Laurence Thomas Sherwood ’43

Tom died July 31, 2016, at home in Kendal at Longwood, a Quaker community, in Kennett Square, Pa.

Tom graduated from Westtown School in Connellsville, Pa., where he was active in the Glee Club. At Princeton Tom was a member of Prospect Club. He majored in chemistry and graduated with high honors. After graduation he was a graduate student and teaching assistant at Northwestern University. This led to his earning his Ph.D.

Upon completing his academic studies, Tom moved to Wilmington, Del., where he began a career as an industrial chemist for DuPont. One of his major achievements was the development of Delrin, a thermoplastic that has thousands of applications. While working at DuPont, he enrolled in Temple University Law School and earned his law degree in 1970. Tom retired from DuPont in the 1980s and did research for Fox Chase Cancer Center.

After retiring, Tom moved to Kendal in 2000. He completed his master’s in theology at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Tom is survived by daughters Mary Lyn Weinberg and Susan Alice Ward Sherwood; sons Laurence T. Sherwood III, John H. Sherwood, and the Rev. David A. Sherwood; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.