointing out weaknesses and the sort). after the presentation (chomping at the bit), i waited for the discussant to finish, raised my hand and then let loose.
as i spoke, all looked at me as i went on without breathing. all looked accept steve; he took notes. afterwards, i started to leave and steve walked up to me, introduced himself and asked if he could clarify a few points that he was not sure if he had written down correctly (sly devil). i was still heated from the exchange but the manner in which he approached me was disarming. we sat down and went through the various points that i had raised.
after we finished, shook hands and exchanged contact information, i realized that he had delicately revealed his disagreement with almost every single point that i raised. in approaching me in the manner that he did, however, he prompted me to revisit the various points that i had raised and further improved my understanding not only of human rights and how to study it but how to deal with other human beings: honestly, directly, with kindness and with respect.
i feel that i have not learned all of steve's lessons; he was not quite done with me. i was advanced by our exchanges over the years. indeed, he helped make me a better scholar, friend and human being.
we continued to joust over the next decade or so and, to be honest, i came to view steve as a brother and a point to navigate by/away from as well as a sounding board. without stars for the moment, i now attempt to refix my position. over the last few days, i have even wondered about the purpose and process of the journey. truth be told, while personally close with steve and warmed by our interaction, i have also been engaged in an effort to challenge his ideas and his work. i believe that he liked this as we would constantly go over such things whenever we met. all of this was done in a context, however, where steve was present; where he could strike back (so to speak). i would go at him, he would then go at me.
i will thus miss steve on many levels: as a friend, as a fierce competitor, as a teacher (to his students as well as the rest of us who frequently needed his guidance/presence), as an inspiration (in a george bailey kind of way) and as a brother - a fellow traveler who sought justice, peace and freedom with a dignity of spirit that is rare in this world.
peace
Dr. Poe was one of the most inspiring people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting in my life. His sincerity, humility, charisma and empathetic nature made people naturally draw to him. Despite being one of the most brilliant minds in Human Rights, he was unpretentious and was always concerned with the well-being of his students; no problem was ever trivial to Dr Poe. Even though I only had Dr. Poe for one class, he managed to transform my entire way of thinking and encouraged me to believe that I could help change the world. The Dr. Poes of the world are few and far between and I honestly consider myself lucky to have known such an amazing man.
Our family met the Poes through our children, developing friendship on soccer field sidelines. I'm not surprised to read how admired Steve is in his field, because, as these posts indicate, he was such an earnestly caring man. We shared academic conversation--I'm not sure I would have made it through my dissertation without Steve--but mainly we talked about soccer and tennis and music and life, and Steve was as curious and knowledgable about these topics as his chosen area. He was one of the few people I've met who would ask you for something to read, then come back in a few weeks having read and ready to discuss.
Truly a generous man and a great spirit whose impact on human relations, both theoretically and daily, will be felt for some time to come.
My name is Kathryn , and i am friends with his 2 daughters!and Mary used to be my tennis coach! but i started crying really hard when i heard about him passing away i was there when it happened but i didnt think he was dead.
Steve Poe was by far and large the nicest guy I met while in graduate school, and for that matter in the academic profession, where big egos abound.
Steve epitomized all the good that one would expect from a teacher- scholar. Not only was he a first rate researcher, but he excelled in teaching since his graduate days at the University of Iowa.
What always struck me about Steve was how good a person he was. I was so impressed that once I told him that if I had to convert, I would become a Quaker as he was.
Along with Tom Holbrook, Steve was one of my best friends in graduate school and all the comments that Tom has made above about Steve are right on the mark. I would add that his favorite drink at the time was Mountain Dew, and he drank quite a bit of it.
Steve also tried to teach me some basketball and golf, but my talent was well below average. In return, I taught him and Tom Holbrook some bad words in Italian, which he never missed to remind me every time we met, and we laughed about it.
I saw Steve for the last time in early April over dinner. We had a long talk and I concur with Tom that, despite the years, he had not changed a bit. Despite the many publications and the high standing he had achieved in his field, he was still the humble, unpretentious, good natured guy of the Iowa City days. He was truly one of a kind.
Good by Steve and thank you for the nice memories and your kindness.
Luigi
I wanted to study human rights as part of my Masters degree, but there wasn't a grad class offered. Dr. Poe met with me once a week for an independant study (as if he didn't have plenty of other things to do.) He stoked my passion for the cause and convinced me that I, too, could do political science research (something I've always found quite daunting.) His humility was incredible. I once had to show him on a map where to find Papua New Guinea. I couldn't believe such a figurehead of knowledge was letting me, a lowly student, teach him something. He made me feel like I really had thoughts worth brining to our conversations. He was an incredible teacher and an amazing man. I'll close with a poem that makes grief a little more pallatable - and real. Thank you, Dr. Poe. I will never forget.
