Thomas M. Green III ’48

Tom Green died peacefully at his home in Savannah on Nov. 27, 1997, after a battle with an infection following surgery.

Tom was born in Baltimore and attended Calvert School and Boys Latin School. He went on to Duke and then into the Army and preparation at Oklahoma A&M and Yale for involvement in the effort to break the Japanese code. He received an honorable discharge after an infection left him legally blind.

Tom never let his limited sight be in any way a handicap. In addition to a long career in education, he was an accomplished cabinetmaker and furniture designer. At Princeton, he majored in English and was a member of Ivy.

After graduation, Tom taught at Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut and became assistant headmaster. In 1958, he began a 16-year term as headmaster of the Peck School in Morristown, N.J. Later he was headmaster of the Country School in Easton, Md., and of the St. Michael's School in Stuart, Fla. In 1987, Tom and Dulcy moved to Savannah.

Tom lectured widely, including at Oxford U. on coeducation.

To Dulcy and sons Thomas and Jonathan, the class extends its deepest sympathy and admiration for a truly valiant man.

The Class of 1948