Photos (L to R): Michael Peters’ ’74 renaissance performing group, The Trouvères; Bill Rubenstein ’74 on a Himalayan pass; A painting by John Holstein ’75; Noah Rifkin ’75 recovering from neurosurgery; Bill Arnold ’77 and Tim Bowman ’77 at Miller Motorsports Park; Jill Oxley Souto-Maior ’80, Tracey Stevenson Garrett ’80, Rachel Oxley ’89, and Jill Stevenson ’82 in Oregon’s Strawberry Mountains.
MILESTONES Walla Walla, Wash. My older son, WILS ‘09, just graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine (Newt Chase’s alma mater) and is working in San Francisco as a software engineer. They do grow up fast! I left my last CFO position a year and a half ago and am now serving on three boards, which I guess constitutes semi-retirement. TOM BARD, GRANT HARMON, ALAN SILBERGH and I (along with significant others) get together every few months for a round of golf and a meal, at which we convince ourselves we are discharging our class rep duties. We also are good at convincing ourselves we play golf well. Please stop by and say hi if you find yourself in Marin County!”
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BRYAN BECKHAM writes, “Just back from Thacher gatherings in New York City and Boston. In N.Y.C., joined fellow 74ers SANDY KEYNON and JEFF KIMBALL. Both have just completed short films. In Boston, MIKE FRANK joined the gathering to recall some great memories. Save the date for our 40th next June—It’s gonna be great.” DON DENNIS writes, “I attended Thacher for only my sophomore year, so unlikely that others in my class would remember me. I now live on a small island in the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. I have three children by my first marriage, and another young fellow by my second. I run a small business producing orchid essences, and my wife (a native of Gigha) runs a small dairy farm.” MICHAEL PETERS is “Currently artistic director for The Trouvères and performing at renaissance faires in the Northeast. Currently at the Connecticut Renaissance faire for October. Best regards to all!” See a video of The Trouvères at blogs.thacher.org/classnotes. BILL RUBENSTEIN describes, “With two friends from Rome (and a local guide), I just completed a rare 200-mile monsoon trek in the Himalayas. In fact, it seems we were among the first ever to visit the remote and restricted Tsum Valley region during the rainy season. Getting through 50 air miles of hot, jungle canyon was challenging, of course. But the reward was sharing the high country—including the 17,000-foot pass behind Manaslu—with only the fascinating Tibetan people of the area.”
BIRTHS DOUGLAS HOLT ’83 and Julie are proud to announce the birth of Charlotte Elizabeth Eberhardt Holt born April 9, 2013. Charlotte enjoyed her first visit to Thacher during the 1983 class Reunion at two months old—no horses and no shotguns, but next time.
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BEN KROKOWER ’93 writes, “My son, Elijah Stephen Krokower, was born on July 3, 2013. My wife, Lesley, and I are overjoyed and have spent the last three months doing very little except staring at his cute face.” (photo 2)
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ALOYSE MELISSA BLAIR BROWN ’96 and her husband, Mac, are enjoying their new son, Wolcott Daniel Brown, born September 3, 2013. (photo 3) TOMMY THORNHILL ’96 announces, “On July 15, in New Haven, Anne Gunnison and I welcomed identical twin girls, Frances and Eliot, efficiently doubling our family before our first wedding anniversary.”
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Neil and SKYE FOSTER ’97 welcomed their second son, Henry, on June 10, 2013. “Benjamin, our almost 2-year-old, is still getting used to his new partner in crime!” (photo 4) HALLIE GORDON PALLADINO ’97 and her husband, Rocco, welcomed a baby daughter, Serena, last spring.
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JOHN HOLSTEIN is living in France. “I teach American literature at the University of Rennes, France. I also teach art in an association near Rennes. My main interests besides life are painting and drawing. My wife, Dominique, is also an artist; she does lovely patchwork. I have two sons, Mathias and Damien. Mathias is a holistic doctor and Damien is now in California with his uncle DEREK HOLSTEIN ‘71. NOAH RIFKIN “spent several months living in LA. Managed to rendevous with the oh-so-enigmatic DENNY MILLIKAN on several occasions to enjoy some of LA’s finest jazz @ the world famous “Baked Potato.” Unfortunately had to return to
JUNG LEE ’92 and Jen Martin welcomed a new addition to their family: Joseph David Lee was born on July 18, 2013. “We couldn’t be happier!” (photo 1)
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