Tom Fox

, age 54, lived in Clearbrook, Virginia and was a dedicated father of two children. For the past two years, Mr. Fox worked with CPT in partnership with Iraqi human rights organizations to promote peace. Mr. Fox was a practicing Quaker for 22 years. While in Iraq, he sought a more complete understanding of Islamic cultural richness and was committed to telling the truth to U.S. citizens about the horrors of war and its effects on ordinary Iraqi civilians and families as a result of U.S. policies and practices. Mr. Fox was an accomplished musician who played the bass clarinet and the recorder and he loved to cook. He also worked as a professional grocer. Mr. Fox devoted much of his time to working with children. He served as an adult leader of youth programs and worked at a Quaker camp for youth. He facilitated young people's participation in opposing war and violence. Mr. Fox was a quiet and peaceful man, respectful of everyone, who believed that "there is that of God in every person" which is why work for peace was so important to him.

On March 10th, 2005, after more than three months as a hostage in Iraq, his body was found by police in a Baghdad neighborhood.