I worked with Tom in his blue-suit days and although we did not see eye-to-eye all the time he never bore a grudge and even in those early days he had a very sharp wit. He was a cracking controller who gave aircrew a really good service - even if his preferred method of co-ordination was "Get out of my way"!
After years of knowing what he was up to but not keeping in touch, I spent a week with him in France last year and he hadn't changed. More mellow but still a genuine guy. Why do the good guys go early!