Thomas Rudolph Herman

I always remember with a smile the first time I met Tom. He came to the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. to talk with me about volunteering. (Ruth is a docent at the museum.) We talked about the museum's mission, volunteer duties, and why he was interested in volunteering with us. It was the routine, typical topics, but after he left my office I knew I had met someone special. He had a sort of indefinable inner glow. He made me feel special. How did he do that? ...

Our whole family was so saddened to hear the news that Tom passed away. If ever there was a person with more zest for life, we hadn't met one until Tom came into our lives. So many memories have flooded our minds, CFM, Open Housing, John the XXIII Community, campaigning for Mike McCann,just having fun with all the Hermans, losing them to the East but visiting in Cherry Hills and gambling at Atlantic City(Tom wanted me to sit in his place at the Black Jack table over my protests until the...

Tom's energy, enthusiasm and ideas were invaluable to Tiber Island's Board of Directors. He will be profoundly missed as our esteemed vice-president and as a member of the Tiber Island community.

Paul Greenberg, Paul St.Hilaire, Dorothy Moskowitz, Peter Fischer, Beverly Stripling, Bill Whiston, Kael Anderson, Martin Welles

A bright spirit and a piece of the world's fun has left us, but the joy and laughter he gave us is something we will always know.

In 1989 I married into the Herman clan. It was, needless to say, a very daunting experience. The Herman family are truly a clan in every sense of the word. Their closeness,inside jokes and extremely designated roles were entirely foreign to me. I did not come from a family with any of these endearing qualities. I felt like such an outsider and had fears about how and where would I ever fit. Of course, everyone in the family had a different reaction to this new stranger in their circle. One...