Tom died July 31, 2014, in Princeton, of complications related to ALS.
Born in Cleveland, he graduated from Bayside High School in Queens, N.Y. At Princeton he majored in architecture. He sang with the Glee Club, managed the crew team, and was active in Campus Club.
He earned a lieutenant junior grade commission at Navy Officer Candidate School and served two years aboard the destroyer USS Ault. He then earned a graduate degree in architecture at MIT in 1961.
Tom returned to Princeton to join his father’s architectural firm and later partnered with Bill Wolf ’65. His designs included an extensive renovation of Edwards Hall, which earned an Excellence in Architecture Award. He was a consulting architect from 1993 until his retirement in 2006.
Tom contributed his insights for renovations to Nassau Presbyterian Church, the Nassau Club, and Campus Club; his skills for planning and management to several township boards; and his bass singing voice to his church choir.
He served as a class officer (honored with the Distinguished Classmate Award), P-rade marshal (inducted into the Society of the Claw), docent at the art museum, and trustee of Campus Club.
Preceded in death by his wife of 42 years, Julia (“Judy,” daughter of Sye Hemminger ’25), he is survived by his second wife, Eleanor (“Peggy”); son Scott ’90; daughter Christine; granddaughter Thea; and brother David ’55. His brother-in-law, Charles Hemminger ’52, died April 15, 2015.