Tom Lumberg

After graduating from Riverside, Tom sampled the local college scene and attended, in sequence, the University of Buffalo, Canisius College and Millard Fillmore College. After college, Tom tried his hand at a series of sales jobs before he decided to become an entrepreneur. In 1972, he started his own business – Lumberg Maintenance Co. – and successfully developed it for 8 years. At that point, he sold the maintenance company and went to work for In & Out Printing Co. He sold printing services for In & Out for ten years before again catching the entrepreneurial flu and buying his own printing company called By ‘n By Printing and Copy Center. He owned and managed this business from 1990 to 1998, at which time he sold it and planned on retiring to a life of leisure. 

However, after a year and a half of retirement, Tom realized that he just wasn’t ready to relax that much. Thus, he decided to go back into the sales world and is currently selling janitorial supplies for Emulso Corp. in Buffalo. Tom says that his wife is a lot happier with him out from under her feet at home. 

Along the way, Tom fulfilled his patriotic duty by serving six years in the Air Force Reserve. 

On the personal side, Tom married Sylvia Ziolkowski (RHS Class of 1964) on October 19, 1968 and they have two children, Tom Jr. (1971) and Sheri (1975). Tom’s favorite activities include whacking at golf balls as often as he can and boating on the Niagara river. He also is very comfortable sitting back and reading a good book.

His fondest recollection of the 1960 season was his LONE touchdown catch. He recalls the “101” pass play being called in the huddle. At the snap, he ran his appointed route and was flabbergasted that there was NO defender anywhere near him. He stood there flailing his arms towards Jack to throw the ball. Jack gave no indication that he saw Tom. And then, finally, after what seemed like a day and a half, the ball came flying his way and six points went up on the scoreboard.