-Kimberly Truitt, class of '05
"Death is nothing at all" by Henry Scott Holland
Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped away into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other
That we are still
Call me by my old familiar name
Speak to me in the easy way you always used
Put no difference into your tone
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed
At the little jokes we always enjoyed together
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was
Let it be spoken without effort
Without the ghost of a shadow in it
Life means all that it ever meant
It is the same as it ever was
There is absolute unbroken continuity
What is death but a negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind
Because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you for an interval
Somewhere very near
Just around the corner
All is well.
Nothing is past; nothing is lost
One brief moment and all will be as it was before
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!
While I can't say that Steve and I were best friends (though I wish I could), we did, I think, share a special connection. I remember very well Steve's job talk those many years ago here at UNT. He impressed me as a young man who genuinely was interested in his field, driven by a passion for human rights and justice. I was sure this was so because of his roots in Iowa and his education at William Penn. After his talk I congratulated him and told him that my grandmother had long lived in Oskaloosa, the home of William Penn College (then), and was buried there. She lived with my aunt and uncle (who was the County Engineer for Mahaska County in the days Steve was there) and was buried in the cemetary there. I mentioned that I visited Oskaloosa at least twice a year. We often talked about the value of such a small town connection, of neighbors you actually knew, of quiet summer nights listening to corn. We also shared, I learned immediately passions for basketball and golf. We had both shot baskets at the William Penn gym, although I had to sneak in. As soon as he arrived in Denton we played as much golf as we could and continued to do so. We meant to do that this week. He always came to the backyard bb games at my house in the 90s and made those games very memorable indeed: I could still win games of 2 on 2 with the simple strategy of passing Steve the ball. No one competed harder than Steve and then relaxed more quickly afterwards.
Steve was among the best teachers I have ever seen. I actually went to see him teach to help me improve my efforts. His patience with students was amazing, and his ability to lead them to think about things in new ways was something to behold. I was never in any doubt about why there were so many Poesters.
Most of all Steve was a warm and giving human, a model for us all. He knew what was important and wasn't distracted by what was not. Like so many others, I was touched by him and my life is so much better because he was in it. It hard to imagine being able to say better things about anyone.
Dr. Poe was an amazing human being. As a non-poli sci grad student in his Human Rights Seminar, I found myself surrounded by opposing viewpoints on how to study human rights abuses. However, Dr. Poe was always willing to listen (and sometimes agree with!) my alternate points of view. His passion in this subject moved me, and his personal interest in my academic career always shocked me. I only wish that I can be half the professor he was. He was truly an amazing individual, and the world (and all the prospective students in it) will truly miss his contributions.
I know that he would want us to continue the work that he was so passionate about-- it would be the greatest tribute to his name. This is my goal throughout the rest of my academic and professional careeers.
-Jara Carrington
I went to high school with Steve almost 30 years ago (Wapello High School, Wapello, Iowa) and besides running in to him a time or two at the U of I (when he was in grad school and I was finally finishing my bachelors degree), we had not kept up. We did e-mail back and forth a couple of times around our class reunions but, unfortunately, he never made it back for any of them. What I find interesting as I read these other posts, is that Steve turned out just like I thought he would. In high school he was very easy-going and had a good sense of humor, yet was very competitive without a win-at-all-costs attitude. He was very compassionate towards others and although he was the smartest guy in the bunch, he was not arrogant about it. It sounds like he had applied all of these same traits into his personal and professional life. We are all shocked and saddened by his death and we extend our deepest sympathy to his family and close friends.
Tom Walgren
Regarding Steve:
Steve and I “hung out” together quite a bit in High School. We were the “quiet rebels”. We would have been louder rebels, but since Steve’s father was school principle, we acted out subversively. For example, we jointly conspired to skip a mandatory baseball game, purposely missing the team bus, claiming we “forgot.” In reality, we knew we would not see action as untalented freshmen, and figured our time was better spent on the golf course – playing - not seated on a hard bench an hour’s bus ride away. Our baseball careers (mercifully) ended when someone told the coach they spotted us at the golf course. (Small town gossip travels faster than the speed of light.)
