Thomas Laurence Nicholson ’45

Tom Nicholson died in Evanston, Ill., Dec. 9, 2002.

Tom prepared for Princeton at Andover. His Princeton career was interrupted by service as a Naval lieutenant with the 7th Fleet, seeing combat in the Philippines. He then returned to Princeton, receiving a degree in humanities in 1948, Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of Cap and Gown, and the varsity swimming and soccer teams. In 1954 he married Eleanor Kuester.

Upon graduation, Tom attended the Sorbonne, then joined the information office of the State Department. In 1955 he graduated from the U. of Chicago Law School, where he was editor of the Law Review.

He joined the Chicago firm of Isham, Lincoln and Beale, where he practiced for several years. Tom studied international law at Chicago, and then in Hamburg, Germany, and Brussels.

Next, he moved to Ann Arbor, where he coedited American Enterprise in the European Common Market. Returning to Chicago, he chaired a UNESCO conference on the New Europe. In the mid-1960s, Tom joined the firm of Mayer Brown & Platt, where he practiced until retirement in 1988.

In addition to Eleanor, Tom is survived by a son, John; and three daughters, Ann Weber, Sarah, and Martha. The class extends its sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1945