Thomas Elmer

E-Mail:  elm_phila@hotmail.com

Tom is married to Mary and they have two children, Christina, 21 - a senior at Philadelphia University, majoring in marketing and Lauren, 19 - a sophomore at University of Pittsburgh, majoring in Film and Photography.

He is employed by: CARDONE Industries 5501 Whitaker Ave. Philadelphia, PA 18124 telmer@cardone.com

Interests and hobbies include music - blues and classic rock (“Can you believe the stuff we listened to is now called classics????”), collecting quotes, staying in shape and getting his Master’s Degree in Technology & E-Commerce from West Chester University (“Only four classes left.”)

What’s Tom been up to for the past 25 years?
“I work at CARDONE Industries of Philadelphia. CARDONE is the nation’s leading automotive parts remanufacturer. When I started there in 1981, there were 300 employees - today there are 4,200. I am the Director of Marketing Services and have held various sales and marketing jobs during those years. I am very interested in Business to Business Internet Marketing and love my master’s program in Technology & E-Commerce. I am building my own web site, www.tomelmer.com , and hope to have it up before year’s end.  Major events since I left - fathering and raising, with my wife, two great daughters (not easy), writing the winning Philly slogan for a Daily News contest, going on the all-Philadelphia David Letterman show, and dealing with the death of my father from malignant melanoma which had the most profound effect on my life. A presentation I did on “22 Things I Learned In 41 Years” to the Automotive Communications Council was copied and distributed nationwide and received great reviews.  In it, I talked about my Dad and how his death changed my life at age 31. I intend to put that on my web site and might turn that into a book (with e-Books, anyone can be published these days.)

Tom’s Memories of Delbarton:
It was a great place to go to school (it would have been better if there were females - that would have cut down on the porks drawn on our locker.) Delbarton was a place you began to find out who you were and what you wanted to do with your life.  (I took the Marketing class in my senior year and that helped me get started in my sales and marketing career.) The classes, activities, teachers and classmates all contributed to the person I became. I have many good memories from my high school experience which I have reflected upon throughout my life. It wasn’t perfect, however, for the most part we respected the differences between each other.  We were one of the last classes to have borders.  That is significant. I would have missed Bob Rufo’s Philly stories - he helped me decide to go to school there.  I never left. The place to capture memories of Delbarton will be at the reunion. We should record our conversations (at least most of them) of what we remember. Hopefully, most of our classmates will be able to attend or respond to the website so we can see what happened to them since graduation day, 1975

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