Thomas Llewellyn Faix of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, died peacefully at age 97 on January 30, 2023. He was born April 17, 1925, in Philadelphia to Ethel and August Faix. His family moved to his true hometown of Milford, Delaware, in 1929. After graduating high school, he joined the US Marine Corps in 1943 at age 18. He was sent to Princeton for officer training. When the war ended in 1945, he attended Princeton on the GI Bill, graduating with honors in 1947. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean War, and was then in the reserves, retiring with the rank of Colonel. He taught public school in Milford from 1953-1960. He was active in Delaware Junior Chamber of Commerce, attending the World Congress in Tokyo in 1957, followed by a trip around the world. He attended Harvard (on the Korea GI Bill) for his master’s degree and the University of Wisconsin for his Ph.D., both in the field of education.