I was saddened at the news of Tom's passing. He had a tremendous influence on my life. As an undergraduate, he made me learn some earthquake seismology, probably the only time I've ever dabbled in the realm of the applied and practical; he was so kind to extend his family and home to us out-of-town waifs at Thanksgiving; he was a good sport and let me take him for a wild motorcycle ride through the volcanic hills of Honolulu while he was into town for the '88 SSA conference; he gave me my first "real" University Lab job and he wrote me the letter of rec that got me into a fine graduate program - Thanks, Tom !!!!