5 Guys walk into a restaurant in Worcester, and Knight moves...

 

Kudos to Jim Wareck for organizing a multi-state mini reunion!  Centrally located Worcester, MA (the heart of the Commonwealth) served as the meeting point for Eric Suher (W MA), Pete Crow (NH), and Nelse Clark and Will Wolf (Boston) to connect with Jim (New Haven CT) and catch up.  It may take months for the blog to uncover the stories that were shared last night...

Jim says he chose Worcester in honor of John Knight's move back to the east coast from Colorado.  John's wife took a new job in Providence, RI and the family will move to E Greenwich RI in June.  JK says he is grateful for the help of John Cianciolo and Peter Eleftherio in the house hunting and general understanding of all things RI. It's nice to have a network ready, willing and able to help.

At the time of the gathering in Worcester, JK was handing off the reins of the Deerfield Club of the Rockies to Chris Miller '84 and an appropriate dive bar on S Broadway in Denver.

Big day for DA83!

Boston Strong!

So you can probably imagine the conversation that happened in the hallway at the Santander Bank office in Boston a few weeks back.  Bob Fitz is heading to the men's room and Will Wolf is headed to the water fountain.  They bump into each other and finally remember that they work in the same building!  Then they do what 83ers do when in good company, they wonder who else they can include in a gathering.  So they get Townsend and Clark on the line and compare address books for DA 83* and hatch a plan to hang out.  And then it happened!

Kudos to the organizers and the attendees, with special nods to Beaubien and Crow who made the big travel efforts to be present.

Here's the lineup at Ginger Man - Boston:

Front (LtoR): Peter Crow, Bob Fitzpatrick, John Cianciolo, Peter Townsend
Back (LtoR): Will Wolf, Mark Beaubien, Nelse Clark

*As a reminder, remember that DA has a mobile app with most of us in it.  Learn more here.

PS - Hope to see these faces again June 8-10, 2018 at our 35th!

DC and Boston...and the IHL

'83 turning out at Deerfield Receptions!

Top: Welcome to DC to Scott Pryce and family!  A brief stay in Brazil after his days in Spain didn't quite pan out for the family so they are in Washington now.  America's got new talent!

Below: Charlie van Dusen attended the Boston event last night and enjoyed reminiscing about the IHL Champion Maple Leafs and his elegant (i.e. disputed) goal in the final game over Bob Fitz and the Canadiens.

Additional: Not only does the Stanley Can live in my office, I have copies of season stats from 1979-1990. In our senior year the Leafs and the Bruins finished the regular season at 7-3-1, the Canadiens at 4-7 and the Blackhawks at 3-8. In the playoff semi-finals, the Canadiens stunned the Bruins 2-1 and the Leafs handled the Hawks 4-2.  In the final the Leafs won 2-1.  Charlie's goal was his only of the season (unverified).

Top scorers in the IHL that year:
First Line: D. Smith (8), Ehmann and Esty (7),  Jackson, Pauley and Piersol (6)
Second Line: Wolf (8), S Brown (7)
Third line: Rigsby (9)

83 Works ADC in NYC

Thanks again to Flagg, Wolf, Schmidt and Wareck for making calls last week at the NYC phonathon.  We talked to a bunch of classmates, reminded them of our next reunion in June 2013 and had a lot of laughs.  We even raised some money for the Annual Fund during the April Donor Challenge (there's still time!).  Early in the evening, Chris Flagg called Wareck, and when Jim realized we were calling from 44th street, he delivered his donation in person (pictured).  Jim was 3 days from finishing shooting his second movie (this one not written by him).  Jim and Brad Weir are working on their next screenplay...

Will Wolf is at CSFB but travels so much we were thrilled to have him with us before he caught his train back to DC.  Flagg is in real estate in NYC and Schmidt is a self proclaimed "business maker", putting people with ideas in touch with people with money.

A better cast of characters you couldn't ask for!

Good Times

So great to connect with Whit Armstrong, Doug Cruikshank, Doug Schmidt, Ben Patton and Will Wolf last night.  Did you remember all those names from the faces?

Will wins for best surprise guest - he lives in DC and runs Human Development for Credit Suisse First Boston, spending half the month in Switzerland, a week in DC and a week in NYC.  He was headed to the airport to fly home when he stopped by for a burger and some hearty laughs.

Whit continues to paint, Doug S. continues to deal and Doug. C continues to keep the banking industry on the straight and narrow.

Ben has written a book, due out in March.  Stay tuned for the NYC event announcement.

Jon Gottscho called in to lament his own absence at the soiree and others emailed their disappointment at not being available. 

