Aloyse Blair Brown ’96

I am the first woman to run for Hamilton County Mayor in Tennessee and am told that my campaign had profound impact on peoples perceptions of local politics, what politicians look like, and who they are. I won the Democratic primary in May with 70% of the vote, but lost the general election in August […]

Paul Gavin ’71

Tonight, Villanova University won the NCAA Finals. My father, Austin Gavin, was an Ojai resident and Villanova Prep Ojai Class of 1940. I followed my father to Villanova University and played varsity lacrosse my freshman year (thanks to Thacher’s lacrosse program and classmate Todd Oppenheimer’s insistence I try out. I also came back to coach […]

Phil Smith ’79

Enjoying a pirate village. Possibly funded by the same Jewish Pirates that informed the British and help siege and capture New York’s Manhattan island. Friends of Captain Henry Morgan himself. 1654-1674 Who has heard of Abraham Cohen Henriques and his Brother Moses? Who wants to go on magical history tour? Phil Smith CdeP 1979