The coach wasted little time – expelling us upon “innocent” return to baseball practice the following day. We swallowed his harsh words with our chins pressed against our chests. A minute or so after the coach departed, Steve and I looked at each other with blank stares and tight lips, unsure of how to react. One of us began with a prideful smirk, followed by corresponding giggles, culminating in uproarious laughter. We shared ten minutes of hysterically loud, rebellious, gut-wrenching laughter. It felt so good to just laugh, rather than wallow in our “guilt and shame.” We felt uncertain remorse, yet were relieved the situation was over. I can visualize that moment as if it happened last week, even though it occurred 33 years ago.
We were an odd pair who bonded effortlessly. We saw truth in each other. It was safe. We cared, but we didn’t care. We were capable of being serious yet aloof. We respected authority, but also saw through it. Self-image mattered, but we pretended it didn’t. (We were the only ones I believe who did not have “Senior Pictures” professionally taken.)
I can’t wait to re-unite with Steve. His soul will be easy to find. We will connect again. We will laugh together again. I know.
And when that day comes, we will remind ourselves that being “kicked off” the baseball team led us to pursuing tennis; a sport yet to be organized in our school – meaning we could play whenever we wanted!
My prayers go out to all of Steve’s family and friends, as we now connect and hold each other through memories and the uniting energy of transcendent emotions. His unique spirit marked this planet, and his presence touched all of us in a loving embrace.
God Blesses Steve and all of you mourning the loss of his embrace. Feel comfort in knowing Steve is now playing - whenever he wants.
Todd Johnson, 1978 Classmate
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What to say? How to express the loss? I have struggled with this for a week, the words and ideas I need eluding me.
When we considered Steve’s application for a position in 1989, he was (we thought) underplaced at William Penn College, but a highly promising candidate. Over the years, it became clear that Steve probably never thought of William Penn as a place to escape from, but rather as his ideal place to teach. North Texas was at first more of an economic opportunity that would allow him, if he did well, to get back to his beloved Iowa and alma mater. He loved the school where he had been an undergrad, had so many family ties, and where for a while he was the entire political science department. Steve reconciled himself to stay with us and build the department, to our great benefit.
Steve and I, both Quakers, laughed about the irony of Penn’s “Fighting Quakers” mascot. We were part of a tiny group of Friends in Denton who worked intermittently for almost a decade to establish a small worship group. The group eventually succumbed to small numbers. Steve, a birthright Quaker, lived his religious values in his daily life more than almost anyone I have ever known. Despite his kind and engaging demeanor in everyday discourse, Steve was something of a fighting Quaker himself. Occasionally on display on the tennis or basketball court were Steve’s deep feistiness and competitive side. I believe he turned to his religious values to temper this competitiveness, and to channel his energy and life work constructively. This made him an extraordinary colleague, always ready with a smile and a kind word. It also informed his scholarly work with a rare degree of humane concern for truly important goals such as peace and human rights.
Somewhat quiet but intense in conversation, Steve demonstrated in his interview in 1989 flashes of the classroom charisma that blossomed once he joined us. His ability to engage his students – to encourage his audiences to confront and seriously consider critically important public ethics issues– went beyond merely entertaining or educating. Steve changed people’s lives. He built a program of peace studies. He inspired numerous students to pursue careers related to studying or to promoting peace and human rights. He won several teaching awards in recognition of his ability and effectiveness in the classroom. But more important to him was that he started the Peace Studies program at North Texas, the first of its kind in a multi-state region.
Steve was a good man who lived his peace-oriented ethics as a colleague, teacher and researcher. His work, I believe, had positive effects on everyone he dealt with, whether students, colleagues, other peace researchers, or the authors and assistant editors of the International Studies Quarterly. He was amazingly patient and kind as a reviewer and teacher, both to students and established professionals alike. His easy smile, good humor, encouragement, soft words, and sound advice made UNT’s political science department a far better place to work and study than it will be without him. We will miss him more than I can properly express.
I really didn’t know what to write about Steve, but I eventually figured something would come. There is simply no way to describe what feelings of loss I am experiencing right now, but some words have come to mind.
I was talking to my sister, and told her that Steve was the one thing that kept me from becoming cynical about our discipline, political science. My sister replied that Steve must be a pretty remarkable person to be able to keep someone with my personality from becoming so cynical. I absolutely agree, then, with the others who have posted so far. Steve was indeed a unique and wonderful person. You will find a lot of great people in life, but Steve seemed to be the one person who could really place it all in perspective.
