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What a profoundly gifted, yet humble, man.  Of the scores of images that come to mind, a frequently recurring one is of Tom in faculty meetings.  Debate would sometimes swirl on some contentious issue with Tom quietly listening.  When the room finally fell momentarily silent in exhaustion and some frustration, Tom would begin: "The way I see it ..." and then quietly lay out a plan that seemingly drew on the best of everyone's positions.  The faculty would look at each other, shrug, and say "Makes sense to me."  We'd then move onto the next issue.