Our second son was born in December, and last spring my wife Laila won a Peobody Award for her documentary on Bangladeshi garment workers. I published my fourth book, Misquoting Muhammad, which was named one of the best books on religion in 2014 by the Independent. I miss all my Thacher friends and was so […]
Archives: 1996
Mandy Sonenshine Wynn ’96
I’m graduating with an MS in Information and Knowledge Strategy from Columbia University this December! I can’t wait to be done. Working full time with twin first graders made pursuing this degree challenging but completely worthwhile. I’m already applying my new knowledge at Rodeph Sholom School and plan on working to understand and leverage knowledge […]
Tommy Thornhill ’96
On July 15th in New Haven, Tommy Thornhill and Anne Gunnison welcomed identical twin girls, Frances & Eliot, efficiently doubling their family before their first wedding anniversary. Tommy Thornhill CdeP 1996
Brittany Sanders ’96
We have happily relocated to Santa Monica after living in NYC. Adelaide is now 19 months – what a fun age of discovery. I am looking forward to her first horseback ride at Thacher! Brittany Sanders CdeP 1996
Aloyse Melissa Blair Brown ’96
I recently moved to Tennessee with my husband, Rev. Fred McKelder Brown (Mac), who is the new assistant rector at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church on Lookout Mountain. We are happily enjoying the first days with our new son, Wolcott Daniel Brown–born in September–as my husband and I are about to celebrate our one-year wedding anniversary in October. […]
Daniel P. Villiers ’96
Dan is currently living in Weston, Massachusetts and is the founder and director of the first residential treatment center exclusively for the treatment of adolescent anxiety disorders in the United States. Located on 1800 acres of property in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the program combines traditional psychotherapy with a range of recreational activities. […]
Alexia Allen ’96
Alexia Allen here, with my class note for CdeP 1996. I’m running Hawthorn Farm, a small diversified permaculture farm near Seattle. I grow much of what I eat, and with two full-time farm apprentices, plan to take the local farmer’s market by storm next year. Now I just wish I had a useful job for […]
Joanna Mackie ’96
We are looking forward to spending this academic year (2012-2013) in Zurich, Switzerland for Kevin’s sabbatical. It’s hard to believe our daughter, Eva, will turn 3 while we are there. We will also introduce Eva to her 2 great-grandmothers and many extended family members in South Africa during the holiday season. Joanna Mackie CdeP 1996
Kathryn Cox Bonney ’96
Kathryn and her husband, Steven, wish to announce the birth of their daughter, Vivian Jean Bonney, born April 19, 2011 in the water at home in Sacramento, California. Kathryn Cox Bonney CdeP 1996