Not to be outdone, Dave Ziccardi just returned from a week of biking in Montana and posted this slideshow. Beautiful stuff and inspiring attitude - get out there and live, boys!
Anyone else vacationing these days or have travel photos to share?
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Go West!
Here's our man Chris Averill recently at the Grand Canyon. He's with his family and clearly having a great time, hiking, horseback riding etc.Thanks to him for posting on FB. This may also inform his middle school science teaching at Noble & Greenough School in Dedham, MA!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Shout out to Don Hindman
You may remember that Don moved his family from Chicagoland to Denver fairly recently. I gave him some familiar names who lived in the area and Don made the time to reach out. The result? A great dinner with Jeff Spadafora and Taylor Watts! Now that's networking '83 style. Great to see those faces again.
In related Facebook news, Sean Nottage (Bahamas) will call a meeting of the Pocumtuck Valley '83 alumni (Suher, Knight, Nourse, Shelton, Puschak....) when he next visits the in-laws this summer....
If you want to find the names in your area, let me know. or maybe i'll just post a list!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Chris Lynch Climbing Myrdalsjokull glacier in Iceland
John, was in Iceland for four days, the ice climb was part of a glacier hike I did one of the days there. Think I was the oldest one in the group by about 10 years....
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thanks Euiduk!
Four new EZ Up tents are appearing for reunions, donated by the Han brothers Wonduk '84 and Euiduk '83. Wonduk is the Japanese distributor for EZUp. Makes us ALL look good.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
BTB favorites
Just finished watching Jim and Brad's first movie (you know there will be more) and it reallly is a fun watch. Thanks guys! Sorry if I'm breaking copyright rules with this pic but it's one of my favorites from the movie.
Stay tuned for a showing in the small aud this summer!!!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Charles Piper Cost '83 Award
Given minutes ago at the final school meeting to Ross, a sophomore from San Francisco. Congrats!
from my iPhone
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Son, here are the keys. Please be careful.
This blog has a loyal following of 60+. Wish it were more. It often contains news of classmates and sometimes (too often for some) contains more general academy news.
You can change the ratio by copying this email address into your smartphone etc.
jgknight83.da1983@blogger.com
You now have the keys to posting to this blog. Any text, image etc. should post to this site if you email it to the address. It will post immediately and appear in the nightly digest currently set for 7 pm eastern.
While I may be the most interested to share news of the class, I am not the only one. This occurred to me when after the Whit Hagerman post, Pete Crow and John Munro realized they both had kids at Brooks School and vowed to connect at Parents Weekend. That would make a great picture and post for this blog, but they would need the keys to make it simple.
It's a big responsibility, but I know you can handle it. Save the address, take a pic and post it.
You can change the ratio by copying this email address into your smartphone etc.
jgknight83.da1983@blogger.com
You now have the keys to posting to this blog. Any text, image etc. should post to this site if you email it to the address. It will post immediately and appear in the nightly digest currently set for 7 pm eastern.
While I may be the most interested to share news of the class, I am not the only one. This occurred to me when after the Whit Hagerman post, Pete Crow and John Munro realized they both had kids at Brooks School and vowed to connect at Parents Weekend. That would make a great picture and post for this blog, but they would need the keys to make it simple.
It's a big responsibility, but I know you can handle it. Save the address, take a pic and post it.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Hilarious Guesses and One Right Answer...
Guesses on yesterday's photo quiz were received from Schmidt, Munro,Zales, Sheppard and Nourse. Answers ranged from: "your daughter" to "Helen Childs Boyden" to "the daughter of a classmate" to "Craig Pattee" - but the right answer (from Munro and a fellow McAlister Dorm resident in 1981-1982): "A Hagerman, Whittaker I think."
The background for his answer is not the McAlister Dorm connection, since Whittaker wasn't born yet, but I did think it a nice hint...John's daughter attends Brooks School and her advisor is Casey Hagerman, the oldest of the four Hagerman daughters. Kully (daughter #2) coaches lax at Babson, Jamison (DA '99) works at Groton and Whit has just started her new job in the Admission Office at Choate! A great school family. (We all have to start our careers somewhere.....) Thanks for the guesses!
The background for his answer is not the McAlister Dorm connection, since Whittaker wasn't born yet, but I did think it a nice hint...John's daughter attends Brooks School and her advisor is Casey Hagerman, the oldest of the four Hagerman daughters. Kully (daughter #2) coaches lax at Babson, Jamison (DA '99) works at Groton and Whit has just started her new job in the Admission Office at Choate! A great school family. (We all have to start our careers somewhere.....) Thanks for the guesses!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Any guesses?
