Happy Birthday Mark and Van on Dec 30th!

Who knew that Mark Laflamme and Van Sullivan had the same birthday? (Facebook, that's who). We wish them all the best and they join me in wishing the Class of 1983 a Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays from Chris Davey

Every year at this time, Chris Davey and family return to Greenfield for holidays with his mom and this candid was taken just before the start of the afternoon service at the Brick Church in Old Deerfield on Christmas Eve. The Davey family send the joy of the season to all members of the class of 1983!

Shelton and Wester send their best

Dave Shelton attended the Deerfield Academy Holiday Party (aka the "Shrimp Bowl") last thursday and ran into this reporter. We looked for but never saw other valleyers Puschak, Beaubien, Sullivan, Nourse. Small scale commercial real estate in the Pocumtuck Valley has been a real challenge lately so we wish Dave a happier 2010!

Bill Wester checked in via Facebook to send holiday blessings to the class. Thanks Bill!

4 Heads are better than 3: and Breaking News!

This story is really about congratulating John on his new job, but as John visited campus today he had the chance to see the damage done to the Dining Hall by an overnight fire in the laundry room which caused severe smoke damage and major structural damage to the south "bubble". Students had left for vacation earlier in the day and there were no injuries but can't you see Munro (and Gagne and ???) giving this expression to Bobby K back in 1982? John was a great sport with me at the camera.

And now for the real news: From the Fairfield Country Day School Website News:
John Munro Appointed New Headmaster 12/14/2009

We are pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to appoint John Munro as the ninth Headmaster of Fairfield Country Day School. John was selected after a comprehensive nationwide search, conducted with the help of our consultants, Wickenden Associates. He will formally assume his responsibilities on July 1, 2010.

John's first teaching job was at FCDS and this is a great move for him and his family after many rewarding years at the Nichols School in Buffalo, NY. By my count this makes him our class's fourth head of an educational institution: Vicente Fabella at Jose Rizal University in Manilla, Eric Peterson at St. George's School in Newport, RI, Adam Weinberg at World Learning in Brattleboro, VT and now John!

For more pictures of the dining hall fire see the Flickr Feed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/deerfieldacademy/sets/72157623024692676/ or go to DA's Facebook page.

Another engagement: Whitney Armstrong!

While Whit is slightly visible to the right, going on about some esoteric elements while dining at the recent Asian American Writers Workshop Gala, (all fresh off his FB page), I thought this image was a better way to introduce to the class our newest family member Monica Youn. With my apologies to Whit, since this may not be the picture he intended me to use, but technical difficulties have prevented it. Regardless, CONGRATULATIONS to you both!!! And Happy Holidays to the Class of 1983!

Only 4 hours from Montreal!

How great to see Davis Roberts and son Jean-Francois visiting DA on Saturday! Davis admits he only really keeps in touch with Eric Suher, but promises to do better by subscribing to the class blog! The hits keep coming for '83 and we'll keep our fingers crossed for J-F!

Steward engaged!!!!!!!

Posted yesterday on Facebook: Brian C. Steward is engaged to Hannah Williams.

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

The hits keep coming!

John Brown and son, William, stand outside the Caswell Library at DA before the official tour of campus! Keep your fingers crossed! The entire family was on hand for the 12:30 pm tour and at 4:45 pm the family vehicle was STILL parked in front of the Main School Building! That's what I call a quality visit. This was 6th school (saving the best for last) and DA did not disappoint...even though the students were dressed in halloween costumes instead of class dress. That would not have been allowed in our day, right? John is at TimeWarner in NYC with Jeff Bewkes '70 and runs both the "This Old House" business as well as "Health", so he's busy. always great to have more Class of '83 on campus...

So good you don't even realize it...Thanks Jeff!

Ever wonder what it takes to see Nick Swisher of the Yankees blink as he hits a single to the opposite field? Ever amazed at how much a well placed camera can make an event fun to watch (can you say World Series of Poker) or how high resolution slow motion cameras can really give you a sense of skill in an athlete?

Don't forget to thank Jeff Silverman's company Inertia Unlimited.

From the LA Daily News' Tom Hoffarth on October 15th...