I never intended to study such esoteric subjects as peace studies and human rights. But that was changed by a guy I once played with in an intramural soccer game named Steve Poe. I didn’t know anything about him at the time, but I was amazed that he could be so intense on the field, and so nice off of it five minutes later. In time, of course, I became one of Steve’s Ph.D. students, and was fortunate to be his research assistant. Through the trials of trying to finish papers, then comprehensive exams, then the Ph.D., and finally, most difficult of all, the long trail to finding a job, there was only one person to help me along that dark and often lonely road. Steve and I broke all of the rules; rather than maintaining a cold distance between supervisor and student, we became close friends, and always remained so.
The one person who could provide me with perspective in the crazy academic world was also one of my best friends. Steve is the only adult male who has ever cried in front of me (and vice versa), and we were so close we could even admit to each other that we pretty much thought Abba had some really nice music. Trips to Denton over the last few years always meant golf, tennis, soccer games, or something else that tapped into our enthusiasm for many of the same activities in life.
It was my dream that Steve would come spend some hard earned research time in New Zealand after he finished his editorship with ISQ. For Steve, the Land of the Long White Cloud would have been an anti-nuclear, anti-militaristic, golf course-laden paradise. Unfortunately, Steve never quite made it through what I believed was a long gauntlet of stress that had extended back several years. I believed, and believe, that he was approaching the time in his life where deadlines and responsibilities might be taking a bit of a break, but unfortunately Steve didn’t reach that point.
I realize after reading all of the other comments that as special as my interactions with Steve were, that a number of people similarly have found that he was the one guy who made sense in a confusing world, a kindred spirit as one person has accurately put it. I don’t know how Steve did it; in other words, I don’t know why Steve made so much sense, or if the rest of the world out there was so clueless by choice or because of ignorance. But I hope that others who have known him can attempt to make sense out of an often incomprehensible world.
I’ll just close with something Steve once told me. Apparently, someone approached him a couple of years ago with a story of how they had once had Steve for an undergraduate course. The person made a ‘B’, but Steve had approached the person after the semester was over and told them in no uncertain terms that they should expect more from themselves because he could see that the student had a good deal of potential. So the student eventually got a Ph.D. at another institution, and came back to tell Steve that without that advice that they would have never under any circumstances have considered doing something as ambitious as a doctoral degree. That student and I are two examples of people who owe a great deal to Steve for believing in us when we could not believe in ourselves.
Scott Walker
Like for many of his students, Steve had a great impact on my thinking, my interest in human rights, and my choice to work in the field of human rights protection. I wouldn’t be where I am now, working to help protect the rights of refugees and displaced persons in Africa, had it not been for him and his constant encouragement to apply findings of academic research on human rights in practice.
After more than a week of thinking, I still find it hard to describe how much of a loss this is, how impossible to imagine Wooten Hall without him. Of all the great professors and mentors I met during my university years, and many of them at North Texas, Steve was special. Despite being one of the most renowned human rights scholars, he always tried to learn something new for himself, to explore new angles and new ways in which his research could make a practical difference.
He was, of course, also incredibly caring and engaging on a personal level, humble, generous, funny and understanding. He always believed in the potential of others and challenged them to bring it out.
It will be hard to come back to Denton one day and not have green curry at the Oriental Garden with Steve.
My thoughts are with his wife and daughters.
Nicolas Rost
Like all who were fortunate to have known Steve, I too feel a deep and painful loss. I was privileged to know Steve both as a colleague and as a dear and treasured friend. He gave me the highest honor—when I was the first to stay with Mary while and Sunny were away. We watched a football game, and true to his form, Mary was cheering on the Chicago Bears! Steve would often poke his head in my office around noon, and say “want to go for a walk?” We had many walks and most often the conversation had nothing to do with political science or academia; it had to do with family, sports or music. Peg and I were the first to play tennis with Steve and Sunny, something he reminded me of upon my retirement. Whether it was tennis, running, golf, basketball, or biking Steve knew only one gear—all out. I know that his greatest pride was the classroom. While a noted scholar, whose name is indelibly linked to peace studies and human rights, his love were the students and the classroom. Teaching too, was a competition for Steve. Steve verse Steve. He was constantly working on ways to become better in the classroom, new methods of presentation, and always encouraging students. All one had to do was to walk by his office—for there were always students in his office and often forming lines. Peace Studies at UNT was Steve for many years—whether formally or informally for he had the commitment for peace not only in his academic life, but more importantly in his personal life. Steve led his life with an honor and a clarity that that few can match. He will be greatly missed but never forgotten. He was my friend.
