Thomas D. Fenley ’51

Thomas D. Fenley ’51, of Perkasie, Pa.; Dec. 4. He enlisted in the Navy and served during World War II. Following the war, he matriculated at Brown and learned that in addition to building race cars, he enjoyed racing them, and a racing career began. After graduation, he moved to Augusta and worked at DuPont building the Savannah River nuclear site, while continuing to race, including at Daytona. He transferred to the New Jersey DuPont facility and continued to race in New England. He left DuPont to join a start-up, then followed that job with a position at Moore Products Company (Pa.) as a research and design engineer. He stopped racing and began farming. In 1966, he moved to Perkasie, left Moore Products, raised cattle, and became an entrepreneur. In retirement he sailed the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays and developed and patented a unique way to control motors and generators. He also enjoyed traveling the country with his wife. He is survived by his wife, Anne; six children and their spouses; and 13 grandchildren.