Thomas Porter Ulmer ’40

Tom died July 11, 2006, of congestive heart failure.

A graduate of The Hill School, he followed his brother, Alfred '39, to Princeton, where he majored in English and graduated magna cum laude. He was a member of the freshman crew, the varsity cross-country team, Bicker Committee, and Quadrangle Club, and was vice president of the Westminster Society junior year.

He enrolled in the V-7 Navy Reserve program in July 1940, earning his ensign commission at Northwestern Graduate School. He spent five years in the Navy on antisubmarine and convoy escort duty in the Atlantic and Pacific, retiring as a lieutenant commander.

He was a Realtor and president of Buckman and Ulmer Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla. Tom was on many company, civic, and charitable boards. His greatest involvement was his lifelong commitment to the American Cancer Society, which he served on the local, state, and national levels. He was chairman of the national ACS board in New York for two years.

The National Society of Poets' anthologies published a number of Tom's poems.

Alice, his loving wife of 62 years, and their younger daughter, Thomasina, preceded him in death. He is survived by his older daughter, Pam Ulmer Bowers, and a sister, Blanche U. Pavlis. To them, his classmates extend heartfelt sympathies.