Sherman Day Thacher
| Sherman Day Thacher | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sherman Day Thacher November 6, 1861 New Haven, Connecticut United States |
| Died | August 5, 1931 (aged 69) Santa Barbara, California United States |
| Residence | Ojai, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Yale University Hopkins Grammar School |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Employer |
The Thacher School Ojai, California |
| Known for | Founder and first headmaster of The Thacher School |
| Spouse(s) | Eliza (Blake) Thacher |
| Children | Elizabeth, George Blake, Anson Stiles, Helen Sherman, Harriet Janet, and Sherman Day, Jr. |
| Parent(s) |
Thomas Anthony Thacher Elizabeth Baldwin (Sherman) Thacher |
| Relatives |
Roger Sherman, great-grandfather Rep. William Kent, brother-in-law |
| Awards |
Townsend Prize John Addison Porter Prize |
| Honors | Master of Arts (honorary) from Yale University |
Sherman Day Thacher, (November 6, 1861 - August 5, 1931), was the founder and headmaster of The Thacher School at Ojai, California.
Thacher was the son of Elizabeth Baldwin (Sherman) Thacher, granddaughter of Roger Sherman, and Thomas Anthony Thacher. The family had a history at Yale University. His mother's father, Roger Sherman, Jr., had obtained his bachelor's degree from Yale in 1787 and his father obtained his 1835. His father was also both an administrator and a professor of Latin at Yale. He had a sister, Elizabeth, who would one day marry U.S. Congressman William Kent and a brother, William L. Thacher, who would join him in the Thacher School.
Thacher attended Hopkins Grammar School in his youth before himself attending Yale, where he served on the eleventh editorial board of The Yale Record. He distinguished himself in English, taking second prize in English composition during his second year. From 1883 to 1884, he worked as a salesman for W. & J. Sloane in New York City, before, in 1886, he earned a Bachelor of Laws with honors from Yale, taking the Townsend Prize and the John Addison Porter Prize. In 1923, Yale would bestow upon him an honorary Master of Arts.
During his college career, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones. In 1926, Occidental College of Los Angeles made him an honorary charter member of the Delta chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
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