Master thesis acknowledgments page

[DragonPetter]

I have checked google and I get different opinions on what is appropriate to put in an acknowledgment page.

Basically, I thank my school, my advisor, a couple fellow grad students, and then my immediate family.

But, I also include two sentences to thank a former professor and a former coworker who both have helped me a lot academically and technically before I started my grad school program, but they had nothing to do with my work in grad school.

Is this appropriate to include the former professor and coworker in my thanks? I think I owe them a lot, but I know I can't thank everyone under the sun and I don't want to upset my advisor if I'm thanking others who he doesn't even know or is aware of.

 

[Ryker]

Thank those who you want to thank, not those who you think others expect you to thank.

 

[Pyrrhus]

You are free to write anything (within boundaries) in the acknowledgment section. I have even written lyrics from songs in my Master's acknowledgments