Obituary of Thomas Francis Flynn

Thomas F. Flynn, a Wilton resident for 50 years, died on March 25th, 2025, with his two sons by his side. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Marylyn, sister Patricia, and brother Philip. Tom was born in New York City on May 28, 1933, to Thomas and Anna Flynn. 

He was raised in New York City and graduated from St. Nicolas of Tolentine, Power Memorial Academy (where he was the basketball team captain and selected to the All-NYC team), and Iona University. He also earned an M.B.A. from New York University's Graduate School of Business Administration. 

Tom later joined the faculty of Fordham University's Graduate School of Business Administration in 1973 and taught courses in international business for the next twelve years.

He served as a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in Korea and Japan.

Tom launched his business career with Bell Labs in 1960. He held Human Resources Management positions for the next seven years at their Murray Hill, Baltimore, and New York Labs.

He joined IBM in 1968 and spent the next 25 years as a Consultant in International Employee Relations. His career at IBM includes an assignment as the head of IBM Europe's Personnel Department at their Paris, France Headquarters. 

As a specialist in international labor law, Tom was selected as a member of the US Council for International Business to the European Union. He spent much of his time at the EU's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, where he consulted on a wide range of strategic issues, including employment contractual rights in global reorganizations, the strategic implications of global trade unions, and the impact of the European Union (EU), International Labor Organization (ILO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Labor and Social Policies. 

He also served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the University of Pennsylvania-Wharton Multinational Research Advisory Group, and on New York University's Graduate School of Business Board of Directors.

He was a long-time member of the Kiwanis Club of Wilton, the Lake Club, and the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick. 

Tom is survived by his sons Tom and Chris, brother John and his family, sister-in-law Susan Flynn and her family, nephew Reverend Liam Quinn, niece Anne Quinn, and cousin Ann McDonnell and her family. 

The family will receive friends at the Hoyt Funeral Home, 199 Main Street New Canaan from 3:00-5:00pm, on Sunday, March 30th. A celebratory mass will be held on Monday, March 31^st at 11:00am, at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, 229 Danbury Rd in Wilton. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the “E11ASTRONG” Fund for medulloblastoma research at the Children’s National Hospital Foundation in memory of his grandniece: https://giving.childrensnational.org/site/TR?fr_id=1422&pg=entry

For online condolences and directions, visit www.hoytfuneralhome.com.