For the last five years I have lived at a life care place (Meadow Ridge) in Redding, CT. But for the last 18, I have spent most of my time with Roxanne Wilke, a fellow Asian scholar whom I met at Berkeley in 1964. In 1972, she got herself invited to China where she interviewed […]
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Roger Ignon ’62
Roger sponsored a memorial art exhibition for Gui Ignon, The Gui Ignon Memorial Art Show for Young Artists. Gui was father to Roger ’62, Lance ’74, and Sandy. He taught art at Thacher from 1951 to 1963 and his wife, Olga, was the librarian. Gui passed away the summer of 1963. Don Porter ’62 recalls […]
John Aaron ’71
John Aaron’s book, Romancing The Smoke, was published this summer. John says, “I battled nicotine addiction for almost 40 years, trying everything to quit. Then I wrote a book about it. It worked. Romancing The Smoke highlights the absurdity of tobacco; and it may help a smoker find the trail out of Nicotine Canyon.” John […]