Any guesses who I'm pictured with in front on McAlister dorm today?
John Knight
Director of Annual Support &
Development Operations
Deerfield Academy
from my iPhone
Saturday, May 7, 2011
'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!!
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!
When you're right, you're right...
As a follow up to a story reported in October 2010, when Eric Peterson wouldn't allow his St. George's School football team to play against a MUCH bigger Lawrence Academy team for safety reasons, it turns out Eric was on to something.
Boston news outlets are reporting a series of sanctions imposed on LA by their league (ISL) for improper financial aid packages to athletes (my summary) and the school has had to vacate their two previous league titles and faces other restrictions for three years.
Eric is not the gloating kind, but kudos to him for doing what's right at the time, and being vindicated later. (Frank DeFord's NPR commentary did support Eric at the time, but many others considered him a quitter).
It's hard to have ideals these days, but we're glad Eric has them and defends them...
Boston news outlets are reporting a series of sanctions imposed on LA by their league (ISL) for improper financial aid packages to athletes (my summary) and the school has had to vacate their two previous league titles and faces other restrictions for three years.
Eric is not the gloating kind, but kudos to him for doing what's right at the time, and being vindicated later. (Frank DeFord's NPR commentary did support Eric at the time, but many others considered him a quitter).
It's hard to have ideals these days, but we're glad Eric has them and defends them...
Thursday, April 28, 2011
BTB Finally!
Jim Wareck just announced on Facebook that the movie he wrote with Brad Weir is now available for purchase and on Netflix! Put it in your queue or click here to purchase http://www.ottercreekmp.com/Coming%20Soon/BTB/BTB.html. Nice work boys!
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and here's one on the creative process...sort of!
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and here's one on the creative process...sort of!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Go Sox! (literally)
DA has tix for Tuesday night August 2 against Cleveland Indians: order up at
See you there!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Team '83 representing at the NYC Phonathon - working hard to keep us in the money in the April Donor Challenge!!! We're the SECOND MOST IMPROVED class from a year ago and shooting for more. Thanks to all the guys we reached tonight, and all of our 20+ donors.
Weymouth, Armstrong, Flagg, and Schmidt - an amazing performance. Thank You!!! Thanks for creating the street sign...
from my iPhone
Saturday, April 16, 2011
You never forget your first...
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Off to run in my first Boston Marathon! Anyone wanting to track my progress live on Monday can do so by going towww.bostonmarathon.org and entering my bib number 9655. Send good vibes, I'll need all the help I can get!!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Winning Some $ is Possible for '83!
Halfway through the April Donor Challenge and we're still in third (Both categories: Overall Total and Most Improvement). This is actually impressive for us!
Our competition in the most improved category is below. This is clearly where we can make our mark and win cash for our class because I know 1997 and 1979 are making another run for the most donor title.
April
Class Improvement
Our competition in the most improved category is below. This is clearly where we can make our mark and win cash for our class because I know 1997 and 1979 are making another run for the most donor title.
April
Class Improvement
1974 +13
2009 +9
1983 +8
2010 +3
1954 +3
2006 +2
1967 +2
1957 +2
To keep up the momentum, please make a gift to DA this month (previous givers may do so as well!). Kudos to our class agents reaching out to others- keep it up...
Class of '83 April Honor Roll:
Mr. Whitney B. Armstrong
Mr. Geoffrey S. Bennett
Mr. Cameron T. Chalmers
Dr. Peter H. Crow
Mr. Timothy G. Ehrhart
Mr. Robert E. Fitzpatrick
Mr. Hardie S. Jackson
Mr. John G. Knight
Mr. Paul D. Magee
Mr. Douglas A. Mays
Mr. David F. Morley
Dr. Johannes W. Mortier
Mr. John R. Munro Jr.
Mr. Scott F. Pryce
Mr. James L. Wareck
1967 +2
1957 +2
To keep up the momentum, please make a gift to DA this month (previous givers may do so as well!). Kudos to our class agents reaching out to others- keep it up...
Class of '83 April Honor Roll:
Mr. Whitney B. Armstrong
Mr. Geoffrey S. Bennett
Mr. Cameron T. Chalmers
Dr. Peter H. Crow
Mr. Timothy G. Ehrhart
Mr. Robert E. Fitzpatrick
Mr. Hardie S. Jackson
Mr. John G. Knight
Mr. Paul D. Magee
Mr. Douglas A. Mays
Mr. David F. Morley
Dr. Johannes W. Mortier
Mr. John R. Munro Jr.
