Virginia Slim

Congrats to Will Wolf on his new position. 

"Just a quick note to let you know I'm leaving McKinsey to become global head of HR strategy and innovation at Credit-Suisse. It's a new position they've created to help manage an ambitious people agenda at a time of significant change in the banking industry. After many years of advising clients, I'm excited and eager to dig into implementation.  I'll be based in New York but spending a good deal of time in Zurich and London."

Will lives in Alexandria, VA and has always been slim.  You've come a long way baby!

Last day of interviewing....

Thought you might be interested to see the hometowns of the 42 kids who will interview with Deerfield Admission Office today. Seventeen are phone/Skype interviews but the DA staff will still have to hussle on this last formal day of interviewing before decisions are announced March 10.  Good luck to anyone who may be applying etc.  It's going to be another rough year...

Garland, NE
Seoul, Korea
McLean, VA (2)
Mexico City, Mexico (2)
Las Vegas, NV (2)
Cumberland, ME
Franklin Lakes, NJ
Indian Orchard, MA
Lakewood, NY
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Worcester, MA
Bangkok, Thailand
Somersworth, NH
East Point, GA
Pittsford, NY
Newport Beach, CA
Marlowe, NH
Bernardsville, NJ
Buffao, NY
Snoqualmie, WA
Abuja, Nigeria
Latham, NY (2)
Malden, MA
Northfield, MA
Solon, OH
Maplewood, NJ
Lopez Island, WA
Saint Lazare, Quebec
New York, NY
Tenafly, NJ
Birmingham, AL
Mendocino, CA
Gjakove, Albania
Seattle, WA
San Diego, CA
Edgewater, NJ
San Luis Obispo, CA

She can draw too...

The same young woman from Montreal who is the cross country phenom just won a local art show with this ebony pencil self portrait.

Home Ice #2 - Indoor!

Nice work Adam Feiges!  A rink in an old horse barn, Hinton, Iowa style.  Minus 6 degrees today out there - makes for some excellent ice....

Nash Hangs Shingle

Dr. Andrew Nash is a pediatric physician who lives in Walnut Creek, CA.  He also still plays a mean lead guitar.  Just saw his FB post on his new venture and wanted the class to know what he is up to and to wish him well if you choose...

"For anybody who hasn't heard the news or gotten "the letter" I'm leaving Alamo Medical Group and starting my own pediatrics practice in Danville! Anybody who wants more info should either call my new office at: (925) 362-1861 or email me at: Info@1to1Pediatrics.com. A whole new style of pediatric practice!"

Home Ice #1

Backyard rink photo by Taylor Watts in Denver CO area. At least one other classmate is building one.  Any others?

Now that's running....

Deerfield Academy's Ariel Beauregard-Breton '11 named Gatorade Massachusetts Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year

Submitted photohttp://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/01/deerfield_academys_ariel_beaur.html

The man the myth

David Dickinson presiding over the latest edition of his brainchild, the KFC.  "Mr. D" has been in the DA Fine Arts Department since 1988, but as the husband of language teacher Claudia Lyons, we saw him as a founding member of the faculty band known as the "Punkadelics".  Who were the other band members? Any favorite memories of Punkadelics performances?  Leave a comment....

Past and present

Twice a year the KFC (Koch Friday Concert) takes place at DA.  Started by David Dickinson and Claudia Lyons in 2008 (yes, they are still there!) its basically an open mike night for DA students.  Thirty Four acts signed up to play at the winter version, held in the atrium "star-field" of the Koch Center for Science, Math and Technology. Eric Suher was able to scout the local musical talent while also bumping into current Deerfield junior Jean-Francois Roberts, son of Davis!

Ski Report

John Knight (left) celebrating a new subscriber to the blog, Peter Geary, while both were visiting Doug Cruikshank in Colorado. Thanks to Peter for the photo and those that will follow in a day or two!

The 1983 Loop

Thanks to a snow day yesterday, I reviewed the DA 1983 blog feed subscriptions. Here are the nearly 70 classmates currently receiving a daily digest email on those days there is a post.  Thanks for sticking with it and more feedback is always appreciated.

If you do not see the name of a classmate you keep in touch with PLEASE forward the post and encourage them to subscribe.  SHARE buttons have been added to the blog at the bottom of each post - it couldn't be easier.  If you have the blog on an RSS feed of your own, let me know.  Let's get more classmates in the loop.

Armstrong
Beaubien
Bennett
Blain
Bresnahan
Brown, J
Brown, S
Calman
Chalmers
Chesney
Crow
Cruikshank
Currey
Czuj
Ehrhart
Esty
Feiges
Fitzpatrick
Gagne
Gassman
Gottscho
Gregory, P
Grosset
Guyer
Harrington
Harris
Hindman
Jackson
Kerr
Kikoski
Knight
Krivin
LeMieux
Lynch
Mays
McGill
Mortier
Munro
Nourse
Patton
Pauley
Peterson
Piersol
Pryce
Schmidt
Shelton
Sheppard
Shiff,S
Silverman
Singewald
Sory
Spadafora
Steward
Stewart
Sullivan
Tenenbaum
Townsend
Wareck
Weinberg
Weir
Weymouth
Wood
Wright
Young
Zales
Ziccardi

The depth of his understanding

In high school, you probably don't see the full measure of a classmate, or realize the potential within the brain and heart before you. But each in our own way, we migrate toward some destiny. A few get there sooner than the rest....I saw this video on the World Learning Blog and thought; "Nicely done, Adam".

Table 67 today

Turkey Divan, brown rice, rolls, Ginger snaps and fruit!

Says it all...

Warm greetings to the class from Scott, Isabelle, Pierce and Victor Pryce in Barcelona!