Thomas F. McCormick ’47

Thomas F. McCormick ’47, of New London, N.H., formerly of New Canaan, Conn.; Feb. 10. He was a claims adjuster for Liberty Mutual for five years post graduation. In 1952, he was hired by IBM to be a door-to-door electric typewriter salesman, which began a 33-year career with IBM traveling the world working in the Office Products Division and ultimately at IBM corporate headquarters in New York. He was an active member of several organizations, including director of the USAlliance Federal Credit Union, cofounder and president of the Licu Corporate Federal Credit Union, director of the New Hampshire Golf Association, and director/treasurer of the Granite State Taxpayers Association. He also served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for two years. While at Brown, he was president of Delta Kappa Epsilon and played football and baseball. He once had a tryout with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Later in life he was involved in youth baseball as a coach and created a Pony League, which had not existed at the time in his hometown of New Canaan. He is survived by four children and nine grandchildren.