Mr. Scott F. Pryce
Mr. James L. Wareck
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Dios mÃo!
Paul Magee stopped by campus today for five minutes. No big deal except HE LIVES IN MEXICO and hasn't been to campus in a decade! He was visiting his 83 year old mom who just had a hip replaced in Bronxville, NY and then his sister who lives in W Hartford, CT. He was driving to Walpole, NH with his brother in law and figured what the heck, go say hi to JK...Such a thrill. He recommends all the books by McKay Jenkins '81. When Paul was reminded that the April Donor Challenge was happening he pulled out a $20 and said "That's a buck for each year since graduation!" So maybe math isnt his forte but he's got spirit! Great to see you Pablo, please don't wait another ten years.
And less than two hours after Paul's visit, another international classmate called to make his April Donor Challenge gift. Johannes "Yogi" Mortier - our orthapedic surgeon in Dusseldorf, also informed the class that his 13 year old son happily challenges any of us to a tennis match, as his accolades continue. Scott Pryce in Spain might be closest geographically- maybe we'll see how that matchup goes before we send any others?
A banner day for '83!
Friday, April 8, 2011
83 starts strong in ADC!
Led by the outreach of Doug "I will not be denied" Schmidt, the Class of 1983 has had a good first week in the April Donor Challenge
Most donors as of 4/7/11:
1974 15
1964 7
2009 6
1957 6
1983 6
1992 5
1948 4
1980 4
2004 4
Special thanks to the guys who got us to this point:
| Mr. Robert E. Fitzpatrick |
| Mr. Timothy G. Ehrhart |
| Mr. David F. Morley |
| Mr. John G. Knight |
| Mr. Douglas A. Mays |
| Mr. John R. Munro Jr. |
Our goal is 57 donors for the month, and you are welcome to give a token second gift if you have given prior to April!
Give to DA to help '83 earn some of the $50K in trustee reward $
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
A Thank You from Brian Steward
On November 19, 2010, I finally walked down the aisle with the lovely
Hannah Williams. That fact is secondary to the rest of this comment
but it is certainly a place to start.
In attendance at this blessed event were D.A.'s finest James Wareck '83
and Corbin Snow, III '81. As many of you may recall, I am originally from
San Antonio. As such, I have been around Corbin's family for
approximately 40 years. Corbin's presence was a poignant reminder of
the power of relationships and extended family. Jim's presence,
however, was a test. During the college years, Jim and I traveled
together a great deal despite attending different schools. Somehow,
that meant that Jim and I would pile into one of our vehicles and
travel north to invade Hamilton and other institutions. I confess
that I was not always the best passenger (or driver). In Hamilton, I
distinctly recall stuffing my sports car into a snow bank while Jim
and Al Kerr were trapped in the hatch. Fortunately (for me), I was
enjoying a great conversation with Al's girlfriend at the time. Some
of you may also remember our 5th reunion where Jim graciously provided
me with the keys to his parent's Suburban. Some of you were even on
the Suburban as we rocketed across the lower level and stuck it axle
deep behind the tennis courts. Fortunately, we were able to extricate
the vehicle and no one (read me) was harmed in the act. Clearly, Jim
COULD have exacted his revenge at the wedding but he did not. Instead
Jim regaled a table of like minded people about his movie/screen
writing career. He did not tell any storiees about my strange hatred
of Parney Hagerman or any of the multitude of stupid things that I did
during college and after. Jim (or the memory of Jim) caused me a
great deal of concern but that anxiety was misplaced. I admit that I
had "people" placed to spirit Jim away if he decided to end my wife's
day of tribute (and no I did not consider it OUR wedding). This time
Jim behaved appropriately (as opposed to Doug Schmidt's Kansas wedding
where Jim's antics were legendary). After the ceremony, my mother
remarked that Jim had certainly matured, which was a direct reference
to Jim's consumption of champagne on graduation day so many years ago.
Jim - thank you for your exemplary behavior and I apologize for
doubting you! Everyone needs to see/buy/rent Below the Beltway.
--
Brian C. Steward
Hannah Williams. That fact is secondary to the rest of this comment
but it is certainly a place to start.
