Thomas J. Pniewski ’66

Tom died Sept. 7, 2017, in New York City, his home for many years.

Born in Baltimore, Tom prepared for Princeton at Calvert Hall College in Towson, Md., where he edited the yearbook and was a member of the debating and rifle teams and the dramatics club.

Tom joined Terrace Club, majored in Romance languages and wrote his senior thesis on the comedies of Moliére. He studied the organ with Carl Weinrich and sang with the Chapel Choir and Princeton Pro Musica.

After graduation Tom studied at the College of Wooster in Ohio before enrolling as a musicology graduate student in Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences, where he served as a teaching fellow.

Tom dedicated his life to music and music education, focusing primarily on the piano, organ, and harpsichord. He served as a Princeton In Asia tutor in the music department of Hong Kong’s Chung Chi College and as a teaching assistant at Hunter College in New York City. He was for many years director of cultural affairs for the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City.

The class mourns the loss of a friend and a true champion of the arts.