Thomas Frend Carey ’38

Tom Carey died Nov. 19, 1998, at his home in South Orleans, Mass., of pneumonia, after a long struggle with MS.

Tom prepared at Lawrenceville School. At Princeton he majored in English, winning the Sophomore English Prize. He played hockey and soccer, contributed to the Nassau Lit, and joined the Campus Art Agency and Terrace Club.

After working for NBC, he did many broadcasts for Radio Free Europe. In 1940 he joined Adams Advertising in Montclair, N.J., thereafter serving in the Navy from 1944-45. He then joined Foote, Cone and Belding and moved to Switzerland as managing director of their international division.

In 1950 Tom joined Warnaco as managing director of their London office and international business where he spent five years. For the next 13 years he traveled as export director and international sales manager for Warnaco and, later, Vanity Fair Mills.

Upon retirement in 1968, he moved permanently to his home in Harwich Port. He purchased the Beth Bishop Shop in Orleans in 1969; he and his wife ran it until 1984. An avid reader and the family genealogist, Tom also loved music, especially jazz.

Tom's wife of 51 years, Irene, predeceased him. He is survived by daughters Ann Syz and Cynthia Miller, son Tom Jr., and six grandchildren, to all of whom the class extends deep sympathy.

The Class of 1938