Nicholas Cunningham ’46

At about this time of year seventy five years ago, I took the train from NYC to L.A. to enroll in the school that had done such a good job with my disparate brothers: Ty (Frederic), ’39, and Larry (Lawrence) ’42. Ty built on his Thacher education to graduate summa cum laude from Harvard in […]

Annie Nyborg ’00

As sustainability director at Peak Design, I recently produced a short film with Ben Moon called Grizzly Country about Doug Peacock (father of former Thacher classmate, Laurel Peacock ’00). The film will be premiering at Banff Film Festival this fall and also screened at Wild & Scenic Film Fest in January before a public release. […]

Lanlan Jin ’07

Hello from a magical Japanese spring! Are you well? I am visiting my Japanese hometown in the countryside of Nara Prefecture. Walking amidst drifting cherry blossom petals, I am reminded of the wonderful walks under starry night skies at Thacher. There’s a Japanese saying “ichi go ichi e”, which translates to “each encounter, precious encounter” […]

Ted Rhodes ’65

I helped Friends of the Franklin Trail spearhead the fundraising to reopen the first 2 miles of the historic Franklin Trail here in Carpinteria in the fall of 2013 with generous help from many in the community including Carolyn Chandler (’81), Archie Look (’64), Doug White (’65), Richard Rhodes (’59); and alumni parents Doug Campbell, […]