== There is a new X-Mo super slo-mo camera stationed on the low first-base side that will shoot 1,000 frames a second -- one step better than the X-Mo you've seen on an FSN telecast or even a Fox MLB game. It's a camera usually reserved for NFL A-game broadcasts and will only be available to TBS on Games 1 and 2 (but not on Sunday's Game 3 because of the NFL use)."It's something that NFL Films loves to use, and they'll have it tied up Sunday and Monday," said Diamond. "You can really see the ball come out the pitcher's hand and the seems of the ball like nothing else you've ever been able to see." http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2009/10/what-to-watch-f.html

Jeff answered my query about what he's up to: "We’re in the midst of shooting the NFL League commercials right now with NFL Films. We’re getting a lot of buzz about it. They are the commercials with the exceptionally slow motion (1000fps) shot at actual games. We will also have slow motion cameras on TNT’s and Fox’s baseball playoff coverage (LCS and WS) in the next few weeks (and NBC Sunday Night Football and NFL Network and CBS and Fox and HBO live boxing events and 24/7 and Hard Knocks)….) and the Superbowl. Don’t forget poker, High Stakes Poker, Face the Ace, Million Dollar Challenge, WSOP Europe, US Poker Championship, Poker After Dark and a few others. But nothing too big really."

Pretty impressive for three people in Southern Vermont! THANKS JEFF!!!

'Tis the season!

Always great to see classmates back on campus, today it was Mark Czuj and his family. Oldest daughter is looking at DA and we wish her all the best! Mark looks forward to subscribing to the Class of '83 Blog tonight when he gets home and hopes you'll encourage all of our classmates to join in.

Compagno Architecture included in prestigious show

We are pleased to announce that one of Alex Compagno's buildings has been chosen by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for inclusion in their new exhibition: "Context\Contrast: New Architecture in Historic Districts, 1967-2009" at the Center For Architecture. Only a few representative buildings were chosen as being emblematic of the Landmarks Preservation Commission's philosophy of appropriate new architecture in historic districts over the last 40 years. Please join us in celebrating this honor. website: www.alexandercompagnoarchitect.com

Pryce, Lemieux and Witherspoon leave voicemail from Barcelona

PryceLemeiuxWither...

Click on the writing under the equalizer icon to hear today's voicemail from birthday boy Scott Pryce and his two visitors to Barcelona; Hank Lemieux and Andrew Witherspoon! Just need the picture and we're all set!!! Thanks for reaching out and sorry I missed the call...

Geoff Bennett and Doug Schmidt see JK in NYC

With apologies for breaking my cardinal rule and forgetting to take a picture, it was great to see Geoff and Doug at the 1797 Society dinner in NYC. Geoff's fund has merged with a larger one but he is still focused on Japan and East Asia - and he travels to NYC regularly now from his home (and wife and 4 kids) in San Francisco.

Schmidt claims he will recive his first paycheck in years today - we wish him a hearty congratulations and will expect a scaned image as proof! Also the networker, Schmidt does indeed seem energized by his new employment. Go get 'em JD!

Knight, once again, was forced to dine on delicious food and schmooze with scads of Deerfield alums and parents. Long day at "the office".

Kudos to Chris Waddell '87

A bit of a departure for the '83 blog, but this is indeed incredible. To summit Kilamanjaro as a parapalegic takes you know what...


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News Flash: Crow family visits DA!

Yup, that's Peter Crow and his son Jack flanked by John Knight and Eric Suher (aka the welcoming committee) today, October 6th. Not pictured because she is taking the picture - Pete's wife Sarah. Always a happening when a classmate returns to campus!!!

Sox or Yankees? Averill has a thought...

Freshly stolen off of Facebook, looks like the Averill family rests firmly on the side of the Sox as they attended the last regular season home game at Fenway Pahk! Great to see Chris again - hope he sends some news to jknight@deerfield.edu someday!

Steward and Guyer send news! (next?)

Brian Steward sent this photo as proof that he was representin' at the Austin City Limits music festival http://www.aclfestival.com/default.aspx. Thanks big guy!

