Thomas Yuille Gorman ’40 *41

Tom died May 25, 2004, of complications from Parkinson's disease at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Tom was saluted by the Chicago Tribune as "one of a handful of visionary financial industry pioneers" in a 2002 book by Sidney LeBlanc titled Legacy's History of Separately Managed Accounts.

Tom attended Pawling School and followed his brother, John '39, to Princeton. His ancestor John Craven taught at Princeton in 1755, and Gerson Craven 1765 was his great-great-great-grandfather. Majoring in architecture, he was a member of Tiger Inn and the Two-Foot Club. After attending Princeton's Graduate School of Architecture 1940-41, Tom joined the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, serving in the European theater and reaching the rank of captain.

He became general manager of WEEI Radio in Boston and vice president of Columbia Broadcasting System in the 1950s. While in Boston, Tom served as regional vice president for '40 and as president of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association. Moving to Chicago in 1965, Tom joined Dempsey-Tegler, Inc., entering the world of stocks and bonds and "profoundly chang[ing] the business," according to the Chicago Tribune.

Tom's wife, Barbara Anne Sullivan, died after 32 years of marriage. To his son, Tom Jr.; his second wife, Barbara Elsen; and two grandsons, his classmates extend deep sympathies.

The Class of 1940