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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Alex Louie ’06
California’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year Banquet was held at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Technical Sergeant Alexander Louie received the California State Guard Award for Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year. He is currently assigned to the 129th Rescue Wing’s Emergency Management Flight as a CBRN Defense Trainer & Hazardous Materials Technician. Alex Louie CdeP […]
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 […]
Lacey Gordon ’00
After spending 7 years in Austin and working in film production, I didn’t think anything could tear me away from that town. However, in a whirlwind few weeks this fall, everything shifted. My partner Oliver Caruso proposed and asked me (along with our beloved border collie mutt Zelda) to move to Cambridge, England with him. […]
Tim Harp ’84
After 10 years flying with FedEx Express I am finally getting to upgrade to Captain. Will be moving from the MD-11 to the 757. Also this change in aircraft will take me to Europe. I will be based out of and living in Cologne Germany for 2 years and flying intra-Europe. Kids will all be […]
Sigurd Murphy ’64
Sig Murphy retired as an Army Pathfinder at the rank of Brigadier General and then became a Judge for over 16 years. He was reactivated immediately following 9/11 to work on a portion of our national missile defense system. He and Mary, his wife of 43 years, retired to Rockport, Texas. He is presently the […]
Reid W. Dennis ’44
Reid first became interested in sea planes as a child, growing up in San Francisco, watching the Pan American clippers flying in and out of the port at Treasure Island. Many years later, his interest was reawakened when he purchased a Grumman Mallard and dreamed of flying the early Pan American routes. The Mallard wasn’t […]
Alexander Van Dyke ’46
My youngest son Todd Jones, M.D. was married to Jennie Poste, M.D. from Palos Verdes Calif on the island of Ischia, Italy next to Capri at the beautiful Soccorso Church on September 12. They were classmates in medical school. Todd is in his third year of surgical residency in Montefiore, N.Y. and Jennie in her second […]