When Will saw me raise my phone to take his picture he lamented, "Please - no pictures for the blog."  When I reminded him that is was BECAUSE of the blog that he even knew we were gathering he replied, "true enough John, fire away!"  Let that be a lesson to us all - that sharing a moment of ourselves makes our class community stronger.  Or just gets you a free burger and a beer!

Guess we'll just have to do it again...Feel free to host a gathering in your area, like Don Hindman did in Denver - i can get you some names and emails...

'83 earns $15K as Most Improved! Way to go!

Results of the April Donor Challenge at DA are in and congratulations are in order.  Thank you so much for responding to the outreach of your class agents: Blain, Clark, Feiges, Fitzpatrick, Flagg, Knight, Singewald, Sullivan, Townsend, Weymouth and Wolf, who were led by the enthusiastic Doug Schmidt...

What a rally - with a week to go we had 20 april donors and the class of '74 had 27.  In the last week we added 17 donors and they only added 3!

The team will bask in the glory for a week or two, then its back to the phones to rally the rest of the class to make a gift by June 30 to help DA garner >50% alumni participation for the first time in 6 years...

The official announcement:

Class of 1983 Surprises, Class of 1979 Repeats!!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 April Donor Challenge!

Most Donors in April

Class of 1979 with 113 donors, 1st place $15,000

Class of 1964 with 84 donors, 2nd place $8,000

Class of 1983 44 donors*  

Class of 1974 38 donors*  

Class of 1966 with 32 donors, 3rd place $1,797

Most Improved April 2011 Donors Compared to April 2010

Class of 1983 +37 donors, 1st place $15,000

Class of 1974 +30 donors, 2nd place $8,000

Class of 1966 +20 donors*

Class of 1964 +16 donors*

Class of 1977 +10 donors, 3rd place tie $898.50

Class of 2009 +10 donors, 3rd place tie $898.50

 *Challenge rules stipulate a class may only win in one category.

To view complete results, go to deerfield.edu/go/aprildonorchallenge

The April Donor Challenge brought in 894 gifts and $585,595 in revenue, greatly helping us toward our year-end goals of 50% participation and $5,000,000 in revenue.

Thanks to everyone who made a gift in April!

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!

2007 - November - DA 83 E News

DA Class of 1983 E-Newsletter
25th Reunion Year Edition
November 2007

Dear 83er,

In this edition:
Boston Region News
Online Reunion Survey Announced
Recent Class Notes
From the DA Intranet


NEWS:

BOSTON – The Boston Region Reunion Committee has announced a change of date and venue for its pre-25th Reunion event. Originally planned as an afternoon chance to watch the decimation of the Buffalo Bills by the New England Patriots on Sunday, November 18th (sorry Munro…), the TV gods have moved the game to 8 pm. Host Pete Townsend lamented, “I’m as fond of my classmates as anyone, but inviting them over on a school night for malted beverages seemed like an unwise move, what, with the wife and two kids and all.” The emergency committee meeting resulted in a spectacular idea:

Boston Pre-25th Reunion Event:

CLASSY ’83 –
Thursday, January 17th at 6 pm - Oak Bar
At the Fairmont Copley
http://theoakroom.com/page/nwxk/Oak_Bar.html

Already likely to be there: Townsend, Davey, Homer, Knight and Grossett (all the way from Maine).

PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE to block the dates on your calendar - June 13-15, 2008 – so you have the option of attending. More planning information will be forthcoming.

AND NOW…THE ONLINE SURVEY

25th REUNION ONLINE SURVEY: Please take a minute to inform your 25th Reunion Committee if you are likely to come back – what information you need to make your decision – or to volunteer to help encourage classmates to “Rally to the Valley”. Simply click the link or hold CTRL while clicking or paste in your browser (Note: Strange things happen in Firefox but eventually it opens:
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2269WQ9PZVQ
Speaking of people likely to return for the 25th reunion – we have already heard from Rob Gulick who is “90% likely to make it from Macedonia” and Leigh Guyer who is making the road trip from Seattle. Brian Steward is likely from San Antonio and Craig Pattee and Will Wolf are caravanning from DC!

ClASS NOTES:
Ed. Note. Class Notes can be posted and viewed on www.DeerfieldAlumni.org. If you need any helping logging on to the site, like your unique ID – please email jknight@deerfield.edu

Congrats to Doug Schmidt and Camilla Anderson on the birth of their son, “J.D.” and same to Chip Thorner and Allison Rehnberg (see below). They gladly join the “Late to Fatherhood Club” started 22 months ago by John Knight!