Leigh Guyer had a guest starring role on TNT's Leverage a couple of months ago. They filmed the entire second season here in Portland, and scuttlebutt says they'll be back next year! The video is embedded - he appears after only about a minute in and winds up in a nasty wreck so CHECK it out! Click on the "play" arrows - no need to register - then go to full screen mode. THE KID CAN ACT! (Flounder's next movie should be in Portland?)
Here is a link to the episode called "Beantown Bailout" (episode 201).
https://mail.deerfield.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=0e61449c08184af8abf5dab2371b83f0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.casttv.com%2fshows%2fleverage%2fthe-beantown-bailout-job%2fdlakni
http://www.casttv.com/ext/28cvv91

Two regular guys linked by the greatest school on earth who took the time to share. Thx boys...

Scroll Online Headlines

Debaters Arrive Tomorrow
Koch Center Lawsuit Settled
2009 Heritage Award: Ambassador Ralph Earle '49

Read more and chuckle by clicking anywhere!

Prove it! By Eddy D...

This you gotta see my friends. The shy and retiring boy from NJ we knew in high school is an internet sensation with the Big Blue Bus and the Pepsi Max / Gizmodo tailgating challenge

We all knew he had it in him, just most of us never got to see it until now...

http://gizmodo.com/5354918/whats-your-maximum-tailgating-gadget

and that's eddyd@gizmodo.com for contest entries!

Charlie Cost '83 pays it forward every year

Two stories here. First, you should bookmark the new online presence of the Deerfield Scroll, the student newspaper. Always a few chuckles to be found there.

In this first Scroll release of the school year (classes start Monday, Sept. 14) we are reminded of classmate Charlie Cost through a description of the community service awards used this summer including the one his family started in his honor.

Deerfield Students Doing Summer Service Worldwide
By The Scroll
Published: September 12, 2009
Supported by the Cost and Workman families, Deerfield students pursue various community service activities during the summer.

Andy Harris ’10 won Deerfield’s Cost Award to run a theatre camp.

Eliot Taft '11 worked in an orphanage in Uruguay

Sixteen other students were awarded Workman Grants from the Academy for a maximum of $1,000 each.

Click on students’ names to read their journals and view pictures of their projects. The sixteen include:Alaina Belanger ’12, Amanda Bennett ’10, Cecelia Buerkle ’10, Arleen Chien ’10, Audrey Cho ’11, Lucy Cobbs ’10, Jacqui Colt ’11, Flora Donovan ’12, TaoTao Holmes ’10, Andy Kang ’10, Alex Kim ’10, James Kim ’11, Maddie Lane ’12, Ellen Shin ’10, Eliot Taft ’11, Deidre Yiu ’11

In honor of the US Open starting...

Johannes "Yogi" Mortier sends this quip about his son, Sebastian.

Sebastian plays his tennis at Eintracht Frankfurt Tennis Club, which has an excellent junior program. Longines was looking for 16 kids worldwide to join an event in Paris. Longines is a sponsor for Andre Agassi's program for kids "The Agassi Foundation" and Steffi Graf's "Children For Tomorrow". Sebastian was selected and went to Paris for three days with his coach and they played with Andre and Steffi and watched the U18 as well as the Men's Final at Roland-Garros and the French Open!

Suher Pulls it off!

Congrats to Eric Suher for bringing live outdoor music to an abandoned amusement park site in Holyoke! The new Mountain Park passed its first real test with flying colors. For more: http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2009/08/decemberists_deliver_stellar_s.html

83 Blues on Nantucket

More proof that what happens on Nantucket should stay there. Dinner out for our fearsome threesome (Knight, Wareck, Suher) on Nantucket ended with milkshakes at Nantucket Pharmacy on Main Street. Jim Wareck was resting after producing and writing his first film (straight faces everyone) and is writing more stuff for our viewing pleasure. Eric Suher Enterprises continues to thrive in this economy and plans to open an outdoor music venue in western, MA are moving along. Knight is loving his iphone - it takes pictures of alums and thanks Erica Belanger '09 for walking into the pharmacy the minute we needed the pic taken!

Dick McKelvey Funeral Reception

It looked like an opening faculty meeting from 1982 for a few minutes in the Memorial Buidling lobby at DA today. After a wonderful service for 300 in St. James Church in Greenfield, Rev McKev was further remembered by family, friends and colleagues. Our condolences go out especially to Dick's wife, Joan and our classmate, Kevin.

