Thomas J. Machura ’60

Thomas J. Machura ’60 died in Galesburg, Illinois, on June 12, 2009. Following a long and successful career as an insurance underwriter, he and his wife, Nancy, retired to Galesburg, southwest of Chicago. Tom was born in Chicago on September 16, 1938, to John and Martha Machura. In 1956 he graduated from Mt. Carmel High School and matriculated that same fall to Dartmouth. Following graduation in 1960 Tom served three years as an officer in the U.S. Navy before returning to Chicago to begin a 40-year career as a successful insurance underwriter. In May of 2002 he retired. Tom was known and appreciated at Dartmouth for many things, not the least of which was his whimsical poetry frequently published in The Dartmouth. His friend and classmate Cliff Anderson ’60 recalls with special delight a poem published in The D that both entertained us undergraduates and took to task the athletic powers that held sway in those days. Tom is survived by Nancy. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter Ann, who died in 1983; and two brothers and a sister.