Tom died of heart failure Oct. 13, 2011, at home in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
Born 59 seconds into 1938, Tom was raised in Hyde Park, N.Y., attending Roose-
velt High School, where he captained the basketball and soccer teams and presided over the student council. Tom played varsity baseball and basketball at Princeton, served on Cannon Club’s bicker committee and as club editor for the Nassau Herald, worked on the Campus Fund Drive, and inhabited the infamous “Rockefeller Suite.” He majored in English.
While attending law school at the University of Virginia, Tom married Barbara Bowen, sister of our classmate Buck Bowen. After a brief Army tour, Tom entered private practice in Rhinebeck in 1963.
His distinguished law career met a tragic end in 1978, when Tom was in a head-on automobile collision causing severe injury and short-term memory affliction. His heart stopped beating for several minutes, causing him to suffer several heart attacks over ensuing years. Despite this, Tom retained his irreverent humor, his mischievous spirit, and his love of literature and sports. With his great friend and classmate, Hans Mautner, he pursued his passion for fishing.
Divorced from Barbara, Tom married Sue Chamberlain in 1992. He is survived by Sue; daughter Bentley Hardwick; sons Scott and Thomas; seven grandchildren; and his brother, Louis ’63. We have sent condolences.