Double Vision

Yup, that's D. Sean Nottage and Pierce Brosnan playing dress up in the Bahamas. Sean pretends to have a day job but his Facebook page is loaded with shots of him as a movie star look alike and a voice actor. What's next, perhaps a Gillete ad???

Home is where the stuff is

Mark Beaubien bought me lunch the other day (thanks again!). Great to see him up at the Lady Kiligrew, located in the old mill he owns in Montague. The Night Kitchen restaraunt can also be found there, along with the great used book experience known as the Book Mill and even a Turn It Up cd store! Things are looking up in Montague City! Mark continues his engineering passions with his company Yankee Environmental Systems (YES!) and admits he's likely to know soon if global warming is real.

Spence Brown's Neighborhood

Nestled in the cozy neighborhood in NYC known as Times Square, our classmate who keeps FM Radio alive, Spence Brown, can sometimes be found in his office on the 4th floor right over the McDonalds. Look him up next time you're there!

There's a new world leader

Big Kudos to (Dr.) Adam Weinberg on his appointment as the next President and CEO of World Learning / SIT in Brattleboro, VT! Lots of nice things said about him in the article so please check it out.

Rev McKev passes

I'm sorry to have to report that longtime DA faculty member Richard (Dick) McKelvey passed away last night. Services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, July 11 at St. James Church in Greenfield, MA. Any good stories about him come to mind? JK

Wareck and Weir filming movie: REALLY!

Below the belt (http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/)

The low-budget indie flick “Below the Beltway” has been spotted filming around town with actors who aren’t your usual low-budget indie guys: Tate Donovan, Kip Pardue, Sarah Clarke, Spencer Garrett (who, interestingly, is playing Tom DeLay in “Casino Jack”), and director Dave Fraunces, who actually was RFK in “Bobby.” It’s all due to a former House, Senate and Mayor Anthony Williams guy — Jim Wareck. He dreamed up and wrote the movie about what really happens in D.C. “There’s never been a realistic portrayal of staffers,” he says. Basically: A character has fallen from grace and wants to get back in the scene — but eventually all the characters realize “there is life above the Beltway.” “It’s damn hard to do,” Wareck says of the movie process. “It’s like fighting the devil with a bucket of water.” Still, the movie was being shot in Alexandria over the weekend with a few cameos: Chris Matthews, Jack and Susanna Quinn and former Mayor Williams. And there’s more to come: Wareck is putting his friends in as much as possible, like former John Kerry gal Amy Dacey, Quinn Gillespie’s Virginia Hume and the Food Network’s Duff Goldman. Sadly, the new Rules communications director Vince Morris has been cut. “He hasn’t forgiven me,” Wareck says with a laugh. Matthews’ son, Michael, is “the MVP” of the set, Wareck says — he’s the locations manager. The power breakfast scene involved Matthews calling Pardue’s character “a jerk.” Susanna Quinn was Matthews’ breakfast partner, while Jack Quinn was seated with Williams, and Jack Quinn also assails Pardue’s character, calling him “an [expletive]” while Williams says, laughing, “Take a number.” Hopefully, there will be a Mayor Fenty cameo, too, talking about D.C.’s voting rights, and rumor has it they’ll be filming in POLITICO’s offices over the weekend. “It’s tough to make comedy in D.C. authentic when Joe Lieberman wins the funniest man in D.C. contest every year — it’s not a funny town,” Wareck says. The movie’s filming for 19 days, but “it’s not the best 19 days of your life,” Wareck notes. “It’s like you’re two days out from Election Day every day. ... Producing is like managing a campaign.” Always political.

By Anne Schroeder Mullins June 10 at 04:00 AM

Cool Class Notes: Tritschler,Kierstead,Day,Calman,Wood, Wester

These will likely appear in June 30 Deerfield Magazine - but don't you deserve the good news sooner?

March - Charlie Tritschler is working at Amazon on Kindle project.

