Tom Sandford Retires from UMaine after 35 Years of Service
05.23.16 The University of Maine Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering honored Professor Tom Sandford with a retirement party on May 20, 2016 to thank him for his thirty-five years of dedicated service to the University, engineering education, and the field of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. The ChessMaine.net community knows Tom as a tireless advocate of chess in Maine. He has served as a tournament director and organizer for many years and is a fierce over-the-board competitor. We wish Tom all the best in his retirement!
Congratulations, thank you, and happy retirement Tom!
Thanks to Laddy DeLuca Lowell for contributing to this report.
Professor Sandford began his teaching career at the University of Maine in 1981!
Comments
Best wishes to Tom in retirement, and we hope to see you at Maine chess tournaments in the future!
The Fishbein Family
Posted by: Dan Fishbein | May 29, 2016 1:46 PM
congratulations Tom.I've always tried to make your well run tournaments and I hope to attend many more.
Posted by: roger morin | May 23, 2016 6:38 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Brian Hurst | May 23, 2016 6:06 PM
Good Post---a Surprise!
After George Cunningham, when I think of Maine Chess, I think of Tom Sandford--a tireless advocate.
Best wishes to Tom in retirement.
Posted by: Fred Irons | May 23, 2016 5:17 PM