Like all who were fortunate to have known Steve, I too feel a deep and painful loss. I was privileged to know Steve both as a colleague and as a dear and treasured friend. He gave me the highest honor—when I was the first to stay with Mary while and Sunny were away. We watched a football game, and true to his form, Mary was cheering on the Chicago Bears! Steve would often poke his head in my office around noon, and say “want to go for a walk?” We had many walks and most often the conversation had nothing to do with political science or academia; it had to do with family, sports or music. Peg and I were the first to play tennis with Steve and Sunny, something he reminded me of upon my retirement. Whether it was tennis, running, golf, basketball, or biking Steve knew only one gear—all out. I know that his greatest pride was the classroom. While a noted scholar, whose name is indelibly linked to peace studies and human rights, his love were the students and the classroom. Teaching too, was a competition for Steve. Steve verse Steve. He was constantly working on ways to become better in the classroom, new methods of presentation, and always encouraging students. All one had to do was to walk by his office—for there were always students in his office and often forming lines. Peace Studies at UNT was Steve for many years—whether formally or informally for he had the commitment for peace not only in his academic life, but more importantly in his personal life. Steve led his life with an honor and a clarity that that few can match. He will be greatly missed but never forgotten. He was my friend.
I was Steve Poe's colleague from the time he came to the University of North Texas until I departed (after 33 years) in 2003 for Vanderbilt University. In the early 1990s, Steven and I became research collaborators after I heard Steve give a departmental brown bag talk exploring some of his early ideas and research findings about the determinants of human rights from a crossnational perspective. His thoughts and what I had been reading and teaching in a comparative politics course titled "The Military in Politics" connected. As we became collaborators,we also became friends and fellow counselors. We (Steve mostly) attracted some very talented students, both undergraduates and graduate students, who in turn often became collaborators (again, mostly Steve's) and friends. We were proud to have had some success in publishing our work and raising some funds. But Steve especially was most proud to imagine that our work might have some impact on policy makers and others with the ability to improve the state of human rights in the world.
I am sorry it took me so long to find this blog to pay my respects to Steve and to express my sorrow that he is gone.
I remember going into Dr. Poe's office on day just to talk and pick up my peace studies paper. We sat and talked for about 2 hours about everything and nothing at all. He asked me what i was going to school for and what my passions were and everything in between. He asked me what it was i was going to pursue after i was done at UNT and i told him i was a bit scared because i really had no idea. After talking with him a few more times, he finally brought it out of me...my passion had always been to pursue medicine, that is how i wanted to help people. I had always been unsure of myself though because I never thought I would be able to cut it to be a doctor. Dr. Poe proceeded to convince me that I was capable and I could do anything if I worked hard enough at it. I walked out of his office sure that i would be a doctor someday. I am still working towards that goal but I want to dedicate that journey to him, because without his vote of confidence in me I never would have had the courage to go after it. That was his greatest gift, he had the power to convince you that were better than you thought you could be. I will miss you Dr. Poe...
-Jack Brandon Philips
I met Steve when I went to UNT for my MA in 1997. Already before I got there I had heard how great a teacher he was. Although I was never fortunate enough to take one of his classes, I was very lucky to work for him as TA and RA. Seeing how he did his job in such an extraordinary way, how he really made a difference in his students’ lives, made me want to become an academic as well. It was such a fascinating and inspiring experience to see how he treated each person he came in contact with, with such sincere respect and profound warmth. Although clearly successful in his research, he mentioned that he was much more excited to see the work of his students in print than his own. He always focused on the multiplier effect – to influence the people around him so that they could make a real difference in other peoples’ lives. I think this blog is a good example that shows just how successful he was in achieving this goal, probably more successful than he could have ever imagined.
I could always rely on him to help me through difficult times in my job, whenever I had lost track of why I had chosen this career or had lost faith in my ability. In recent years he has also always guided me in trying to combine being a parent and an academic. He wanted to be the best academic he could be, yet his family stood in the centre of everything.
Like for so many others, Steve had become my mentor, role model, and dear friend. It is difficult to imagine how life will adapt to continuing without him. My thoughts are with his wife and daughters, whom he always talked about with love and pride.
Sabine Carey
School of Politics & International Relations
University of Nottingham, UK
This is the 1st time I"ve looked at this blog since Steve passed away. And I cant bring myself to read all of them.
But of the ones I read there seems to be something in common w/ all of us "Poesters." He made each and everyone of us feel special, and as if we were the only student he truly cared for. How big can a persons heart be that he can make hundreds possibly thousands feel that way?
Many of you have posted very specific memories and conversations. I guess over 7yrs we had so many conversations I dont rem any specifics.
I think the one thing I will regret the most is not having the chance to tell him, "Im getting married!" If that day ever comes. Telling Steve that is something I"ve dreamed of for some time now.
