Thomas A. Williams ’57

Tom died Oct. 30, 2007, of complications from kidney cancer.

While at Princeton he majored in chemical engineering, played freshman football and baseball, and was chairman of the senior prom. Senior year he roomed with Dick Fisher. After graduation, he earned an MBA from Harvard in 1960.

Tom joined Foote Mineral Co. in 1965, later becoming its president. Foote merged with Newmont Mining Corp. He retired in 2000 as CFO of Houghton International Inc.

In 1962 he married Julie Dill. They lived in Rosemont, Pa., where they had three children, Daphne, Arden, and Carter. Tom loved tennis, squash at Merion Cricket Club, golf, and especially gardening and landscaping. He loved his country place in Maine, where family gatherings were held, and cruising the quiet coves there. He was an active Republican and director of the Shipley School.

The class sends its deep sympathy to Julie and the children.