In MeMorIaM… FRIENDS OF THACHER MarIa anaya maria Anaya, wife of Thacher maintenance employee Daniel Anaya and mother of four children, died in August.
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Joe r. dI GIorGIo cdeP 1953 Joseph Rosario Di Giorgio passed away in Grants Pass, Oregon, on June 15, 2011, at the age of 75. Joe arrived at Thacher from his home on Di Giorgio Road in Di Giorgio, Calif., with a strong interest in water, however, the swimming team was the only team he failed to make, as he was a staunch lover of almost any kind of athletics. As an upper upper, Joe was on the first soccer team, the all-league tennis team, and the “B” basketball team, while serving as the manager of the “A” basketball team. In addition, he was a member of the lettermen’s Club, dramatics, Glee Club, Gun Board, and the green gymkhana team. In the 1953 El Archivero, special mention was made of his great love of music, “Di Giorgio style.” nicknamed “Jo-Jo the Dog-voiced Boy,” he could be heard from afar screeching one of many italian numbers, such as Pagliacci, to the heavens. Following his graduation from Thacher, Joe attended Stanford, earning a BA in sociology in 1957. he worked as a certified financial planner with his own firm in Foster City, Calif. Joe is survived by his wife, Adelle, who worked with him as a human resources consultant for Di Giorgio Consulting. lee Follett ’53 writes: We all enjoyed hearing from Joe and I remember so many laughs and all the back-and-forth teasing. He was a great class rep/class unifier because he truly loved his mates and the School. He would make lengthy and upbeat phone calls to his classmates and was popular with the ’53 wives; they all loved him. John Carver ’53 shares: Joe had a small service with about 30 people. Only three of us there actually knew Joe. Peter Farrand ’53 was ill and did not attend nor could Bill Nigh ’53. I put our 50th reunion cap in the coffin. It was a nice service. On the way up and back, the three of us shared many tales about Joe. lock de Forest ’53 shares: As far as memories of Joe at Thacher are concerned, I recall the following: 1) At a soccer match against Caltech in LA, I was goal keeper and Joe was one of the halfbacks. I was way out of position and a Caltech forward fired an almost certain goal except that Joe had covered my error and headed the ball out of danger. 2) On a Smut-year Extra-Day Trip with Tom Lombard ’53, Joe and I and several others (and Charlie Beck as our teacher) ended up on the other side of Pine Mountain on a beautiful trout stream called Bird Bath. Joe found a fine pond in the stream with trout visible and shouted out to us “GO AWAY—ALL MINE!” I’m afraid we all kidded Joe over this incident for the remainder of the trip. Joe was a great guy with lots of laughs and we will miss him greatly.
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Albert hastorf, a devoted member and vice President of Thacher’s Board of trustees in the 1990s, died September 26, 2011 at age 90. Since 1961, Al served as professor emeritus of psychology, former provost, and former dean of the School of humanities & Sciences at Stanford University. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, with whom he endowed the hastorf Family Fund and the Albert and Barbara hastorf Teaching Fund at Stanford.
MIssy Peterson Mary-louise “Missy” Orrick Peterson—mother of laurel CdeP 2002 and william CdeP 2008, and wife of Dr. Alan P. Peterson—died on September 14, 2011, of pancreatic cancer; she was 62. Born in San Francisco to Marion naffziger and the hon. william h. Orrick, Jr., CdeP 1932, she studied at vassar College, before transferring to the university of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a degree in drama in 1970. After they wed in 1973, she and Alan moved to washington state, finally settling in walla walla. Missy devoted much of her time to serving her community, and in 2005 helped start the “Books for Babes” program, which provides books to every local newborn, in hopes of fostering literacy and providing a basis for a lifelong love of learning. The school district recognized missy’s individual commitment with a Community leadership Award. In addition to her aforementioned family, she is also survived by her brother, William H. orrick iii, sister and former Thacher trustee marion orrick Livermore, and many loving cousins, nieces, nephews. A memorial service was held in the Chapel of Grace at Grace Cathedral on December 5, 2011.
JosePhIne yelder Dr. Josephine E. Yelder, mother of George CdeP 1976 and former Thacher Trustee Paul CdeP 1977, died March 25, 2011, in los Angeles. As Paul wrote: “My mother was one of the School’s biggest advocates. not only did she send both of her sons to the School, but she also convinced several of her friends and former students to do the same.” Raised in kansas, she graduated from uClA as a sociology major before earning master’s and doctorate degrees at uSC. She became a professor of sociology at Pepperdine University, and chaired the Sociology Division, and served on many school and community boards.
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Jim lipman ’52 shares: I think of Bill, at Thacher, as being primarily someone who liked to ride his horse out on the trails.... Bill took his camera with him almost everywhere he rode his horse. It was a Leica IIIf, a very fine camera indeed. But I also remember, I think after his ride that included Chief and Nordhoff Peaks, that he complained that the shutter in the camera froze on him during the ride, as the temperature was so cold!