After working on it for nearly 20 years, my new research monograph on the history of archives and the growth of the state in Europe from 1400 to 1700 is finally sitting in front of me as proofs. The book will be out by late summer, and will doubtless have an enormous audience in the […]
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Amy Purdie White ’97
My husband Richard and I are continuing to live and travel in our motorcoach while working remote jobs. All of my free time has been consumed by training to compete in the Tour Divide this summer – a 2,700 mile predominantly off-road bicycle race from Banff Canada to the Mexico border that follows the Continental […]
Tim Bowman ’77
Bill Arnold CdeP ’77 is coming up for a visit. Sadly it’s because a dear friend of ours passed. But hoping I might get him out on a bike. Last time we almost had team heart attacks! Still the only Thacher Boys to complete a transcontinental tour whilst in school! Tim Bowman CdeP 1977
Robert Rex ’74
The last two years, I participated and rode every mile of the Pablove Pediatric Cancer Fundraiser. The event starts north of San Francisco and ended in Hollywood, 540 miles in seven days, 340 in the first four. At 62, it’s reasonably grueling… I was on the bike 9.5 hours on day three. Our four man […]
Harry Wyeth ’59
Hello down there in Ojai. I had the thought that just maybe Thacher folks might enjoy this sweet photo from our local paper, The Union, here in Grass Valley, Calif. Students might get the thought that relationships with horses can last a long time. I think that I may be the only member of my […]
Alan Gallaway ’55
I moved my 48 ft trawler from northern Nicaragua to Puerto Vallarta this June. Trip was 1400 miles and took seven days. We stopped in Ixtapa for two days to get a break. Alan Gallaway CdeP 1955 55
Hunter Hollins ’82
Life Long Learning – A few weeks ago I started Grad School, yes, one of my professors already referred to me as the “geezer!” I am working on my Master’s in History at George Washington University, while still working full time at the National Air and Space Museum. I will be focusing on the Cold […]
Alison Field ’84
After 20 years at Harvard Medical School, much longer than I had planned to stay, I am leaving. On December 1st, I will become the Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health. I’m very excited about the change. Alison Field CdeP 1984
Jon O’Donnell ’73
What a long strange trip it has been. After more than 25 years as a partner in a small boutique law firm, I merged my firm into Fox Rothschild and am now a partner in a national firm with 625 lawyers and 19 offices. I am not in Kansas anymore. Jon O’Donnell CdeP 1973
Buckley Barrett ’66
After spending all but two years in California since 1948, I moved in March 2015 from Lake Arrowhead to Boston. Buckley Barrett CdeP 1966