Tom Herbert, a financial-services executive, musician, and yachtsman, died Dec. 6, 2009, in Grayling, Mich.
A lifelong Michigan resident, Tom attended Cranbrook School, where he took part in sports, publications, and dramatics. At Princeton he majored in sociology, sang in the Glee Club, was a football manage rial candidate, and took his meals at Elm Club.
After graduation, he served in the Navy and became a CPA before embarking on a career in financial services. He worked for the Kresge Foundation, advancing from assistant treasurer to vice president and treasurer. Active in community affairs, he was treasurer of the Council of Michigan Foundations and later served on the boards of local charities. He was a skilled woodworker, and he sang and played the piano in both jazz and classical literatures. As a sailor, he took part in the famed Mackinac race, the premier sailing event on the Great Lakes. His loyalty to Princeton remained strong, marked by his membership in the Cleveland Society for his generous contributions to Annual Giving.
He married Janis Scharfen in 1956. She predeceased him, as did their daughter Susan. At the time of his death he was survived by his daughter Nancy and three grandchildren.