Thomas Mack

1942 – 2024

Thomas Mack (82) was born to Robert and Christine Mack in Pasadena, Calif. in 1942. He grew up in Alhambra and Ventura, Calif.

Tom was an exceptional student, always at the top of his class. He loved to learn, and instilled education as a core value for his family. He received a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena for six years after graduating from Berkeley, where he met his wife Judith Cole Schrim, a UCLA graduate student at the time. They were married in her hometown of Lexington, Ky.

After briefly working for the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., while on loan from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He graduated in the top 5% of his class, earning the distinction of being appointed a Baker scholar.

Tom started his career in finance on Wall Street at Mitchell, Hutchins & Co., a securities research firm that was acquired by Paine Webber. After 18 years as a Managing Director and Research Analyst focused on the Mutual Fund industry, he left Paine Webber and started his own business providing advice to senior management teams and the boards of directors for leading mutual fund companies.

Faith was another focal point in his life. He dedicated much of his time and energy to the church. As an active member of Christ Church in Short Hills, N.J., he served as a member of the vestry, sidesman, and senior warden. When Tom and Judy returned to southern California, roughly twenty years ago, he became an active parishioner at All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal church in Montecito. He was a Lay Eucharistic Minister, member of the vestry, and served as senior warden during the large seismic retrofit construction project.

An avid fly-fisherman and lover of the outdoors, Tom enjoyed hiking, camping, whitewater rafting and biking, with his family and friends. From an early age he shared this passion with his children.

He is survived by his wife Judith, son Robert, daughter Cathleen and grandchildren Stella, Cyril and Tennessee.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Montecito, in memory of Tom Mack.