at Yale after 1920. In 1924, he was a member of the Yale Committee for Participation in the Restoration of the Library of the University of Louvain Active in civics as well, he chaired the executive committee of the Ojai Valley Men's League from 1910 to 1920, and in 1912 chaired a standing committee of the Ojai Board of Trade. In 1918, he served the local Exemption Board for Ventura County. He was a Four-Minute Man and the director of the Ojai Civic Association. He stood on the advisory committee of the California Junior Republic from 1920 to 1931. He was an honorary trustee of the National Society of Mental Hygiene. He was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Personal life On June 24, 1896, Thacher wed Eliza Seely Blake in New Haven. Although Blake herself was a graduate of the University of California (1895), her family were Yale alumni as well. Her father, Charles Thompson Blake, had graduated with a BA in 1847, and her grandfather Eli Whitney Blake had graduated with a BA in 1816. The couple shared nine children. In addition to three sons who died in infancy, they had Elizabeth, George Blake, Anson Stiles, Helen Sherman, Harriet Janet, and Sherman Day, Jr. Two of their sons, George Blake and Anson Stiles, carried on the family Yale tradition, in 1925 and 1927 respectively. (George Blake would go on to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1927.) Two of their daughters, Helen Sherman and Harriet Janet, attended Smith College (1930, 1934). Their eldest child, Elizabeth, graduated from the University of California in 1920. Thacher was 69 years old when he died, on August 5, 1931, of operative shock. He left behind his wife, three sons, and three daughters. A Presbyterian, Thacher attended the Ojai Valley Community Church from 1887 until his death. His great-grandson, Mateo Thacher, graduated in June 2020, and served as the Thacher School Chair (or head of the student body). References External links Yale Obituary Record, 1931-32, pages 65-66 Charles Thompson Blake Papers (Father-in-law) Sherman Day Thacher, Tribalism & Community Riding and Caring for Horses a Key Part of Curriculum Great-Great Grandson Mateo Thacher 1861 births 1931 deaths Founders of schools in the United States Yale Law School alumni Hopkins School alumni Psi