Croswell, Tom

Before grade school, young Tom wanted to be an Engineer like his Father. His Dad was a Civil Engineer, who designed and built dams and power plants. The very young Tom wanted to be a Locomotive Engineer. When in grade school, he made and flew small, rubber band powered, balsa stick and tissue paper airplanes. From then on, he wanted to fly. In high school, several teachers taught him a lot of math, science, and even aerodynamics. He became interested enough to listen to them. Later and much later, Tom remembered and appreciated them and often used what they had taught him. At the time, it was