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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. YOUNG. Mr. President, I rise today to honor a remarkable Hoosier, Mr. Thomas J. Foltz of Indianapolis, IN, who celebrates his 80th birthday today. Tom's life is a testament to the very best of what our State has produced: a deep faith, an inquisitive mind, an entrepreneurial spirit, and an unwavering commitment to family, community, and country. He has spent nearly every chapter of his life in Indiana, and our State is better for it. At his side for 46 years has been his beloved wife Becky, whom he married in December of 1979 and who has been his steadfast partner in every endeavor since.
Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, where he earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics. Before the ink was dry on his diploma, he had taken his talents to Cape Canaveral, supporting pre-launch electrical systems for the Saturn V program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, work that helped carry American astronauts to the Moon. He returned home to Indiana and spent the next several decades at the forefront of the computing revolution: developing algorithms at General Motors, engineering systems at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana and Indiana Bell Telephone, and presenting at international IBM conferences on mainframe performance. In 1979, he founded Total Systems, Inc., an Indianapolis-based technology firm he has now led for more than 45 years, serving clients across the Midwest in manufacturing, distribution, government, and the nonprofit sector.
But Tom did not stop there. For more than 15 years, he has poured his expertise back into the next generation of Hoosiers as an adjunct professor of mathematics, statistics, and computer science at multiple Indiana institutions: Butler University, Grace College, Indiana University, Ivy Tech Community College, Marian University, Purdue University, the University of Indianapolis, and Franklin University. In 2013, he received Franklin University's Teaching Excellence Award. His students describe his classroom as warm, rigorous, and unforgettable. He has taken mathematics, a subject many find daunting, and made it accessible, even joyful, for thousands of students preparing for careers across our State. Alongside his teaching, Tom has given decades of his time to civic life as a Marion County Republican precinct committeeman and ward chairman, as an elected delegate to numerous Indiana Republican conventions, and as a lay speaker in his community on matters of faith. I have had the privilege of meeting Tom on several occasions at political gatherings across the Hoosier State, and each encounter has confirmed for me what so many Hoosiers already know: He is a man of conviction, intellect, and good humor.
Together, Tom and Becky have built a beautiful family. Their children Jonathan and Jennifer and their grandchildren Ella, Asher, and Aiden are a living legacy of the values Tom has spent 80 years cultivating: integrity, hard work, service, and faith. On behalf of a grateful State, I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing Thomas J. Foltz a very happy 80th birthday and in thanking him for a lifetime of contributions to the people of Indiana and to our great Nation.