Sam Wright ’48

With the mandatory “sheltering in” I have been inspired to go through old files, boxes and albums, something like an archeological dig in that one finds layers of one’s past in receding order. Much of Thacher, with pictures of the soccer team, the upper school, glee club Los Trobadores with Van and Barbara Griggs, etc., […]

Charlton Lewis ’48

I was deeply saddened by the recent death of our classmate Bud Lester. Bud and I roomed together on the third floor of the Upper School. We were both on the gymkhana team. We camped together on extra day trips in the Sespe. And much else. Bud may have been the most popular guy in […]

Hans Nielsen ’71

My wife, Nancy, and I sold our mortgage company and home and journeyed south to Ojai end of June. Got to walk the changed campus, visit the dining hall, stand in my favorite room at the Upper School, and take in a sunset at the outdoor chapel. Ojai has a distinctive smell and the best […]