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Meet...Tom Name: Tom Thurman. Department: Grounds. How long at MUSC: Four years. City you were born: Kansas City. Dogs: Two Jack Russells, Jake and Lucy.  Favorite TV show: Bill O’Reilly. Favorite book: Biographies—I like to read about real people. Favorite room in your house: The garage. Favorite song/music: Most blues tunes. Ingredient you must have in your refrigerator: Beer.  What brought you to Charleston: During my 24 years in the Navy I was stationed here in '67, taught leadership at the mine school and promised myself that I would come back. Fond childhood memory: Disneyland. Bad habit: I love to eat, crabmeat fettuccine is a favorite dish to cook. Person you admire the most: My wife because she’s so down to earth. Hobbies: I play golf. Dream vacation: Somewhere tropical. If you could trade places with someone for a day, who would you be? No one, I’m very happy being Mrs. Thurman’s husband. Memorable trip: I recently rode my motorcycle and spent the weekend with my wife in Aiken in an old remodeled hotel. Greatest accomplishment: Saving MUSC money by getting all of our bedding plants from the Department of Corrections. Personality trait you admire in others: Integrity. If you suddenly had a free day, what would you do: Go to the beach. Something people don’t know about you: I’m nice. Historical event you would have liked to have witnessed: The last time the Chicago Cubs went to the World Series.