I was deeply saddened by the recent death of our classmate Bud Lester. Bud and I roomed together on the third floor of the Upper School. We were both on the gymkhana team. We camped together on extra day trips in the Sespe. And much else. Bud may have been the most popular guy in […]
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Tom Hale ’86
Preparing for another awesome Thacher Rocket Launch at parent’s weekend is keeping the whole Hale family busy this month. We’re so excited to head to the Gymkhana field early sunday AM to launch some 5′ rockets into the morning sky. Between building, painting, and organizing Karen, Ivy, Anna, and Tom (1986) are keeping very busy […]
Victor Wykoff ’88
After 5 years in Cupertino, the Wykoff-Piñón family has settled in to Silicon Valley life. Vic Wykoff (CdeP 88) celebrated his 2-year anniversary as chief data scientist at SAP Ariba this September. Vic still enjoys camping and sports, but now he’s the coach! Vic is coaching Little League baseball in the spring and AYSO soccer […]
Bill McNabb ’54
Bill McNabb in Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame On October 5, 2018, Bill McNabb, CdeP 1954, was inducted into the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Paso Robles. Bill has long been famous at Thacher for the photo of him picking up an orange at a […]
J. Brooks Crawford ’51
Since Brooks Crawford would have been the only member of his class to attend his 65th reunion, he skipped that reunion and instead attended the 65th reunion of the class of 1953, his brother’s class. He enjoyed spending time with his many good friends from that class as well as friends from other reunion classes. […]
Tom Hale ’86
Tom and family are settling back into the Bay Area after moving back from Texas in August. Karen Hale, mother of Julia CdeP ’21, spent the last six months creating two nests – one in Hillsborough and one in Ojai! Going through old photos, she found this photo of Julia at her first Thacher alumni […]
Bryan Beckham ’74
Just back from four action-packed days in the Ojai at Thacher. Weekend before last was the annual Big Gymkhana. For those of you who remember your team colors; Green squeaked out top points for 2013 closely followed by the Blue Team. My pride gets in the way to say my team was a distant third. […]
Daniel P. Villiers ’96
Dan is currently living in Weston, Massachusetts and is the founder and director of the first residential treatment center exclusively for the treatment of adolescent anxiety disorders in the United States. Located on 1800 acres of property in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the program combines traditional psychotherapy with a range of recreational activities. […]
Bob “Shovel” Thomas ’40
First just a bit of history! In the class of 1940 there were four members who had been there for 5 years!! Dick Bard, Herb Lyttle, Murray Smitheram and Bob Thomas (better known as Shovel). Of the other three, my relationship was closest with Herb. He was sure that the funniest thing that happened in […]