Samuel Wright ’48

In December 2019, a 50-year-plus tradition was renewed once again with a luncheon gathering of Thacher of Alums at the pacific union club in San Francisco dubbed “San Francisco do nothing except have Christmas lunch club.” SFDNEHCLC was originally centered around CdeP (male only of course) from the classes of 1947-1949. With the passage of […]

Kirk Kirkham ’50

Wife, Katherine, and I have been sheltering in place in San Francisco (and Bolinas) since March and complying meticulously with Covid-19 protocols. But come 4th of July we couldn’t resist our traditional adventure to camp and hike in a particularly wild, rugged and isolated part of the Big Sur area to which we have special […]

Daniel Gregory ’69

My book was published June 30, 2020, from Princeton Architectural Press: The New Farm: Contemporary Rural Architecture, with an introduction by Abby Rockefeller. It’s about how recent generations of farmers around the globe have reinvented the family farm and its traditions, embracing organic practices and sustainability and, along with them, a bold new use of […]

Mary Everett Conarroe ’94

Hello Fellow Toads! Well, the time has come for my family to move on from Cal State Bakersfield in Bakersfield, CA. My husband has been named the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Colorado College. We are both alums from CC, ’99. We are excited to go “back home” to a place that we consider to […]

Eric Sweet ’63

My wife, daughter, and I caught the coronavirus in late February. We left on a one-week trip to Switzerland in the last week of February, with symptoms, but unaware that what we had was the SARS-CoV 2. Upon returning to Portugal, we stayed at home, although the population had not yet been ordered to quarantine. […]

Annie Wallace ’85

It was great to “see” everyone during our class “Zoom union.” The last few months have been spent re tooling myself for teaching French online. I’m truly hoping we can find a way to function with kids in school without seeing Covid-19 surges. Very grateful to be able to head outdoors and spend time in […]