Thomas Atherton Dickey ’40

AERONAUTIC ENGINEER Tom Dickey died at his home in Westport, Conn., Nov. 2, 1991. Son of Samuel Dickey '94 and educated at Pawling School, Tom received high honors at Princeton in mechanical engineering, participated in freshman track and tennis, played in the University bands and orchestras, and learned to fly in the pilot training program.

Innovation and creativity reside in the mainstream of Tom's later accomplishments. After WWII naval service and a Cal.Tech. Master's degree, he worked for the Navy, developing aircraft gas turbine engines and devising antiicing protection measures. He was a highly regarded pioneer in this field with his work being widely published. Since 1954 Tom was a principal engineer and project manager with Lycoming, concentrating on the turbofan engine. Novel and esoteric engineering problems intrigued him, and he held six patents relating to aircraft and helicopters.

Tom was appreciative of the arts and good music. He played the viola, was on the board of numerous local musical organizations, and built harpsichords for a hobby. He is survived by his widow, Barbara; their two daughters; his three children by a previous marriage; and two grandchildren. We share in their loss of this multitalented and brilliant engineer and musician.

The Class of 1940