Its so easy!

 

John Ehmann is moving to Granby, CT from Scranton, PA in the next few weeks so Eric Suher and John Knight joined him at Northampton Brewery last night to celebrate.  He's rushing the family up here to make reunions, and Suher says he'll be there too.  Of course, neither have registered yet!!!

It's easy to do: www.deerfield.edu/go/reunions or call 413.774.1474 to get some help.  HOUSING IS LIMITED and running low - you should call asap if you want to stay on campus.

In unrelated news, Ben Patton is appearing on "Inside WWII" tonight on NatGeo!

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/a-night-of-exploration/episodes/inside-world-war-ii/

 Lots to like in our class - lets get together June 14-16.

Spring Awards

 in case you missed my FB post:

Next to last School Meeting today was Spring Co-Curricular Awards. From Deerfield's Relay for Life event with 237 student participants and the highest $ total for any school based event in New England to two seniors (both females) recognized for 12 varsity letters to Norm Therien (first time speaking on stage in his 38 years) presenting an award to Jay Morsman for his 53 years of coaching tennis. 

Also awarded was the Rev Richard McKelvey spirit award in baseball. Great day!

For 2013 and Pattee

Had the opportunity to don the Class of 2013 bow tie today and hang out with real seniors!  They put up with the old guy and his stories...

I had to go to YouTube to remember how to tie a bow tie, but I did it in honor of Craig Pattee and his stylish bow ties he wore back in the day.  I have those pictures somewhere...Come see what I find in my scrapbook by coming to reunions!

www.deerfield.edu/go/reunions

It's natural

Nelse Clark takes his Privateer Rum to NYC and Doug Schmidt and Hank LeMieux offer to help him offload!  Reunions can happen on the fly, or planned - like June 14-16 (deerfield.edu/go/reunions).

Whit's a writer....

A piece I wrote last fall for RICHMOND magazine about the devastating effects of head trauma on former NFL player Ray Easterling has won first place in the In-Depth/Investigative Reporting category of the 2012 Virginia Press Association awards. Here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/c9of9es

Well done Whit Sheppard!

Thoughts and prayers

Please hold Wills Elliman in your thoughts and prayers after he suffered a heart attack this week. No other information is available at this time but Eddy D'Alessandro and Peter Pauley are in touch with the family.

Motivated by Cost

You will remember that each year Deerfield students apply for funds from the Charles Piper Cost '83 Award.  Two young women from China won the award last year and made their presentation to the school yesterday.  They are focused on educational opportunities in their hometown and aren't content to stop at just one summer.  Helen (below) led the presentation and had this to say after her presentation: "Thanks again, and please kindly include my most sincere thankfulness for the Cost family and your entire class. May and I will continue work on Face to Face to make it a life-long business, but not just a summer project."

1. Our website: http://av.rednet.cn/c/2012/08/23/2725620.htm (If you click on "About us", there's an complete introduction of our programs in English)
2. 17 sec broadcast on local TV report of our press conference: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDQ0MjYyNTgw.html
3. 50+min complete interview by the largest local media "Rednet": http://av.rednet.cn/c/2012/08/23/2725620.htm

Read the magazine...

This is basically a test entry.  The feedburner digest email to subscribers seems to have taken a sabbatical, so I have changed some settings to see if I can get it going again.

You have missed two previous posts on www.DA1983.blogspot.com.

That said, you will receive a Deerfield Magazine soon, and you should read it.  Good description of new course being taught by Andy Harcourt (and others) that was a HUGE hit with the volunteers in attendance at Leaders Weekend April 26-27. Pilot program for the future of education...really.

Spread the word to sign up for REUNIONS.  Sign up by May 15 to be housed near your class.  After that its a real c***shoot.

Reuniting

Turns out, it's really not that hard for us to get together...Here's Beaubien one Friday afternoon at Bement, and there's Schmidt and Kikoski in NYC a few weeks ago...

Also hearing from many corners of the class about reunions and the efforts to make it back.  Pattee is coming and he hopes to have convinced Andrew Nash to do the same (from Cali!).  Hank Lemieux is in. Adam Weinberg is in. We always were late bloomers, but NOW is the time to make your plan for June 14-16 and REGISTER...