His parents were James B. Dolan and Hannah McAndrew, both born in Canada. Tom attended school in Niagara Falls and studied at the University of Buffalo before he began to work as a file clerk with the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation in 1927. He married Mary Elizabeth Bennett in June 1933. He became assistant district office manager for the Tonawanda district in 1935. Tonawanda’s Chamber of Commerce named him ”Citizen of the Year“ in 1964. He became NES’s Niagara area manager in 1967. At various times in his life, he was president of the Tonawandas Industrial Expansion Corporation (TIEC), district chairman of the Boy Scouts, president of the United Fund of the Tonawandas, director of the Tonawanda Branch of the American Red Cross, and president and director of the Kiwanis Club of the Tonawandas. He was also chairman of the 1967 Junior Achievement Fund Drive for the same area, chairman of the Urban Renewal Sub-Committee of the Niagara Falls Citizens’ Advisory Committee, and member of SPUR. In 1969 and 1970, he served as chairman of the United Givers Fund Loaned Executive Program. He was a member of the Niagara County Advisory Board of the Automobile Club of Western New York, and the advisory board of the Niagara Falls office of M&T Bank; a director of the Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce; a member of the executive council of the Niagara Falls Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. In 1970, he was presented the “President’s Medal,” an award presented to persons “who by their dedication and loyalty have contributed to the benefit of Niagara University in an extraordinary way.” He was recipient of the “Man of the Year” award in 1971. He was a member of the board of directors of Niagara University, general chairman of its building and grounds committee, and general chairman of the university’s nursing education building fund drive. Finally, he served on the board of both St. Mary’s Hospital, and was a member of the Niagara Falls Country Club and the Niagara Club. Tom retired April 30th as Niagara Mohawk area manager, bringing to a close a 45-year career with the utility. Tom and Marie had two daughters, Maureen and Luane.