February 11, 2026

Thomas L. Toleno Nov. 29,1944 - Feb. 11, 2026
They told us that Marlboro College would teach us how to think.  That maybe true, I knew how to see and hear before I arrived, but I did not have confidence in what those senses nor my mind told me until I studied under Tom.   And he never stopped.  Never.  The balance between what we taught and learned from each other began to even out, but he was always there to get me to own what I knew through my senses. "How do you know the wall is bumpy?" asked Tony Barrand at my orals.  This was the core of a 52 year friendship .  I love you Tom, forever.




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