In attendance at this blessed event were D.A.'s finest James Wareck '83
and Corbin Snow, III '81. As many of you may recall, I am originally from
San Antonio. As such, I have been around Corbin's family for
approximately 40 years. Corbin's presence was a poignant reminder of
the power of relationships and extended family. Jim's presence,
however, was a test. During the college years, Jim and I traveled
together a great deal despite attending different schools. Somehow,
that meant that Jim and I would pile into one of our vehicles and
travel north to invade Hamilton and other institutions. I confess
that I was not always the best passenger (or driver). In Hamilton, I
distinctly recall stuffing my sports car into a snow bank while Jim
and Al Kerr were trapped in the hatch. Fortunately (for me), I was
enjoying a great conversation with Al's girlfriend at the time. Some
of you may also remember our 5th reunion where Jim graciously provided
me with the keys to his parent's Suburban. Some of you were even on
the Suburban as we rocketed across the lower level and stuck it axle
deep behind the tennis courts. Fortunately, we were able to extricate
the vehicle and no one (read me) was harmed in the act. Clearly, Jim
COULD have exacted his revenge at the wedding but he did not. Instead
Jim regaled a table of like minded people about his movie/screen
writing career. He did not tell any storiees about my strange hatred
of Parney Hagerman or any of the multitude of stupid things that I did
during college and after. Jim (or the memory of Jim) caused me a
great deal of concern but that anxiety was misplaced. I admit that I
had "people" placed to spirit Jim away if he decided to end my wife's
day of tribute (and no I did not consider it OUR wedding). This time
Jim behaved appropriately (as opposed to Doug Schmidt's Kansas wedding
where Jim's antics were legendary). After the ceremony, my mother
remarked that Jim had certainly matured, which was a direct reference
to Jim's consumption of champagne on graduation day so many years ago.
Jim - thank you for your exemplary behavior and I apologize for
doubting you! Everyone needs to see/buy/rent Below the Beltway.
--
Brian C. Steward
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Guyer Acting Career Heating Up
Guyer acting gigs heating up - that's him on the left, Tim Hutton on the right...
Oregon’s film and television industry has never looked stronger. Vince Porter, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Film and Television, predicts that the state will pull in more than $90 million from television shows and films shot here in 2011. And that record windfall could be just the beginning.For the third year in a row, Electric Entertainment is shooting its action series Leverage in Portland. According to Porter, the Leverage team wrote checks to 417 Oregon businesses and put 471 local people on the payroll in 2010.
The payoff could be even bigger if the recently filmed television pilot Grimm wins over NBC executives. NBC is expected to decide in April or May whether to back the quirky fairy tale/cop show written for Portland by a team with past involvement in the massively successful Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise. Porter’s predecessor at the state’s film office, Steve Oster, the line producer for Grimm, was instrumental in bringing the production to Oregon. If the pilot becomes a major network show, it could pull $45 million per year into the state.
Leverage is just one of many productions contributing to Oregon's growing film and TV industry. |
The direct economic impact of the quirky spoof show Portlandia is smaller than that, but the recent news that the show would continue for another season certainly generates buzz. News is also expected soon on the fate of another pilot recently shot in Portland, TBS’s Brain Trust, which would have a budget similar to that of Leverage.
As soon as the shooting ended for Grimm, it started for the feature film Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried.
But for all the excitement around live shooting, the opportunity may be even bigger in the Portland area for animation. Laika is gearing up for its long-awaited follow-up to the Academy Award-nominated Coraline, and Portland-based Bent Image Lab is growing rapidly, specializing in animation and music videos.
“Oregon is developing a real fertile cluster on the animation side,” says Porter. “I see that side growing quickly, even faster than the live-action side… I would love nothing more than to market us as home for another animation company because our talent pool is growing.”
Read more: Shooting revs up for Oregon's best TV and film year ever - Oregon Business http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/98-april-2011/5036-oregon-film-tv#ixzz1IhCa6EgA
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Schmidt '83 stuns Deerfield; promises calls
New York-
J. Douglas Schmidt, co-class captain for Deerfield's illustrious Class of 1983, announced today that he would mobilize his Class Agent team during the upcoming April Donor Challenge. "Our strategy last year was to do nothing and our results reflected that effort. Seven donors last April placed our class 42nd out of the 80 classes still alive. This year will be different. This year we are aiming for 57 donors in April. We have a chance to claim some of the $50,000 in prize money offered up by an anonymous trustee."
The contest, which counts any alumni donation made (online or postmarked) between April 1 and April 30, 2011, and rewards the top six finishers with cash credit to their class total, is the brainchild of Deerfield's Annual Support Steering Committee. Committee Chair and trustee, Zeke Knight '54, G03 could not be reached for comment but has previously said on record, "Why is the Class of 1983 so far down this list?"
