Spring Break
Former journalism head brought innovation to A&M
By: Stacy Edwards
Issue date: 9/11/07 Section: News
Peter Leabo, Skip's son and a former A&M student, said his father had a unique approach at teaching and his students' often had negative reactions to his insistence on detail.
"He broke almost every rule there was in his methods of teaching," he said. "He arrived on the scene of an ultra conservative university with tennis shoes on."
"He was very strict to make sure his students did things right," Rogers said. "Although his students complained, they later realized they'd learned so much from him. He always had the students' welfare in mind."
Peter Leabo said his father's teaching style developed from real world experience. This view was new for A&M's journalism program.
"He was one of the toughest teachers, but he prepared his students for the real world," he said. "His passion was absolutely infectious."
Peter Leabo said his father was always a teacher and always an editor. Leabo would even return edited Christmas cards to his family.
"His passion for good journalism had no bounds," he said.
After retiring from A&M, Leabo and his wife sold their self-built home and spent the next 10 years sailing between the Caribbean and their Texas home. After this, the two poured their lives into restoring a World War II ammunition bunker for their retirement home.
"He was a great colleague and a good friend," Rogers said. "He will be missed."
"He broke almost every rule there was in his methods of teaching," he said. "He arrived on the scene of an ultra conservative university with tennis shoes on."
"He was very strict to make sure his students did things right," Rogers said. "Although his students complained, they later realized they'd learned so much from him. He always had the students' welfare in mind."
Peter Leabo said his father's teaching style developed from real world experience. This view was new for A&M's journalism program.
"He was one of the toughest teachers, but he prepared his students for the real world," he said. "His passion was absolutely infectious."
Peter Leabo said his father was always a teacher and always an editor. Leabo would even return edited Christmas cards to his family.
"His passion for good journalism had no bounds," he said.
After retiring from A&M, Leabo and his wife sold their self-built home and spent the next 10 years sailing between the Caribbean and their Texas home. After this, the two poured their lives into restoring a World War II ammunition bunker for their retirement home.
"He was a great colleague and a good friend," Rogers said. "He will be missed."
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