But I do rem having had the chance to wear that infamous outstreched Iowa sweatshirt. It was at a softball game in spring. I was so cold and put it on. Being the spoiled brat I am I did not even ask him, or worry that if I wore it he'd be cold. I"d love to wear that sweatshirt again!
Steve's father-in-law told me something after the service. He said, "its like a vaccum, you know what happens?" Having only had 1hr sleep the night b/f I had no clue what he was talking about. He said, "it gets filled in."
The space that is left in our hearts and our lives will get filled in.
The jury is still out on that one.
I wish all of you nothing but peace and happiness. Rem: Steve was always smiling, and he still runs beside us. We're never alone.
Erum
Tribute to Steve Poe
A gentle man
A man of convictions
A caring spirit
A pure soul
A teacher's soul
An educator
A true professional
An educated man
An inquisitive man
A man in search of knowledge
A student's best teacher
A researcher
A man committed to his craft
A humble man
A man committed to excellence
A bright star in his profession
A youthful man
A man who loved life
A great teacher
A man who inspired others to learn
A man who challenged others to think and reflect
A kind and considerate man
A man who made time for anyone
A loving and caring husband and father
A man who will be missed
A great loss to every life he touched
A man who changed a lot of lives
A man who now, has all the "answers" he spend his life searching for.
Goodbye for now, we'll miss you.
Please note the previous posting was emailed to me by Zach Tucker, a former student of Steve's.
There will be a memorial service for Dr. Poe on Friday, Sept 14 @ 1:00 in the Union (exact location TBD), mainly for students
who were not in town for the funeral.
I have known Steve and his family for years. We met when we were all in undergraduate school at William Penn. I was honored to attend their semi-wedding/semi-elopement!
Steve was always one of those extremely well-rounded people. He cared about people. He ran, played tennis. He did a stint as a youth minister. He loved his wife and his children. He was passionate about his discipline.
Steve and I talked about Ernie Banks -- he was a great fan.
In such a short life, he has made a great impact on a lot of people and peace in our world. For me, he has made an impact as a friend.
Gale Perkins
I first met Steve in the fall of 1965 as we both entered kindergarten in Wapello, Iowa. How little then did I know how much of an influence he would be on me. There were many story from our days in grade school that Steve like to tell, most of which I had forgotten until being reminded by Steve. I had the fortune to sit in on one of his classes at NTU where he told one of these stories, pulled from the past, yet he made it relevant to the topic at hand. I never knew how shooting marbles on a playground in small town Iowa related to international relations until then. I am certain that the story was more for my benefit than that of the others in his class, but I believe that it is yet another example, in the lists of many that are being shared here, that even though I was only there for the day I was a sharing participant just as all the others.
While I knew Steve in grade school it wasn’t until high school and later as we roomed together at William Penn that our friendship matured. It was here that many more stories were added to Steve’s repertoire as more friends were added to our lives. Those friendships I have with others from college today, I have to credit to Steve. For it was through Steve that I first met all of them. One added to our circle of friends was Sunny who later would become his wife. I had the fortune of being the Best Man at their wedding in Lamoni, Iowa.
After college our academic lives parted as Steve went on to graduate studies and I entered the working world. Although we didn’t see as much of each other, we talked often, though not often enough. Many of our phone conversations lasted for hours. It was through these conversations that I learned much of what was happening with his daughters, Sunny, his brothers and sister. When I would ask him about himself, he would tell me of his students. It was a rare occasion when he truly talked of himself. But I think you have to understand, that is the measure that Steve used for his own life, his service to others. I was fortunate to get to see Steve at the end of July when he was back in Iowa. Reading all the tributes I am humbled and privileged to say he called me friend.
Jeff Samuels
Tears are welling up in my eyes right now, as I just read about the unfortunate passing of Steve Poe. Even though I only had him as a teacher for one semester, he made a lasting impression. As one of my favorite teachers that I ever had at UNT (way back in 1989), he really inspired me to learn and think deeply about the subject he was teaching. He was always approachable outside the classroom, and he never shied away from me when we crossed paths off campus. He was a great man, and I feel deeply sorry for the family he leaves behind, for I know that there now exists a great void.
I am a little late on adding to this blog but I want and need to add my perspectives to it.
I first met Steve when in the supperline at William Penn College in September of 1979 which unknow to either of us at the time would evolve in to a life long friendship.
We ran cross country together for 3 years at William Penn and we roomed together for a year also. Which means, like others, I also know the ketchup story.
