I'm told that Tom was an adorable and exceptionally smart child, a fitting firstborn to his parents, who usually went undercover by the names Petsy and Vinnie. He stood up at the coffee table by 6 months, he talked early on and walked early… the nurses at the hospital were astounded because he held his own head up from birth. As an infant in the carriage he’d reach out and pull his blankets down so he could see. Even though it was cold, it was winter, it never dissuaded his curiosity. Tom was a questioner, a prankster and an altar boy, attending catholic school in Newport, RI until high school, in Bristol, CT.