Although I retired in January, 2019, expecting to have a nice long rest with my wife, Gail, she passed away two weeks ago after a long battle with lung cancer. She had chemo therapy and radiation, but the thing that contributed the most to her weakness was the use of opiates to fight spinal pain. […]
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Robert Rex ’74
The last two years, I participated and rode every mile of the Pablove Pediatric Cancer Fundraiser. The event starts north of San Francisco and ended in Hollywood, 540 miles in seven days, 340 in the first four. At 62, it’s reasonably grueling… I was on the bike 9.5 hours on day three. Our four man […]
Andrew Holman ’77
Fantastic to be working with so many Thacher alums to develop the new medical field of immuno-autonomics – especially our new Inmedix VP of Corporate Development, Stuart Hwang, PhD ’78. I could not be more appreciative of their support and confidence to help Inmedix, Inc. and subsidiary Inmedix UK Ltd. make a difference for patients […]
Robert Gallaway ’59
What are the odds of meeting the first African American to be accepted and graduate from Thacher? The first thing you need to do is get prostate cancer. Then, you have to decide on Proton Beam Therapy at Loma Linda University Hospital. Then, you have to get half naked in a dressing room before your […]
Andrew Holman ’77
Had a great visit with Faramarz Rabii and Mark Petschek in Boston and am looking forward to the reunion. I am bringing our autonomic nervous system (ANS) EKG-based prototype originally used to measure stress state for NFL, Olympic and elite pro soccer players. It’s more important applications are in autoimmune disease and cancer prevention and […]
William Strong ’58
My wife (Canadian, but now US citizen) is one of those people who is constantly in motion. I will say this little bump in the road (described below) temporarily slowed her down—but the moment she found out she had an acoustic neuroma on her acoustic nerve, she immediately went to work to research the best […]
Seumas Sargent ’95
Looking forward to the changing seasons after an intense battle with testicular cancer. Was running and swimming daily, feeling TOP! Woke up one morning with abdominal pain, thinking maybe I had a hernia. Days later, post-op scans revealed a rapid metastasis in the lymph system and a brain tumor in the fourth ventricle. I’m not […]
Lloyd Sacks ’95
After a long, intense and courageous battle, we lost our darling boy, Ori, to leukemia July 13, 2013. Ori had a happy life, despite all he went through in his 18 months. He also had a talent for making everybody feel incredibly loved and special. May Ori – son, brother, child of light, pure spirit […]