Thomas Edward Hannum (1919-2010)
HANNUM, MEANS, KIDD, VON BERGEN, SHOEMAN
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 6/14/2010 at 07:21:08
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, June 9, 2010.
Thomas Hannum, 90, of Ames, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at Northcrest. Arrangements are pending with Adams Funeral Home and Cremation Service.
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, June 10, 2010.
May 8, 1919-June 8, 2010
Thomas Edward Hannum, 91, of Ames, passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at Northcrest Retirement Community. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 12, at Northminster Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Tom was born in Boone to Irve and Mary (Means) Hannum. He graduated from Boone High School and Iowa State College, where he was active in Kappa Sigma fraternity and ROTC. At ISC, he met Catherine Kidd, and they were married March 1942, shortly before Tom’s 28 months of overseas service. He was a second lieutenant in the Army artillery in North Ireland, England, North Africa and Italy. He earned four campaign stars and was awarded the Purple Heart. He then served in the National Guard from 1946 to 1971, retiring as a brigadier general.
He earned a master’s degree in psychology from Iowa State University in 1949, and a doctorate in psychology from the University of Nebraska in 1952. He was on the ISU faculty until he retired at age 70 in 1989. He received awards for his teaching, student advising, academic advising and a Distinguished Service Award from the Iowa Psychology Association.
He was a consultant for the Iowa Department of Corrections for 24 years. He served on many committees for the state, ISU and the Ames Board of Education for three terms.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Kay; children, Jim Hannum, of Urbana, Ill., Judy Von Bergen, of Madison, Wis., Janet Shoeman, of West Des Moines, and Joan Hannum, of Nevada; nine grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Thomas E. Hannum undergraduate scholarship (ISU Foundation), Psi Chi or Northminster Presbyterian Church.
Adams Funeral Home and Cremation Service is assisting the family with arrangements.
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