Thomas Moser was born on February 23, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois – the second of two boys to Josef and Sabina Moser. After becoming orphaned at age 18, Tom joined the Air Force and from there was given the opportunity to study at the State University of New York at Geneseo. It was there that he married his high school sweetheart Mary Wilson. He continued his education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where he earned his PhD. He and Mary settled in Maine when Tom accepted a teaching role at the University of Maine in Orono. Shortly after he transferred to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine as a professor of rhetoric. In 1972, Tom took a year “sabbatical” from his tenured position at Bates to begin Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers – and never looked back. Tom’s unique design aesthetic gained a loyal following and today – 50 years later - Thos. Moser has grown from a one-man operation to a community of nearly 70 skilled craftspeople in an 80,000 sq. foot workshop in Auburn, Maine. Each guided by Tom’s original mission of building furniture that celebrates the natural beauty of wood and is crafted for a long and useful life.