Class Notes, Jul-Aug, 2025
Lives well-lived: Tom Stanko, who was in our class right up until final exams senior year, died April 7, 2025, from an extremely rare set of cancers. His son reports that he stayed active until the end, skiing with his sons in March, 2025.
Although Tom did not keep in touch with 1969 classmates (he actually graduated with, and was affiliated with, the class of 1970) a number of us did know him during our undergraduate years, especially wrestlers. From John Weber:
“He was in TD and frequently played bridge with Dave Bannard, another TD undergrad. His drinking exploits were unparalleled – when he and I (and others) pledged Beta, Tom won the martini drinking contest at somewhere between 22 and 26 …