Tom died peacefully April 6, 2014, at his longtime home in Warren, Conn. He grew up in Wayzata, Minn., and entered Princeton from Portsmouth (R.I.) Priory.
Tom was an English-lit major who went on to write for Look magazine and to freelance. At Princeton he played club sports and followed in the footsteps of his brother, Walter ’55, as a member of Ivy. He was in the NROTC and later served with the Marine Corps.
He married Judith Woracek shortly after graduation but divorced 10 years later. The two maintained a lasting relationship and had lunch in New York the week he died. Tom was somewhat of an iconoclast and adventurer, stowing away on the Queen Mary and writing about it for Look.
He was a railroad buff and produced a documentary called The Last Train to Pittsfield. He was a pianist all of his life. He supported himself modestly as a furniture mover and harp-moving specialist, bartender, and service-station and convenience-store operator. He loved the country life and the written and spoken word.
A friend wrote that Tom’s greatest qualities were “intellect without pride, kindness without embarrassment, friendship without reservation, values without apology, and the best definition of humanity.”
To Tom’s brother, Walter; sister Elizabeth; his former wife, Judith Woracek Mullen; and his nephews and nieces, the class extends sincerest condolences.