March - Lt Col Bob Keirstead writes, "Hello all! I was at church here in Brentwood, Tennessee about 2 months ago and saw classmate Bill Wester in the parking lot, we actually now go to the same church, 1,071 miles from Deerfield! He is back from Africa and working at Vanderbilt. I am still in the Air Force and heading to US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, PA in July. After that, probably back to the Pentagon or back to the Middle East!"

March - Chris Day writes, "I continue to run www.evergreenadvisors.us from Ridgefield, CT and am greatly enjoying it. It's a challenging economy, but, thankfully, we're able to deliver value and have a sustainable business. Clark turned 6 in January and Ella is on her way to 3 in July. There's a strong possibility that we may be relocating to the Tampa, FL area this year, and I'd be grateful to hear from alums in that part of the world. Though it's difficult to leave New England, it's not so difficult when it's overcast, gray and cold! Nonetheless, I'll sorely miss the grand colonial homes, wide tree-lined streets, community spirit and church bells (not to mention the firehouse alarm at 12:00PM every day). If any of our esteemed class are familiar with the West Coast of Florida – please feel free to call me – I would be grateful. Be Worthy."

March - Matt Calman writes, "I'm just back from my second two-week trip to China this year. My team from Bank of America is leading a project with one of the major banks in China to build a Product Innovation Lab in Beijing. It's quite an adventure, both culturally and professionally, and the cuisine is spectacular! I have three or four more trips over in 2009. If anyone is over there, drop me a note at matt.calman@bankofamerica.com"

March - Dexter Wood writes, "After more than eight very fulfilling and rewarding years with Host Hotels & Resorts, I have accepted an extraordinary opportunity to join Hilton Hotels as senior vice president and global head of business & investment analysis. In my new role, I will have global responsibility for financial and business analysis functions supporting Hilton's development and brand growth strategies. Hilton will be relocating their corporate headquarters to the Washington, DC area this summer. So no relocation of the family is required, which is nice! Until then I will be spending time in Beverly Hills and traveling to other areas of interest around the world."

RATS Redux

You may remember I asked Whit Sheppard to write about his recent visit to DA.

And now for those..."Reflections upon visiting the campus: it just seemed a much more upbeat, vibrant place than my memories of it. Deerfield seemed much more humane and student-centered than during our era. Might have had something to do with the beautiful spring sunshine, warm air and 50% of the student body being of the female persuasion. And certainly owing somewhat to seeing it through different, clear eyes, and not through the chemically-induced fog of much of my earlier experience as a student. Lots of smiling faces and friendly "hellos" from current students, and I had a nice chat with a few seniors before we went in for lunch. Good kids, lots of self-esteem, matriculating at great colleges. I drove away with a nice feeling, much different than the one I had when we graduated in 1983. I was more relieved then than anything else. I felt grateful to see today's students seeming to enjoy their Deerfield experience so much, based on my quick impressions.

Couple of more things: I joined the later-in-life-Daddy's-club in November, when Emily Vaughan was born. Her mom and I are thrilled and she's slept through the night since she was 8 weeks old! We are lucky!

And for those looking for a good Father's Day gift, you could do probably worse than picking up a copy of "Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Golf Book," which arrived in bookstores in late April and for which I wrote a piece about my father, also a Deerfield alum ('54) entitled "Dreamer." (page 158) Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, after all...

Dinner with Nourse (aka Strawberry Man)

Fun times in Western MA. Nate and his wife Betsy invited us to dinner - their boys Nick and Colby were gracious hosts to our 3 yr old daughter and fun was had by all. Nothing like fresh asparagus (from Nate's field) and grilled salmon. Thanks Nate!

Techno Deerfield

Be sure to check out the Deerfield Academy page on Facebook and the new RSS Feed as well as the Flickr Feed. Things are starting to come together!

Nourse Farm leads the way

If you haven't checked out http://www.noursefarms.com/ lately - and you need to know anything about small fruit plants and their science - check out the page and especially the videos narrated by our own Nate Nourse. The You Tube direct link is http://www.youtube.com/NourseFarms. Talk about high tech farming - they clone plants fron a single cell!

