Lovely note. I am requesting Anil Advani to place this on the website

Meanwhile, please pictures attached and show them to Praveen

Warmly,

Mr Zachariah was a true sincere teacher who took pain to see that the student understood the issue.I use as usaual fool around but he never minded as he kneww i ment no harm and was serious student when it came to learning . IPlease pay my condolences to the family and pray God gives soul heavenly peace. we areall mortal and one day we have to leave this world.
sincerely
Amrit GS anand

Dear Vijay,

Extremely sad to learn of Mr. Zachariah’s demise.

In school, every now and then he showed the spirit that we as school
kids much admired and wished to imbibe.

An example is his pounding the organ with La Paloma ,while we were
taking our respective places in sombre Chapel ,one fine day.

Wherever he may be I am sure his spirit is lighting up fellow spirits
with infectious light heartedness.

My sincere condolences to his family and friends.

Regards,
Yogeshwar Oberoi

I’m extremely sorry to hear of the sudden passing of our great friend Matthew Zachariah. I remember in the 50’s when he was staying in the Remove building close to my quarters very often we talked of many different things.

I found him to be an extremely brilliant teacher whose main interests were academic matters, the teaching profession, and pedagogic philosophy. He was a good musician and known for playing the Hammond organ and piano in the school chapel to help the congregation in their prayers. His winning the Ford Foundation award was also a big achievement which took him to the U.S for his Ph.D. I also remember when he came to visit Toronto for a day and stayed with me. He had come to deliver a speech at the Sidney Smith Hall at the University of Toronto.

Matthew seems to have lived a good life and his achievements were noteworthy and exemplary. God bless his soul.

I would appreciate if you could please forward my condolences to his family.

It was with sadness that I heard of the passing away of Dr Mathew Zachariah. He was a family friend as well as a colleague and friend of my father, Mr. P.M.Varughese

Convey our deepest condolences to his wife and children.

The Varughese family

Dear Vijay:

It is with profound sorrow that Yvonne and I have learned of the passing of our one-time colleague Dr.Matthew Zachariah. The comments that are pouring in from Old Cottonians that were influenced by this remarkable man are a testimony to his character and brilliance as a teacher and the respect which was his due. Some of you may remember that he was also the organist and choir master. An eloquent debater, he once gave the students a demonstration of his skills at my request. I was proud to be his friend and colleague, and tried to stay in contact with him all these years, praying daily for his health and well-being and that a kidney transplant would be found for him some day. He dropped in to spend a day or two with us in Vermilion one spring many years ago, driving trough a precarious snow storm and hazardous road conditions to complete the long trip from Calgary. We also went to see him in Calgary, and on that occasion had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Ramesh Tiwari (who was visiting from Winnipeg) as well.

As an aside, in the picture you have enclosed, Mrs. Goss and I are standing alongside Matthew as he was being introduced to Dr. Rajendra Prasad. I believe it was the centennial year of the School.

Our condolences to his family, friends, and former students.

Ron & Yvonne Goss

BCS 1956-64

I am saddened to hear of the passing away of Mr. Zachariah. I do remember him well. Please convey my condolences to his family.
Regards

Rishi SJB Rana
Rivaz 1953-63