With the mandatory “sheltering in” I have been inspired to go through old files, boxes and albums, something like an archeological dig in that one finds layers of one’s past in receding order. Much of Thacher, with pictures of the soccer team, the upper school, glee club Los Trobadores with Van and Barbara Griggs, etc., […]
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Justin Grant ’97
I recently published my first book entitled: “Business & Spirituality ~ Secrets of Personal, Professional, & Planetary Evolution.” The work offers a pragmatic path for truth seekers in the global era. The textual content is brought to life with over fifty inspiring images and illustrative diagrams. It speaks to a wide audience: thought leaders, knowledge […]
Jake Foster ’99
Looking back to when DERF, “Fred Colman” told me that the world needs ditch diggers too, Sophomore year I think it was; I see the merit in that yet not the inspiration. Here it is 2018 and I am the owner of a ground up Energy Services company, Basin Fluids LLC, started June 2016. My […]
Sarah Lavender Smith ’86
The 100-mile Western States Endurance Run is to ultrarunning what the Boston Marathon is to marathoning—rich with history and prestige, with strict qualification standards and a slim chance of gaining entry. After four years of qualifying and trying to gain a spot through the event’s lottery, Sarah Lavender Smith CdeP 1986 finally got the chance […]
Jim Levy ’58
After a lifetime of resisting the hassle of publishing, I have got the bug. I just published Joy To Come, literary and cultural essays. Two people inspired my love of literature when I was a teen: my mother and David Lavender. Jim Levy CdeP 1958
Nick Cunningham ’46
Hello classmates and other beneficiaries of Thacher’s exceptional growing up environment: Choosing between Thacher, Harvard College, and Johns Hopkins med school as my #1 priority in terms of loyalty is easy: it’s Thacher. I was SO fortunate, and am everlastingly grateful to my Thacher brothers Ty (’39) and Larry (’42) for telling my parents that […]
Norm Rosenblatt ’49
I started writing jazz melodies to published poetry in 2009, using the poetry as lyrics, and worked with a great band. We put on 4 concerts, and last September, we brought the band to Thacher and put on a concert in the Milligan Performing Arts Center. The students seemed to enjoy it, and we got […]