Word: tomming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Drummy said Corwin's fanaticism for hockey andhis down-to-earth personality were rare in hisfriends at Harvard. "We watched all the games onChannel 38, and we went to at least 10 Bruinsgames together," Drummy said. "I was unable to dothat with anyone else at Harvard, but Tom wascompletely unpretentious...
Corwin's enthusiasm and desire to live a normallife in spite of his illness touched his friends."I'd say that he was easily the most courageousperson I ever knew. He instilled a great deal ofhumility in me," Drummy said. "Tom made me feellike I should be a stronger person, because he wasso strong...
...Tom's life, as are the lives of many children afflicted with cancer, was a profile in courage. Stricken with the disease at age 10, Tom missed most of his sixth-grade year because of intensive chemotherapy but insisted on being promoted with his class. In spite of significant physical limitations, Tom strove to be normal and did more than succeed. He graduated third in his class with high honors from Noble and Greenough High School, where he was editor-in-chief of the campus literary magazine, captained the golf team and won the school's highest award for creative...
After three steady years at Harvard, the cancer returned in the summer before his senior year. Yet Tom's single-minded quest to lead an uncompromised life bore on. Despite continual pain and debilitating chemotherapy every other weekend, Tom gained a second remission and stayed in school, taking two classes in the fall and a full courseload in the spring and participating in intramural sports. He earned his degree at Harvard Summer School, finishing his last exam on August 19. The next day, while on vacation in Colorado, he relapsed one final time...
...Tom's specific accomplishments at Harvard were numerous. However, to highlight his resume would be to risk overshadowing his extraordinary qualities as a human being. His family, his classmates and his multitude of friends will above all remember Tom for his sense of humor, his wonderful company and his quiet grace...