I have just completed my memoir. Here’s an excerpt about Thacher: To this day, I have followed the principle of doing what I have to do before doing what I want to do. Take care of your horse before you take care of yourself. Thacher taught us how to write, a skill that proved invaluable […]
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John Wright ’70
My passion for languages, first sparked when I move to Switzerland in 2005, continues to grow, and since retiring I have more time to study, though the days go by amazingly quickly. Lately I’ve been referring again to the Latin dictionary that I used while at Thacher. That it has survived 50 years and is […]
1982
MIKE VOEVODSKY reporting in for the class, has the following update. TOM SAIDY; still in DC, Saids says his girls are now in high school and dealing with all those joys. A new lab puppy is soon to join the family; labrador of course. Tom, put your good shoes out of reach. MARIAN “MUFFET” HUNTINGTON […]
Maggie Reniers ’92
With our son home safely from the Marines and our daughter headed off to Davis in the fall, Gwyn and I are excited to get back down to Ecuador to work on getting our foundation (Latitude) off the ground. We will open both a community acupuncture clinic and an English-language school on our hotel property, […]
Randy Head ’74
I learned in January that I’ve been awarded the Max Geilinger Prize in Zurich, Switzerland. The prize is given every two to three years for work that “encourages cultural relations between Switzerland and the Anglo-Saxon language region.” The prize ceremony will take place in November 2017, in Zurich. Read more about Randy’s acknowledgement Randy Head […]
John Aaron ’71
The non profit peace project John founded, CHALK4PEACE, presented its interactive chalk painting event at the United Nations on the UN Visitors’ Plaza in NYC for their Student Peace Day Summit 9/16/16. Peace Day 365 was their liaison to the UN. Team CHALK4PEACE came in from California and Washington, DC, to organize, encourage and document […]
Lauren Bosche ’10
This spring I’m graduating from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. I just received a Fulbright Study/Research grant to attend Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and pursue a Master’s degree in Environment and Resource Management. Within the program, I plan on specializing in Water and Climate Policy. I’ll be sure to fit in plenty of time […]