Thomas M. Tatum Jr. ’58

Tom died of prostate cancer June 6, 2006, at his Pass Christian, Miss., home only two months after joining classmates attending the New Orleans mini-reunion on the Mississippi boat cruise.

Tom majored in economics and was a member of NROTC and Charter Club. Upon graduation, he married Ainslie Boston and the two went to the Canal Zone, where Tom served as an intelligence officer.

Tom’s business life was in financial analysis and portfolio management. He joined Proteus Partners as an investment-portfolio manager and rose to become president of the company, a position he held at his death. He was active in the Episcopal Church, serving as senior warden of churches in Dallas and Pass Christian. He was an avid choral singer, performing twice in Carnegie Hall with the Coast Chorale. Active in alumni affairs, Tom served as president of the Dallas Alumni Association and as class AG chairman for the South.

Those who knew Tom marveled at his remarkable strength following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in his beloved Pass Christian. Tom maintained his cheerful bearing despite his illness and the loss of his coastal residence.

To Ainslie, their sons, Tom, III, Eddie and Stuart, and their grandchildren, the class tenders this fond remembrance of a courageous classmate and devoted Princetonian.