Tom graduated from Williams in 1972, where he played football for four years and lacrosse for two. After earning a library degree from the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, he worked as a librarian and library director in Boston area colleges and universities for more than 20 years before coming to Taft. He serves as director of the library and corridor head on HDT4. Tom and his wife, Martha, have two children, Libby Margraf and Joseph, and two granddaughters, Madeline Margraf and Harper Rose Margraf.