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Thomas Langston Bass October 31, 1938 - November 3, 2016 Trustee emeritus at Wesleyan Thomas Langston Bass, Trustee emeritus at Wesleyan, died on November 3, 2016 of complications from Parkinson’s Disease. A native of Melbourne, Florida, Tom graduated from Duke University where he earned his BA (with honors in history) and JD degrees. While studying at Oxford University, Tom met his future wife, Patricia Walker Bass. Tricia and Tom moved to Macon in 1963 and he joined the law firm of Anderson, Walker, and Reichert. In addition to Wesleyan, many civic organizations benefitted from Tom’s dedicated hard work and enthusiasm including Kiwanis Club of Macon, United Way of Central Georgia, Macon Council on World Affairs, Museum of Arts and Sciences, and Stratford Academy. Over the years, Tom served as chairman of the board for most of these community organizations. For almost thirty years, Tom served Wesleyan faithfully and diligently on the Board of Trustees including six years as Board Chairman. Yet, Tom’s actual involvement with Wesleyan began in the early 1970s as a member of the Board of Associates. For more than forty years, Tom led fundraising efforts for the College, and he was extremely successful in securing financial support from corporations, foundations, and individuals. Because of his extraordinary service, Tom was honored with the Valeria McCullough Murphey Award in 2006. The award citation noted many of the ways Tom contributed to the College including his terms as Chair of the Building and Grounds Committee, Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee, and Chair of the Committee on Trustees. In a tribute to Tom at the Legacy Gala in 2008, President Knox noted, “He loves this campus – attending virtually every musical event, sometimes just walking around, chatting with faculty, noticing debris on the ground and picking it up, or spending time by the lake. That’s just an indication of the kind of man Tom Bass is – caring, concerned, and actively involved with everything we do. I suspect no one, not even he, knows the amount of time Tom Bass has given to Wesleyan over the last six years, but I can assure you that his gifts to us are priceless.” Wesleyan certainly is a better institution because of Tom’s service, commitment, and generosity. The entire Wesleyan community will miss the guidance and leadership of our friend and Trustee, Thomas L. Bass.
Wesleyan Magazine Winter 2016/2017