Tom ended up being a friend of our family and we once received a Christmas card from him. On the front was a nativity scene with Joseph and Mary and the baby Jesus. On the back was a note from Tom saying "Of course we were kind of hoping for a girl". Funny man.

Thank you for posting this amazing story. My father (R.E. Fagen) was the co-author of this article with Tom. They worked together at "No Such Agency" and co-authored a few papers that were published in scholarly journals. (Scroll to the bottom on Tom's Wikipedia page under Publications).

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