Tom is from Toledo, Ohio and is an Ottawa Hills High School graduate of the class of 1965. He won a full scholarship to MIT where he obtained Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering, graduating with a GPA of 4.8 on a 5.0 scale. He later worked at Polariod, where he became a senior product design engineer. Interestingly, Tom had always been more recognized as a skilled 6'-5" tall basketball player than as a musician (and he is still an avid player).

Nevertheless, his strong interest in classical music, coupled with innate talents in the physical sciences and mathematics, resulted in his creating a rock-n-roll sound that was technically and artistically unlike anything anyone had ever heard. He finally got a record contract with Epic, and the BOSTON debut album sold over 16 million copies, making it the biggest selling debut album in history (sixth biggest selling overall!). Every BOSTON album has been certified platinum.

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