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R. Thomas Herman (Tom Herman) was a columnist for The Wall Street Journal.Before retiring in May 2009 he served as a senior special writer and tax columnist for the paper. A 1968 graduate of Yale University Herman was the Political Editor of the Yale Daily News and was in Davenport College along with President George W. Bush. He taught a seminar on business journalism at Yale in 2006 2007 2009 and 2010. He is an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.