Greetings fellow Toads. In these uncertain times, I hope everyone is doing as well as possible and staying healthy. We are doing fine and while my wife works in healthcare, we’ve avoided any direct impacts so far. I’m still living in Sacramento after 17 years. I continue to work for The Nature Conservancy, now leading […]
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Bill Rubenstein ’74
During 2018, thanks in part to Thacher-inspired outdoor skills, I enjoyed three rewarding volunteer adventures. First, in January, accompanied by a local guide and one porter, I trekked into a remote region of Nepal where villagers were still living in makeshift huts after the recent, devastating earthquake and hand delivered dozens of warm jackets. Later, […]
Redgie Collins ’07
Kathryn Padgett (CdeP 2007) and Redgie Collins (CdeP 2007) got married on August 19th, 2017, in Tahoe, California. Kathryn and Redgie started dating during their senior year at Thacher (just after Fall EDTs) and have been together ever since. They live together in San Francisco where Kathryn works for Saha Global, an NGO that focuses […]
Rebekah McFarland ’05
Lots of changes this year! I am busy but happy working as an archivist for the Sisters of the Living Word in Arlington Heights, IL; volunteering regularly as a book conservation assistant at Chicago’s Newberry Library; running my own bookbinding business, McFarland Book Repair; and making journals for my relatively new Etsy shop, LyranJournals. On […]
Michael Morse ’69
Michael and wife Sandra are in the earthworm business, raising earthworms and producing castings for soil supplements and leachate for liquid fertilizer. Earthworms are amazing creatures, and could provide part of the solutions to several severe problems: food quality and yield, soil renewal, water conservation and waste disposal. Michael Morse CdeP 1969
Allison Natcher ’94
Work with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s Spill Prevention and Response Division is never dull. I recently worked on the removal of the tug Challenger from the Gastineau Channel with the Coast Guard and other governmental agencies. As Deputy State on Scene Coordinator for the project, I was the main point of contact for […]
Katie Taylor ’11
Hi fellow toads! I recently graduated from Colorado College with an Environmental Policy major. I am now interning in Washington, DC, for both a wildlife conservation non-profit and a specific tiger conservation organization. I can’t wait to visit Thacher for our 5th year reunion in 2016! Katie Taylor CdeP 2011
David Laylin ’55
Most of my time is dedicated to natural resource conservation and management, in Iran, together with scientific information exchanges with the US. I spend 1 to 2 months a year there, much in the boondocks. Don’t believe the anti-Iran media. It is a remarkably interesting and hospitable country – especially for Americans! This past Spring, […]
Ross W. Popenoe ’78
After a somewhat unfocused career that meandered through law, working in the large corporate world (Microsoft, Amazon, and others), and the not-for-profit world (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), I’ve finally managed to combine my career with my passion for conservation and tortoises as the Executive Director of the Turtle Conservancy–www.turtleconservancy.org. While our main offices are […]
Bryce P. Andrews ’01
Reflecting on his work as manager of the Dry Cottonwood Creek Ranch for the Clark Fork Coalition during the past four years, Bryce spoke to Yellowstone Public Radio recently, focusing on one of the country’s largest Superfund mining-restoration sites that combines ranching and conservation. Checkout the broadcast at www.ypradio.org and you’ll hear some familiar Thacher […]