In Memoriam: Thomas O. “Tom” Beyer

Tom Beyer, retired Price Waterhouse partner and former Partner in Charge of the Office of Government Services, passed away peacefully on October 13, 2026, in Bonita Springs, Florida. He was 89.

Born in 1937 in Chicago and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Tom earned his BBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his MBA from Harvard. He joined PW in 1959, was admitted to the partnership in 1972, and spent his entire career with the firm, with early assignments in Chicago, London, and Boston.

Tom came to Washington, DC in mid-1979 as one of just three consulting partners in the Federal Management Consulting Services practice. In 1981 he succeeded Roscoe Egger as Partner in Charge, after Egger left to become IRS Commissioner. 

In 1988, Tom was named Vice Chairman of Management Consulting, and in 1992 he became Global Head of Management Consulting. He retired in 1998 when PW and C&L merged.

Outside the office, Tom was an avid reader, golfer, and devoted gardener, known in Florida for his orchids.

Tom passed three days before his wife of 62 years, Wendy Laird Beyer, who died on October 16, 2026. Tom and Wendy met in the Northwoods of Wisconsin while working at Camp Manitowish and married in 1964.

They are survived by their four children, Lisa Pankoff (David Leffel), Greg Beyer (Courtney), Al Boggs (Tammie), and Kevin Beyer (Laura), and ten grandchildren.