Schmidt is excited to have the help of Class Agents Dean Singewald and Pete Townsend, as well as fellow Captain, John Knight. At the same time, he admitted he was most worried about the classmates assigned to Agent Rob Gulick. "Rob lives in Kosovo and has not been heard from in over a year. I hope that his assignments (Bourne, Compagno, Davey, Day, Hindman, Kaufmann, Mack, McKelvey and Wester) get the message somehow."
Schmidt also reminds classmates of the generous counting methodology allowed in this contest. "We have 25 terrific classmates who have already contributed this fiscal year; (Beaubien, Bennett, Blain, Bresnahan, Calman, Flagg, Grace, Greenberg, Guyer, Kikoski, Knight, Mahan, Malik, Patton, Pryce, Roberts, Robinson, Schiff, Steward, Stewart, Suher, Tritschler, Watts, Wolf, Wright). This contest is for them too as they are allowed to make another donation of any amount ($8.30?) in the month of April to help boost the class participation total! That's a thoughtful design in my opinion."
"Look for the appeal mailed from Deerfield and prepare for a call from a class volunteer" Schmidt reminded his classmates, "'cause this is our time!"
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
More New England Champs!
The four faces depicted here won the New England title in the 400 freestyle relay,
the last event of a grueling championship meet over the weekend, and reset their last
season's New England record. The team placed third overall, merely five points in a high scoring contest behind Andover. Exeter took the team title. These faces, however, speak volumes. Three of this same gang also won and set a new NE record in the spring
relay earlier in the evening. (with thanks to coach Sonja O'Donnell for the reporting)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Mad props Pablo
Here's to Paul Magee's 13th sober anniversary. He lives in Mexico with his wife and kids and sounds pretty happy. Nice...
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Behind the Music
Eric Suher sent some nice trivia after seeing the Hank LeMieux video clip yesterday.
"John, not certain anyone would pick up on this, but Hank is singing a song called "Barely Breathing" written by Duncan Sheik--and the song reached the number 1 or 2 spot on the Billboard Top 40 in 1996...I only know this because we hired him to play the Iron Horse when he released the record, and by the time our date came along, the song was at the top of the charts. The show sold out instantly and many people who couldn't get tickets listened on the sidewalk...BUT, that's not the reason I am writing...Duncan graduated from Eaglebrook--I believe just several years after we left DA...He then attended Andover...
"John, not certain anyone would pick up on this, but Hank is singing a song called "Barely Breathing" written by Duncan Sheik--and the song reached the number 1 or 2 spot on the Billboard Top 40 in 1996...I only know this because we hired him to play the Iron Horse when he released the record, and by the time our date came along, the song was at the top of the charts. The show sold out instantly and many people who couldn't get tickets listened on the sidewalk...BUT, that's not the reason I am writing...Duncan graduated from Eaglebrook--I believe just several years after we left DA...He then attended Andover...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Hangin' with Hank
I had to snag this from FB. In his defense, he was well into the cabernet at this point.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
SOMEBODY had to go!
Chris Davey reports "Was at the super bowl last weekend. Great time and glad that the Packers won. Preserves Tom Brady's legacy. Half-time show was tremendous despite what many who watched on TV thought about it.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Talented Pair
And I thought Peter Eleftherio was just the principal of a boston talent agency in the marketing space...But I see he has a side talent, or at least his spouse does, for home renovation. Looks like the Eleftherios have some guts! Nice work you two...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
What once was lost...
The last I heard of Fred Chase was maybe ten years ago and that he was a pro poker player in Vegas. He recently updated his information on the DA alumni site and we can now officially welcome him back!
Frederick Chase (1983) and Sare Chate are happy to announce their marriage. They are also proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Hanna Lucia Chase. She was born on May 27, 2010 and weighed 7 lb., 8 oz. They all currently reside in Lima, Peru.
Hoping to have a new DA1983 subscriber soon...
Frederick Chase (1983) and Sare Chate are happy to announce their marriage. They are also proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Hanna Lucia Chase. She was born on May 27, 2010 and weighed 7 lb., 8 oz. They all currently reside in Lima, Peru.
Hoping to have a new DA1983 subscriber soon...
Monday, January 31, 2011
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
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
Friday, January 28, 2011
She can draw too...
Monday, January 24, 2011
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!"
"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!"
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Home Ice #1
Backyard rink photo by Taylor Watts in Denver CO area. At least one other classmate is building one. Any others?
Saturday, January 22, 2011
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!
Monday, January 17, 2011
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!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
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
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
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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".
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