Tom, son of Eddie and Sally Smolinski, graduated from Oswego State Teachers College (1960) and has spent most of his adult life in Falls Church, VA.

He was director of the Arlington (VA) Career Center for almost 30 years before retiring in 2000 when he was a winner of the Washington Post's prestigious Distinguished Educational Leadership award.

He is married to another Oswego graduate, Edie Fiske, who for many years taught mathematics. She's the president of the Falls Chuch League of Women Voters.

1940: Tom (right) and Jack Major in the Major's backyard on Russet Lane, Solvay, enjoying the aftermath of a Central New York snowstorm. For Tom, it was good preparation for his college days in Oswego.

1942: His cousins thought Tom was the luckiest kid in the world. He had his own merry-go-round horse in the backyard of his home on Freeman Avenue in Solvay. That's Tom standing, while Jack Major takes a ride, with Tom's sister, Sandra, hanging on for dear life. In the background, our grandmother, Helen Smolinski. Update: Tom still has the horse.

1955: Tom (right) traveled to Kent, Ohio, with Jack Major (center) when Jack began his freshman year at Kent State University. With them is another Solvay High School graduate, Bill Hall, who also attended Kent State.

 

1992: Tom enjoys time with his first grandchild, Kelly. And then – poof! – in a flash it's ...

2004: And Tom and Edie have six grandchildren who pose with them in the photo below:

In front: Clare McInerney, then 6, and Heather Smolinski, then 10.

Top left is Kelly, suddenly 14. In front of her is Grant Kassan, then 3.

In Edie's lap is Chad Kassan, who celebrated his second birthday on Jan. 30, 2006. In Tom's lap is Tommy McInerney, then 4.

Kelly and Heather are the daughters of Scott and Valerie Smolinski.

Clare and Tommy are the children of Mary (Smolinski) and Ken McInerney.

Grant and Chad are the sons of Sarah (Smolinski) and Greg Kassan.

 
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