A Real California Character–Sailing and Tennis With Tim Shepard
By C. MacDonald
My friend, the late great Tim Shepard, was a real character. He was the son of Frances P. Shepard, “the father of marine geology,” known for his research, writing and teaching at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla. The current Aquarium of the Pacific’s President and CEO, Dr. Jerry Schubel, was one of Frances’ students.
Tim was the grandson of T.H. Shepard, the subject of a fantastic and hilarious book he wrote, “Peaches Point” (Timothy Shepard, Crowell, 1976)–the sailing, tennis and car racing world of his amazing grandpa and clan. Tim definitely was a character in his own right, a pal of America’s Cup champion Dennis Conner and CBS Evening News Anchor Walter Cronkite. I always thought it was funny that Tim, who was a collegiate champion wrestler at Harvard, graduated with an English degree, yet always asked me to how to spell words. Read more…>
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