Unique times we’re in. Lynne, our kids and their kids, are all handling the Covid-19 event well, and our son-in-law’s deployment (Marine pilot) was postponed, so that’s a great thing! We’re feeling lucky that we have only the first-world problems of missed skiing and missed trips, and that in retirement we’ve figured out how to […]
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Paul Gavin ’71
Class Career Coincidences – Stephen Scott and Paul Gavin, Class of 1971 After graduating from Thacher in 1971, Steve Scott went on to the University of Colorado, met his wife Lynne and raised two children, Tyler and Stephanie, who went on to marry a US Marine Corps Osprey pilot. That same year Paul Gavin went […]
Robert DeWitt Jr. ’09
Robert has been training extensively in the Marines and will be deployed next year. Robert DeWitt Jr. CdeP 2009
Clay Pell ’00
Clay is currently on active duty with the U.S. Coast Guard in Washington, DC. Clay Pell CdeP 2000
Gwin (Dick) Whitney ’50
Past: Graduate Stanford and Navy OCS, EX and Navagater USS Moctobi ATF105, Treasure dove with Mel Fischer Nuestra Senora de Atocha, Director and Chairman of Board National Association of Brick Distributors, founded, operated and sold Brick and associated construction products company. Currently Florida resident spending 4 months of summer in Duluth, MN. Continue to play […]
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, […]
William Strong ’58
Will and Linda celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 3, 2017. Their daughters, Abigail and Elizabeth, hosted a celebration of dinner and dancing in their honor at The Ballantyne Hotel, Charlotte. They also took a trip to South America in October, 2016. Will, an army veteran, is retired from a 40-year international business career […]
John Van Nortwick ’52
Not exactly a class note, but of interest; Today, got an e-mail from James Everett, CdeP ’02. He is a career Marine flying CH-53E helicopters. 50 years ago, I was doing the same: A career Marine flying helicopters. Small world, I guess. John Van Nortwick CdeP 1952
Henry Field ’12
Henry is receiving an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army after a term of service that spanned several years, including a humanitarian rotation to North Africa and a combat tour in Afghanistan. SPC Field served as a senior combat medic on patrols in Eastern and Southern Afghanistan. He intends to return to coastal Maine and […]
John Busterud ’72
I retired this past year as a Colonel in the Army Reserve after a 24-year career and multiple deployments in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as well as extended service on the Korean Peninsula. With all this spare time on my hands, I still manage to keep busy at PG&E with climate […]