Steve was a unique person even at that time of his life. I never knew how someone so "smart" could be so unorganized. When someone would go up to McDonalds for a late night run on hamburgers Steve would dig around in his desk drawer, which was never organized, and come up with a couple of bucks for a sandwhich.
While sitting in history class one day he leans over to me and tells me that I knew more about history than anyone he had met but that I just couldn't put down the answers to test questions on paper very well. I took this as very high praise from someone who used every nook and cranny of the test booklet to write his answers and always recieved an A+ to my B to B minus.
After we graduated from Penn we kept in touch. I went back home to Cedar Rapids Iowa and he continued on to the University of Iowa. Since we were only 30 miles apart I saw him every few months. I even got to hold his eldest daughter when she was a few weeks old which scared me half to death. I'm not sure if Sun Ju ever knew about that.
Later on when he accepted a job at William Penn I was able to continue to visit him every few months. He even let me set in on one of his political science class he was teaching at the time.
When he moved to Denton to accept the job at North Texas I was able to go down and visit him and Sun Ju once and he gave me the tour of the campus and tried to get me to pursue a masters in library science there.
Just before turning 41 I married and Steve was able to attend as my best man. After the rehersal picnic he was over at my home and tried to get me out for a run just as Steve put "for old times sake". I turned him down which in hindsight I wish I hadn't.
When my marriage ended Steve called me up within in a few hours of my e-mail informing him of this very upset at my ex and telling me when he had the time he would come up to Cedar Rapids and give her a piece of his mind for the way she ended the marriage.
We e-mailed each other over the past few years always discussing his viewpoint on the world and why the it was the way it was after I would read something about world affairs and ask for the way he saw things.
This past January I was able to see him for a few hours when I had a long layover at DFW while accomping my elderly mother to California. Steve took both of us to lunch and turned down our offer to pay. My mother just loved being able to see him again after so many years.
I was at my mothers when I got the call about Steve's death. It was a big shock to me as well as my mother and we both find it hard to believe he is no longer with us.
I already miss our conversations via e-mail about the Cubs, Bears and Bulls along with our other ones.
He is sorley missed and was a great friend to have and know.
Doug Munson
I was a Music Ed major at UNT from '96-'01 and had Dr. Poe for my required American Government course. Never before or since did I have a professor who cared so much about reaching all of his students...even low-leve undergrad students taking a required Am. Gov. class!
That experience with Dr. Poe inspired me to take his International Relations course. That semester completely changed my world view and impacted the person I am today...more compassionate, more caring for my fellow man, more aware of those without a voice.
His impact was truly far-reaching. What a genuinely GOOD human being. I am grateful for the experience of learning from him.
Steve and I first met when I showed up on the first day of class one semester – I was a young political science student and Steve was new professor at North Texas. He commented on the old, beat up Chicago Cubs hat I was wearing and friendship soon followed. Over the last few months I’ve found myself reminiscing about the times I spent with Steve: hours upon hours of conversation (or goofing off) in his office; running out for some Tex-Mex at lunch; shooting baskets at the gym; playing a round of golf; sharing our mutual love of music (as hack musicians and diehard rock n roll fans). We shared similar Midwestern roots that gave us a common outlook on family, work, faith, politics, and ethics. Geography and the demands of work and family lessened our contact in recent years. However, the periodic e-mail or a visit when we happened to be in the same town was always a welcome event. It was during a recent attempt to call Steve and catch up this past summer when I learned of his passing. The shock of this news hit me and my wife Debbie like a ton of bricks.
Like many of you out there, I've been struggling with the emotions that come with the loss of someone special in your life. I came to this website to find out what others have written as a way to help sort through my own thoughts. What is absolutely amazing to me is the depth of friendship and inspiration Steve shared with so many people. I’ve read message after message on this website that, except for the details of place or time, could have been my own remembrance of Steve. I’m in awe of his ability to connect with so many people who came into his life. What a gift he had.
To me Steve was many things. He was a caring and passionate teacher who pushed me to be a better student. He was a gifted scholar who garnered the respect of his colleagues. He was a dedicated family man who overflowed with love and pride for his wife and kids. He was a generous mentor who provided me with professional advice and guidance. He was a deceptively skilled athlete who was always in the right spot to receive my behind-the-back pass under the basket. He was a friend who was always available to sit down and talk and joke and laugh. He was a dyed in the wool Cubs fan who taught his daughter Mary to read a box score by the time she was 4 years old. He was a proud Iowan and (if I can quote Dr. Booth) a “Fighting Quaker.” He was a gentle, caring, and decent human being who showed everyone what he believed was important by the way he lived his life.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Sunny, Mary, Jamie, and Megan. We will miss you Steve.
