Thomas Read Gleason ’50

Tom Gleason died June 22, 1998, at home in his sleep after an illness of several months. He was 73.

Tom prepared at Hoffman H.S. in South Amboy, N.J., where he was class president. Following high school he spent 194346 in the Army as a combat medic in the South Pacific, mustering out as a staff sergeant. While at Princeton, he majored in chemical engineering, graduating with honors. He was president of the student chapter of A.I.Ch.E.

In the early part of his career with Natl. Lead Co.'s titanium division in South Amboy, Tom's work was concerned with titanium oxide pigments. The latter part of his career was with Owens Corning Fiberglass Co., first in Granville and then in Sylvania, Ohio. When he retired in 1986, he was manager of operations research in a highly computerized program.

Computers were Tom's primary hobby. He was known to be extremely skillful with the instruments, highly intellectual, and most helpful in assisting others with computerization problems.

Tom is survived by his wife of 51 years, Grace, known as Susie, to whom the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1950