Thomas Snelham ’35

Tom Snelham died Oct. 31, 1996. His wife of 56 years, the former Frances Hart, predeceased him in Apr. 1996. Surviving are three children, Julia Stokes, Linda SnelhamMoore, and Thomas H., and five grandchildren.

Tom was born in Townsville, Australia, in 1912, grew up in Ardsley, N.Y., and prepped at Choate. He was a member of Quadrangle Club, majored in economics with secondgroup honors, and was an intercollegiate champion wrestler and winner of a major "P." His roommates were Dick Dickinson and Jim Cowan. He received an MA in 1937 from Lincoln College, Oxford, and a CPA from Columbia U. in 1940.

He was an AAF captain during WWII and received an army commendation ribbon. Tom's business career was with Hiram Walker, Gooderham & Worts, from which he retired as senior v.p. in charge of finance. He and Fran moved from Birmingham, Mich., to Amherst, Mass., in 1994.

The class mourns the passing of an outstanding and popular classmate and sends sincere sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1935