Surfing on Thanksgiving...

Well, not really but as a Thanksgiving wish to the class here's a recent pic from Johannes (Yogi) Mortier and his son Sebastian surfing at Tonel beach near Sagres / Algarve/ Portugal in October. Thanks also to Angelique Mortier for taking the picture. Nice move taking the Deerfield Banner with you when you travel!!!

Our man in Barcelona reports...

Alex Compagno and his wife Angelica, came over for a visit in September 2009. It was great to have them and we explored some places outside Barcelona. This picture is at a Gaudi designed restaurant near our house. Classmates Andrew Witherspoon and Hank Lemieux also visited this fall, but you already know that becaus eour voicemail to JK is posted elsewhere on this site! On another note, I was on my way to Kiev from London for work and ran into Andy Bain ’82 on the plane. We had a great time catching up about DA and comparing notes on our work experiences in Ukraine and Marine Corps experience. Andy even invited me to his company Christmas party. Nothing like Deerfield connections!

Look for the redesigned DEERFIELD magazine in your mail soon and revel in the impact '83 has in the issue! Thanks to all classnotes senders and especially Ben Patton, Whit Sheppard and yours truly who got "call-outs"! Let's keep it coming and reach out to quieter classmates to include them in upcoming issues!

Choate Day Thrill

As the rains poured down and the Big Green teams struggled to defeat the wild boars from Wallingford, CT a ray of sunshine presented itself in the form of classmate Cameron Chalmers! Down from Vermont with his wife and two kids, Cam hasn't been to campus lately. He tries to keep informed through the class blog but says most of VT is still on dial-up including himself! Look for his landscape design firm that he operates with his wife, Mary Ogden. (http://www.ogdenchalmers.com/projects-home) Always a plus to see someone from '83!

'83 was representin' at the Weston (MA) Country Club near Boston on Tuesday night with JK, Pete Townsend and Kevin Bresnahan in atttendance. Pete took a break from commercial real estate development and left Skanska USA and worked diligently on his golf game all summer. Be careful if he's looking to play you this winter somewhere! Dr. Kevin is rising up the hospital ladder at Cape Cod Hospital as Deputy Chief of Staff after having been the Chief of Emergency Medicine. Lovely to meet Kevin's wife as well. The 150 other attendees had a wonderful time and were not disappointed by the passed hors d'œuvre or the singing of the alumni to close the evening. JK's favorite moment was being called over by two members of the Class of 1940 who wanted him to "take a picture of the two oldest guys in the room". JK answered, "May I introduce Mr. Erskine, Class of 1939?!"

Finally!

Congratulations to Paul Schlickmann for asking Kristin Meyer to marry him on October 11th. Here's a photo from that day and thanks to Paul for sharing it. Kristin is a gem and the line of "suitors-in-waiting" that began to form shortly after she arrived with Paul at our 25th reunion has now disbanded. Congratulations can be emailed to Kristin and Paul at pschlickmann@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

NFL Commercial - footage by Silverman's Inertia Unlimited

This is worth linking to - an amazing NFL "ad" based solely on footage from one of Jeff's cameras. Nice work jeff!!!

http://files.coloribus.com/?DLFILE=/files/paedia/reel/part_56/567001/file/nfl.mp4

and the youtube version of same at