Patton featured in Smithsonian Magazine

This you don't want to miss - Congratulations to Ben Patton for the article in June's Smithsonian Magazine : http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Presence-of-Mind-Recovered-Ground.html entitled "For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground"
Famed World War II Gen. George S. Patton's grandson finds his calling in the ashes of his fathers journals (By Benjamin W. Patton Smithsonian magazine, June 2009). A wonderful piece on personal history and it's value. The accompanying video is fantastic and can be found at http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1494875046?bclid=1213949676&bctid=23928239001

Maybe I should print my blog on paper and save it somewhere?

Nice Catch Jon!

Thanks to Jon Gottscho for alerting me to the Deerfield Alum (Matt Fox '85) who gave a "shout out" to DA on the The David Letterman show. DA has the clip on it's Facebook page and it's always cool to have the virtues of DA on the mass media. Matt was a PG and went to Columbia and is clearly smart - and yet acting is his passion and living in Hawaii shooting Lost can't be all bad.

RATS! What are the chances that the elusive Whit Sheppard would drive through Deerfield on his way to Williamstown (he lives in VA since moving back from France)? And why did it have to be trustees weekend at DA so I couldn't connect with him over lunch? In Whit style, he walked into the Dining Hall and Jay Morsman '55 P89 (and in year 49 as a faculty member) invited him to join his sit down table. Nice work Whit - now it is time to email your reflections to mailto://jknight@deerfield.edu so we can all get a crash course in "Deerfield Today".

Wonder what Whit was doing in Western, MA? Check out his new use of journalism -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D7RkSaFa8g

Thanks for reaching out Whit - I'm bummed I missed ya!

-JK

The idealism of 1983!

It may only be the intro to the Spring 1983 issue of "The Deerfield Mirror" but it was a heartfelt statement then. Who knew that its authors would turn out to be the class poet and the class world changer. Congrats to Jon and Adam, then and now...

Link to Springfield Republican story on DA Swim Championship (repeat)

http://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/03/deerfield_academy_wins_prep_sc.html

Swimming wins New Englands, again!

Congrats to Boys Swimming as they successfully defended their NE title! See http://danet.deerfield.edu/news.cfm?action=read&ID=1605 for details.

Facebook Phenom

By my email search only - there are over 43 members of DA 1983 on Facebook - and I'm sure there are more. Please let them know about www.da1983.blogspot.com and we'll get a FB group going too.

jk

Recent Sightings

A sighting as rare as the Yeti - Chris Lynch surfaced on March 4, 2009 to make calls to classmates with Doug Schmidt and John Knight. Lucky recipients? Al Kerr, Ed Riccobebe, Jon Bernstein, Jim Wareck, Doug Cruikshank and many others. Thanks! Cruikshank tore his ACL skiing and goes under the knife later this month. The rest of the lads sounded somwhat harried by the economy...

Bob Fitz hits the Bruins game Jan 31

It was great to sit next to our man in Boston - Bob Fitzpatrick (and his brother '81) as the Bruins skated their way to a 1-0 victory over the Rangers this afternoon. Twenty-one year old Finnish goalie Tuuka Rask (the goalie of the future) got the shutout - and Fitz pointed out that Rask was acquired in a trade for Andrew Raycroft (from Toronto in June 2006). That's hockey knowledge that Fitz has been working on a long time! Lots of fun trading old IHL memories too...

Suher Latest in the news

Springfield Republican on Jan 15 runs feature on Iron Horse Music Hall turning 30 yrs old. See story at Iron Horse at 30 - The Eric Suher interview - MassLive.com.

Wareck's New Year

Jim Wareck celebrated his new year in style with a photo from reunions - hoisting the Stanley Can from the famed (and now defunct) IHL. Our own Winter Classic.

Suher tells tales to DA seniors

During the recent PATHWAYS panel, where alumni return to campus and describe their profession to current seniors and then answer their questions - Eric Suher recounted his ascent to professional success. From dorm room to board room, Eric's career wouldn't have flourished without the support of his school and classmates. We supported him all along, right?

Up and Running

DA 1983 is merely the scrapbook...but it isn't interesting unless you contribute a scrap once in a while...and please subscribe at right so you receive new posts. And yes, this is a picture of the actual JW door, currently residing in Historic Deerfield's Museum.

jk