Thomas W. Burdette ’58

Tom died March 28, 2018, of pneumonia in Towson, Md.

He was a graduate of the Gilman School, where he played lacrosse and wrestled. At Princeton he majored in psychology and was on the lacrosse team that won the Ivy League Championship in 1957 and 1958. He was a member of Charter Club and roomed his senior year with Francis Brown, Larry Glass, and Al Muse.

Tom and our classmate Buzzy Krongard were the last to steal the clapper from the Nassau Hall bell before it became electronic.

After college and a tour of duty at Fort Bragg, N.C., Tom was an account executive with an advertising agency. In 1970, with a partner he purchased the U.S. Tag and Label Co., which in the next decade expanded to sales in all 50 states.

Before several medical issues curtailed his activities, Tom loved to golf. He also served on the board of the Maryland Historical Society and enjoyed gourmet dinners and fine wines with the Baltimore Wine and Food Society.

His first marriage to Wendy Gorman in 1966 ended in divorce in 1981. In 1983 Tom married Carol Eakin. She survives him, as do his sons, Timothy, Charles, and Thomas; his daughter, Marjorie “Shari” Tompkins; and five grandchildren. The class extends its sympathy to them all.