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2010 Recipient of the Holland Award A passion for lighthouse optics has made Thomas A. Tag the premier American authority on the history and technology of lamps and lenses. Through the years, he also has been unstinting in his willingness to share his expertise with lighthouse stewards nationwide and, though a wide range of journal and magazine articles, blog postings and conference and workshop presentations, with lighthouse enthusiasts. Tom and his wife Phyllis also run Great Lakes Lighthouse Research, and have compiled lists of keepers and lighthouse tender crews who served on the Great Lakes, publishing those compilations in a five-book series. Tom has been a valued presence in the national lighthouse preservation community for years, providing careful and solidly grounded counsel on a variety of issues. He has assumed leadership in continually updating the National Lighthouse Lens Inventory, and has launched a parallel effort to track and assess lighthouse lamps. In addition to his own work, he also has served as chair of the American Lighthouse Coordinating Committee's Artifact Committee, played the leading role in the World Lighthouse Society's Optics Work Group and compiled its international lens technology glossary, and is a technical adviser to the United State Lighthouse Society. Thomas A. Tag remains one of the premier lighthouse researchers in the United States, and as such has more than earned designation as a 2010 Holland Award honoree.
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