Lauren and I traveled down to the Cayman Islands to visit Anoush (Lisa) Dadian CdeP 2006 and Raoul Pal. After a couple of years of hard work, Anoush has finally opened a service center for children with Autism on Grand Cayman. She and Raoul took some time off from their busy schedules to show Lauren […]
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John Busterud ’72
I retired from PG&E last fall after 31 years as Managing Counsel and Senior Director where I was fortunate to work on a number of emerging environmental issues, including climate change regulation at the state, regional, and national levels. This spring I was elected to the board of the California Council for Environmental and Economic […]
Riley Bechtel ’70
Riley has again stepped up to serve on the Thacher Board and the Thacher community will no doubt run into his many committees and projects for which he serves. Riley Bechtel CdeP 1970
Hugh Gordon ’03
On May 14, 2016, in Big Sur, California, Alexis J. Gordon and I were married—we had a small, 10 person celebration with our immediate families. Alexis grew up in Santa Paula and we met in our first year of medical school on a service trip to Nicaragua. She’s currently a Medicine and Pediatrics resident physician at […]
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 […]
Rey Balderas ’82
Wishing everyone the best! I picked up running the last two years, ran my first Marathon last year, and will now run Boston this year for the first time. Besides working and serving in my local church, I have been enjoying my daughter’s soccer performances, working with her through the recruiting process and college visits. […]
Mark Holman ’86
Mark was presented with the President’s Volunteer Service Award. “My work at Thacher was a major reason that I received this award.” Mark Holman CdeP 1986
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 […]
Brisha Howe ’13
I am a sophomore at Creighton University in Omaha, NE and I’m looking forward to it being a great semester. This will be my first semester as an initiated member of Delta Zeta Sorority and I am also starting a service based a cappella girls group with a friend. We plan on singing in nursing homes […]
Coulter Huyler ’66
Three years ago Coulter Huyler completed the traditional Tibetan Buddhist 3 Year Retreat at Kagyu Thubten Choling in Wappinger’s Falls, New York. The Abbot, Lama Norlha Rinpoche guided the first such retreats outside of Tibet and conferred on all retreat graduates the title of “Lama,” thereby authorizing them to teach in the Buddhist tradition. Since […]