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Guy Thompson, Jr.

Guy Allen Thompson, Jr. was born in 1931 in the midst of the Depression, in the small Mississippi Delta farming town of Rosedale. He attended Mississippi State College, participated in the Air Force ROTC program and graduated in 1953 with a BS in Chemistry with...

Terrill “Tim” Hendrickson

Terrill Willard Hendrickson, fondly known to friends and family as “Tim,” 76, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2022, in Kirkland, with his beloved wife Jennifer at his side. Tim was born in Seattle on September 25, 1945, to parents Willard and Elsie Hendrickson. He...

Place of Honor

Grant Delbert Venerable, Jr., BS (BS ’32), was the first Black undergraduate student to graduate from the California Institute of Technology Originally published in the Big T, the official Caltech yearbook. In 1929, Venerable, of African, Cherokee, and Scottish...

William A. Freeman

William ‘Bill’ Andrew Freeman, age 68, of Austin, Texas has passed away on February 19, 2022 of natural causes. He was a beloved father, grandfather, and friend to many. He was born in Nashville, TN and went to Isaac Litton High School, graduating in 1971. He later...
Groundbreakers

Groundbreakers

On the 50th anniversary of their graduation, the first women to earn bachelor’s degrees at Caltech reflect on the experience

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Scenes from Frosh Camp

This year, Caltech's freshman orientation took place on September 18 and 19 in Ventura, California. Over the two days, students from the class of 2021 attended talks about the Honor Code and academics, met deans and resident associates, and participated in elective...

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