Thomson Manning Kuhn, C’70, the former director of academic computing at the Wharton School, passed away on October 23 after a recent battle with metastatic pancreatic cancer. He was 73.

Mr. Kuhn was born in Philadelphia and raised in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Jenkintown High School. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Penn in 1970, then served in the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserves during the Vietnam War. In 1975, he received a master’s degree in communications from Temple University. The next year, he came to Penn, where he worked until 1989 as the associate director and then director of academic computing at the Wharton School. While at Penn, Mr. Kuhn oversaw the yearly Daisy Day fundraiser at CHOP.

In 1989, Mr. Kuhn went on to work for the American College of Physicians (ACP) as a senior systems architect, specializing in health IT policy, until his retirement in 2016. After retiring, he continued to work as a consultant for ACP, helping advance and shape health IT policy. “I learned an immense amount from him about many aspects of computers and technology and analysis,” said Andrew Langman, Mr. Kuhn’s colleague at the ACP in an online tribute. “He was a very intelligent and a very decent person.”

Mr. Kuhn is survived by his children, Casey (Alison) and Kira (Dusty); four grandchildren; and his brother, Gordon (Nancy). A memorial will be held privately. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Rainforest Foundation, Inc. (rainforestfoundation.org), Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (pancan.org) or NPR (npr.org).