Tom was founding president of Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, MA and former president of Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington.

Annie is Tom's wife. She is a professional actress and director. As a freelance writer, she has written art reviews and feature articles for The Seattle Times, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Berkshire Eagle, The Caracas Journal, National Public Radio and the CBC. Her plays Kate and Isabel and Shame the Devil! An Audience With Fanny Kemble are published by Dramatic Publishing Company.