Thomas Dimond ’39

Tom died Dec. 18, 2005, in New York City, which had always been his home.

After Princeton, Tom received an MBA at Harvard Business School in 1941. He then served until 1945 as a captain in the Army Air Force. He resumed postgraduate study in finance and economics at Penn from 1947 to 1948. From there he joined the faculty of Wharton Business School to teach economics under his former Princeton adviser, Professor C.R. Whittlesey.

All this prepared him for an unusually successful career as a financial adviser to a number of companies, including Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. In 1960 he became president of Humes-Schmidlapp Associates, where he served until 2003. All this time he contributed articles to professional publications and served on the boards of numerous foundations. He was a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, the Racquet and Tennis Club, and the Downtown Association.

His final words to us in our 50th book were: "I have a number of godchildren, all men, and most of them married now, which is some solace to an old bachelor. I have so many god-grandchildren, I forget they are not my godchildren." To all this extended family, we offer our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939