Tom died Dec. 22, 2009, of complications from lung cancer.
Coming from Phillips Academy Andover, Tom played freshman and varsity baseball and IAA dorm football, club football, pool, and basketball at Princeton. He joined Tiger Inn, majored in aeronautical engineering, and was a member of the Aquinas Foundation, the Sophomore Advisory Council, and the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences.
A gregarious Irishman, Tom is remembered as someone who never failed to raise the level of entertainment in social gatherings.
He transferred to Lafayette College, served in the Navy, then worked for 12 years at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, during which time he acquired the computer literacy that qualified him to become one of the first non-lawyer executive directors of a major law firm. He believed that managing lawyers was more difficult than herding cats.
Tom’s family took precedence over everything. His father Johnny’s record in major league baseball, his Uncle Tom’s prosecution of Alger Hiss, the culinary delights prepared by his mother, and his doting aunts all prepared him to be a consummate husband to Valerie and a firm and loving father to his sons, Jimmy and Tommy.
Tom’s death leaves a void. The class sends its thanks and sympathy to his wife, Eileen Valerie; his sons; and his brother, John.