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I first encountered Tom when I served as his Teaching Assistant at the Kennedy School where the course was simply known as Tom Schelling.  He later agreed to chair my dissertation and I am very proud to have his signature on that document.  We became friends over the years, sharing dinners with him and Alice and staying with them when I was in Washington.  The love that he and Alice shared was so deep you could feel it just being in the room with them. I can't recall him ever saying no to me, whether it was a blurb or foreword for a book or the many letters of recommendation that he wrote.  His praise, when it came, was simple and heartfelt; like another pearl to add to my string of gems from him.  I will miss him deeply and and indeed, today, the bell tolls for us.  RIP my friend.