From the Alumni Office: Thomas Boyle '51

Thomas Lee Boyle Passed away peacefully aboard ship in Willemstad, Netherlands on a Rhine River cruise on August 3, 2015. Tom was born on September 1, 1933 in Flushing, N.Y.

He is preceded in death by his wife Marjorie Cramer Boyle, father Dr. Robert Driscoll Boyle and mother Blanche Bray Boyle. He is survived by brother Robert Bray Boyle and wife Helen Mason Boyle, son Thomas Lee Boyle, Jr. and wife Libby Fisher Boyle, grandchildren Sarah Cramer, Thomas James, and Ruby Catherine, nieces Margaret Boyle and Mary Bahr and husband Mark and their children Collin, Carson and Emily. Tom's family moved to University Park in 1936. Tom attended U.P. Elementary and the Texas Country Day School, then moved to Greenhill School to be part of their first graduating class in 1951.

By high school, an ear for languages and summer travel had led to fluency in Spanish. After a stint at SMU where he pledged Delta Kappa Epsilon and made the diving team, he began a lifelong pattern of seeking foreign assignment work in order to travel. He worked in seismic exploration in Saudi Arabia and Venezuela before relocating to his beloved Mexico. He lived in Mexico City and was a sales executive for Warner Lambert. Travels led to west Texas, where he married Marjorie Ann Cramer in Midland in 1968. They then moved to Dallas, where he worked in sales for the printing industry.

Following a layoff and the birth of Lee in 1971, he and Marjorie became self-employed investors. He obtained his real estate broker's license, and went back to college part-time at UT Dallas, completing his undergraduate degree in 1980. Tom loved to snow ski and was a long-time member of the Dallas Ski Club. He loved opera and listening to baseball games on the radio. He loved boating and fishing and his place at Lake Texoma and was a member of the Dallas Power Squadron. He took French and German classes. He loved promoting trade with Mexico and was a member of the International Good Neighbor Council. He had RVs, travelled the west, and even towed one to Baja in his 70s.

Following the loss of Margie in 2002, he took cruises and travelled all over the world, often with cousins and adventure-buddies Ward and Margaret Wright of Ojai, CA. He never stopped loving and traveling to Mexico and spent a great deal of time in San Miguel de Allende in his last 10 years, where he volunteered as a docent on the weekly House and Garden Tour that supports the public library. Tom never lost his sense of curiosity. He studied Spanish to the day he died and always had his next adventure brewing. He had planned to sign up for French classes and was plotting a trip to Ronda, Spain for the whole family this coming year.

Throughout his life and all over the world, Tom made lasting friendships. He was a helluvaguy and will be sorely missed by those who knew him. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations in Tom's memory to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. A memorial service will be held at Saint Michael and All Angels on Friday, August 21, 2015 at 3:00 PM.

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