Alex Grossett reports, “As to L.L.Bean, I've been here coming up on five years. The first two years spent in operational areas and the last three in what is now called Corporate Learning as a consultant. While not quite the prediction from the 1983 Pocumtuck "traveling salesman living in Maine" if I remember, it's a great company to work for and it does keep me up here in "God's country"”.
Chip Thorner (1983) and Allison Rehnberg are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Lincoln Jon Thorner. He was born on September 22, 2007 in Freeport, ME, and weighed 8 lb., 3 oz. All are well but sleep is minimal! Submitted on Nov 7 2007.Chip Thorner (1983) reports the good news that he was married to Allison Rehnberg in March 2007 and that they are expecting, as well. His company, Boomerang Builders, is doing residential construction in the Freeport, Maine area and he looks forward to bringing his family back to Deerfield for the 25th reunion. Submitted on Sep 25 2007.Peter Townsend (1983) writes, "As a Project Manager for Skanska USA I’ve been helping construct a number of interesting buildings on the Boston waterfront in the past seven years. We’re currently on Commercial Street working on a $185 million dollar hotel and condominium project. My wife, Cindy, and I live with our two boys on the north shore of town and are all looking forward to the 25th reunion this June. See you all there." Submitted on Sep 25 2007.

Wanna buy some land? Rob Gulick has some deals for you in Macedonia! See image below!

From the Deerfield Intranet:

Boys Water Polo Captures New England Championship
Water Polo - Boys - November 10, 2007
Seeded second going into the New England Tournament, Deerfield faced Hotchkiss in their home pool in a semifinal game. Trailing 2-1 late in the first quarter, we scored five goals over the next two quarters to take a 6-2 lead into the fourth and then preserved the win with sound defense. Three hours later, we faced Choate, a team on a hot streak after upsetting fourth-seeded Suffield in the opening round and top-seeded Exeter in the semifinals. Though we never trailed in the opening quarter, we could not open a working lead against the hot-shooting opponents until late in the first half. A buzzer beating shot by Andrew Wood with an assist from Dom Kwok and then a goal in the first ten seconds of the second half by Oliver Lee, who won the sprint and sped down the left side of the pool and scored, gave Deerfield a 10-5 lead, which we never relinquished. In the game's final minutes, all of the team's seniors, including the six who played on the 2-16 team as sophomores were in the pool playing tenacious defense, the defining characteristic of this year's team. Sophomore Grant Villeneuve and senior Trevor Gladych were named to the All-Tournament Team. Senior Marker Anderson carried home the MVP award, and his fellow captain Bo Swindell cradled the team trophy in his lap for the joyous ride home.
Getting Greener All the Time!
November 9, 2007 Biodegradable plates, utensils, and take-out containers are being used in the Greer Store and Koch Center Café and are expected to dramatically reduce the amount of trash Deerfield Academy produces daily. An increase in the quantity of compost produced and then used on campus is also anticipated. According to Ms. Paige, Director of Food Services, “This is the most recent chapter in Deerfield’s ongoing recycling efforts and an exciting opportunity for us as individuals and as a community.”
All the plastic-looking table ware at the Greer and the Koch Café is made from corn, sugar, potato, or bamboo-based compounds and will break down in Deerfield’s own compost pile in just 45 days. The academy’s compost, created from vegetable waste, grass clippings, and the biodegradable table ware, can then be used as a non-chemical fertilizer for Deerfield’s fields and flower beds.
As we move towards the next Green Cup Challenge and build upon previous recycling efforts, mindful cooperation will keep Deerfield “Green.” So read the signs at the recycle stations and remember: bottles, cans and plastics will go into the same bin and will be sorted by the recycling company. Plates, cups, and utensils can be composted.

REMEMBER: 25th reunion is June 13-15, 2008

HAVE an IDEA to help celebrate our 25th?
Want to help make calls and reach out to classmates to spur on attendance?
Want to chair a committee?

Contact John Knight at jknight@deerfield.edu (immediately!)

THIRTY SEVEN classmates can now be viewed on our Class of 1983 Web Album. See current photos of classmates! You can even leave comments…Bookmark this page…
http://picasaweb.google.com/jgknight83/DA1983

ANNUAL SUPPORT: We made a strong push at the end and finished with 63 donors to annual support this year. Not bad – but we really need to rally for our 25th. Please take a minute to think about the kind of stretch commitment you could make in the coming year (some gifts could be increased by making contributions in two different calendar years). It makes a huge difference for Deerfield, with over 30% of the total coming from the 9 reunion classes – not including the 50th reunion… THANKS

CONTACTING THE EDITOR:
Please let me know if there is a better email address for this missive…Email for newsletter contributions is jknight01038@comcast.net – or you could always use classnotes@deerfield.edu, or POST YOUR OWN to the website at www.deerfieldalumni.org. Hope to hear from you…