Ted Jakubowski
I was fortunate enough to have taken an American Government class taught by Dr. Poe. Although it was an undergrad core class, Dr. Poe put his whole being into teaching us. His enthusiasm and love for learning was infectious. It was one of the best classes I have ever taken. I will be teaching my own classes in the near future, and can only hope to be a fraction of the teacher Dr. Poe was. I am deeply saddened by his passing.
Sadly, I did not hear about the death of Steve Poe until months after it happened due to geographic and professional separation. Although I never took one of Poe's courses and likely suffered as a result, I frequently talked to him while playing basketball to chew the fat about life, academia and so on. He was always kind and encouraging, qualities that make a perfect advisor. This explains why he had so many students in a program sorely lacking personable mentors. I feel most for his students and in a way, know he supported me quietly and was probably quite content to learn I finished my PhD. He always gave way more to others than he needed to.
I was one of Dr. Poe's many PoliSci students back in the Spring of 2000. It was a very interesting time for politics, as the Bush/Gore debates heated up. He always liked to point out how proud he was to be from Iowa -- Iowa wasn't even a blip on my radar until he shared stories of growing up during that "once every four years" experience... the Iowa Caucus. Some people mark every four years with the arrival of the Olympics... or just knowing that the presidental elections are around the corner.
Dr. Poe was an interesting and wonderful teacher. He not only brought politics alive, but he also awakened a spirit in me to make a difference in my world and community. I am so saddened to hear that he is gone, but I know that his legacy will continue in the teachings, wit, and friendships he shared with others.
Dr. Poe - I will miss you and respect you as one of my all time great professors. Thanks for sharing your time with me...
~Kara Ames
Class of 2004
My wife Sandy (who used to teach in the political science department) learned about this yesterday. Very sad indeed. I didn't know Steve nearly as well as most of the posters on this board, but I did hang out with him a little. He was the kind of person you couldn't help but like. And he was one of the very best athletes I've ever met. My thoughts and prayers go out to Sunny and their children.
Robert Wood
I wrote this poem about Steve over the winter break. Some of you know who wrote it, but I dont want to attach my name to it. Here it is.
Angel of Peace
They speak of a man, a mortal man; a quiet man.
As he walked, he took note of the injustices;
the cruelty of man’s inhumanity to man.
As he walked, he never yelled or fought with sword.
His mightiest weapon was his heart.
With every step, with every breath, his soul uttered but one word;
Peace.
He was as David before Goliath;
Confident, not scared.
Just as David, he had followers; those that believed.
Of those that followed, he inspired.
He inspired others to be kind, compassionate;
Love, not hate.
He no longer walks amongst us, yet he is of us.
In the dawn we can see the footstep he left for us to follow;
Hope.
They call him, the Angel of Peace.
Happy Birthday Steve!
We miss you!
Love,
Erum
6-24-08
My twin brother, Larry, and I were two of Steve's best friends in college. We started school at William Penn together and I will always remember him for his ability to try and make peace between those of us who weren't always so peaceful. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. Steve was a hilarious guy and I have many fond memories of him. We ran cross country and track together, played intramural sports and spent hours on the tennis court. He was the reason I became a good distance runner, since I was a sprinter and jumper in track. We would run miles and miles every day. He often marveled at how much my brother and I could eat. He was a founding member of out faux fraternity, Chi Rho, and we took the idea of brotherhood very seriously. I have always had the greatest respect for Steve and even though our lives took different roads, I served in the military for 23 years, our goals for this world weren't that different. We both loved peace and detested war. Now I am a United Methodist pastor and I strive to live my life in a way I hope would make Steve proud. To me he will always be a brother and I miss him very much.
I was just sitting down to dinner at the home of two of the English professors at UNT when I heard of Dr. Poe's passing. I am an English graduate student at UNT, but was a Political Science major for much of my undergraduate career. I didn't know Dr. Poe well and hadn't seen him in years, so it was quite surprising to me (and others as well, I'm sure) when I burst into tears at the news. What I do recall of Dr. Poe is that he was one of the kindest and most genuine human beings I have met. He seemed to understand something about compassion and humanity that most people do not. The passing of someone so brilliant, kind and spiritually enlightened is a great loss for our world as a whole. I like to think that he left his mark by touching so many of our lives and that his compassion will live on through us.
Shelley Phlegar
I just found out today that Dr. Poe was gone. What a loss. I would not be a professor today if not for Steve Poe. And I sure as hell wouldn't be a good one without his tremendous guidance.
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