Thomas Hartley Maren ’38 *90

Tom died Aug. 15, 1999, at his home in Salisbury Cove, Maine. He attended public schools in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and entered Princeton at age 16.

Torn between science and literature, he ultimately earned a bachelor's in chemistry. He also developed friendships with English department faculty that lasted through the years.

Upon graduation, Tom entered the Princeton graduate school for work toward a master's in English literature. WWII created a great need for chemists, and he returned to the field doing research in tropical diseases. (His MA was awarded belatedly in 1990.)

After the war, Tom entered Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His subsequent career as a research scientist was spent at the U. of Florida, where he became chairman of the Dept. of Pharmacology. Summers were spent at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. He received the Distinguished Service Award from our class in 1969.

His research resulted in a glaucoma medication marketed by Merck. Royalties enabled him to become a philanthropist, and Princeton, Johns Hopkins, and the U. of Florida greatly benefited from his generosity.

In addition to being a distinguished scientist, he was just plain fun.

He is survived by his wife, Emily, three sons, three step-children, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. To all of them the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1938