I’m honored and excited to share that my short fiction piece “Octopus VII” was selected by guest editor Curtis Sittenfeld for The Best American Short Stories 2020! The anthology will be published on 11/3/20. In other news, my husband and I moved to San Francisco (Inner Sunset neighborhood) in September. We’re enjoying the city and […]
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Ward Sorrick ’04
On Saturday, September 21, 2019, I am getting married to my best friend and future Thacher mom, Genesis Diaz! 😉 Ward Sorrick CdeP 2004
Sondra Oxley Haro ’09
I married Denys Haro on May 12, 2017, at Arrowhead Golf Course in Littleton, Colorado! In attendance were many Thacher alums both family and friends! (see pictures) It was a dream come true to marry my best friend under the beautiful Colorado skies with many friends and family to share in the celebration! After Thacher […]
Laurel Back Kent ’03
My husband Ryan and I welcomed baby boy, Oliver Bryan Kent, on February 5. He is the best and we just love being parents 🙂 He joins older cousins Annie, daughter of Gavin CdeP 97 and Katie, and Emmett, son of Michael CdeP 2001 and Krystal. His first visitors included aunts Heather CdeP 07 and […]
Graham Donath ’97
At the beginning of September, I married my amazing wife, Morgan Huffman of Aspen Colorado (who happened to be the childhood best friend of another Toad, Lauren McCloskey Elston CdeP 1999). We live in Newport Beach with our two dogs, where I practice law as a State Bar Certified Criminal Law Specialist. We had a […]
Jack Brown ’96
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 […]
John Van Nortwick ’52
Last night in Los Angeles, ERA Sellers Buyers & Associates won the Gene Francis Award for 2013. This real estate company is owned by my family and me, and has offices in El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM, and Albuquerque, NM. The Gene Francis Award recognizes the best overall company in the ERA Franchise System […]