Thomas Egner

I was married September 4th 2004 in Ocean City to my wife Christina.  Christina runs an online business from our home.  See etsy.com/shop/EmilyAnnsKloset.  I have three girls, Ashley(18), Emily(7) & Lillian(3).  Emily has a rare condition initially labeled as chromosome 17q21.31 micro deletion syndrome now known as Koolen deVries syndrome.  In 2009, our family hosted the first C17 gathering of families with children having this condition, including  Dr. David Koolen and Dr. Bert deVries from Holland.  Emily was granted her wish to go to Disneyworld last year by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey.  We share our families story at onelittlepooh.net.

                I have strong ties to the Philadelphia area going back to the mid-1800s.  My great grandfather and grandfather owned and operated H. Swoboda & Son until the 1950s.  Their factory was located in North Philadelphia and supplied horse hide to A.G. Spalding & A.J. Reach.  Thomas Shibe & George Reach were guests in my great grandfather's box at the 1915 World Series in Philadelphia.  My father is a graduate of John Bartram High School in southwest Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.  My mother graduated from the Stevens School in Germantown (was a classmate of Grace Kelly) and Penn State University.  Both worked at the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania and are currently retired.