Tom Chase

After getting his master’s in English from UC Davis, Tom Chase (Engl) spent 40 years teaching at a community college in Corvallis, Oregon — though music has been his most treasured hobby. Tom writes that his love for music helped him adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic as he played with his band over Zoom and made recordings while in quarantine. He and his bandmates even made an album titled Pandemic Blues. When it is safe to travel, Tom and his wife plan to take a trip to Colorado so he can show her campus and the Rockies.