Whit Sheppard's TV interview

http://youtu.be/gG867rGIdRI

At the (rainy) sox game

John Knight
Director of Annual Giving &
Development Operations
Deerfield Academy

from my iPhone
413.522.2555Bresnahan and knight for third year in a row!

Whit's Radio Interview

Just posted by WGBH in Boston:

http://www.wgbhnews.org/post/deerfield-academy-sexual-abuse-victim-speaks-out

One of us

exclusive sunday magazine preview

What happened at Deerfield

I was a teenager at the elite boarding school in the 1980s. He was my teacher, coach, and dorm parent. He was also a sexual predator.

By Whit Sheppard / July 20, 2013

http://www.boston.com/magazine/2013/07/20/the-former-deerfield-academy-student-making-sex-abuse-allegations-comes-forward/U5kfi3aik8LGVaHy3h9zmN/story.html

Dropsondes Away!

Incredible science at work as Mark Beaubien tests one of his storm tracking technologies aboard a NASA DC-8

NASA's DC-8 Flight Helps Validate New Technologies

July 10, 2013

Numerous instrument probes protrude from NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science flying laboratory as it flies an instrument checkout flight.

Image Credit: 

NASA / Lori Losey

NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory has flown Earth science missions for more than 25 years. The converted jetliner recently carried several instruments testing new technologies that could aid those missions, Global Positioning System accuracy and aviation safety in years to come.

Mark Beaubien, (left) of Yankee Environmental Systems, and Lee Harrison, of the State University of New York at Albany, prepare to dispense a soda-can sized dropsonde from NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory.

Image Credit: 

NASA / Beth Hagenauer

One such instrument is the High Definition Sounding System comprised of dropsondes using long-range telemetry. The instrument was developed by Yankee Environmental Systems in western Massachusetts and funded by the Navy, NOAA and a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant through NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. Eight soda-can sized sondes were dispensed during flight, sending back data on pressure, temperature, humidity, winds and sea surface temperature.

Next phase of the dropsonde study will be flown in September on several NASA WB-57 flights when up to 96 sondes per flight will be automatically dispensed at high altitude. This research, which includes flights on NASA's P-3B flying laboratory, is leading up to installation on a NASA Global Hawk for the 2014 Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel mission.

http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-dc-8-flight-helps-validate-new-technologies/#.UeSXBxZbNEl

Attendees - and aiming for 45@35!

Here's the reunion attendee list:  We are officially shooting for 45 @ 35th - Would be the record by two and shut up the Class of 1978 who were heckling our class photo!

Mr. Mark C. Beaubien

Mr. Geoffrey S. Bennett

Kevin A. Bresnahan M.D.

Mr. John L. Brown

Mr. Nelse H. Clark

Mr. Douglas A. Cruikshank

Mr. John C. Ehmann

Mr. Christopher S. Flagg

Mr. Christopher J. Harris

Mr. John G. Knight

Mr. John R. Munro Jr.

Mr. Nathan S. Nourse

Mr. Craig L. Pattee

Mr. Paul C. Schlickmann

Mr. J. Douglas Schmidt

Mr. John B. Sory

Mr. Jeffrey S. Spadafora

Mr. Eric S. Suher

Dr. Adam S. Weinberg

Mr. Philip B. Weymouth III

Thanks to all of you for making the effort to be back on campus.  From our conversations it was clear that you learned a lot about the Deerfield of today, and left more impressed than you expected.

More Reunion Photos

Deerfield posted lots of photos to Flickr - just not many from our class: see http://www.flickr.com/photos/deerfieldacademy/sets/72157634199150694/with/9076105419/

Sory and Ehmann

The best part of having a small turnout was the quality time we all spent together. Full list later in the week.

Mini Reunion

Dave Madden and Taylor Watts had their own mini reunion this weekend at the Denver Shootout Lacrosse Tournament!

Clark and Beaubien

Nourse and pattee

Thanks Nate!

Singing the songs

Brad Hastings!

All at one table!

Munro and Weinberg teaching

Head of School Address

Saturday morning learning.

Old friends

Jim and Cheryl Lindsay with former Ashley House residents Pattee and Cruikshank.

PB points

PB makes a point under the great tent...

Suher not pleased.

Deerfield's local recluse often laments he lives so close to John Knight

Sory under the tent!

John Sory runs part of the Univ. of Miami Medical Center, but still gets to reunion!

Spads in the house!

Easily wins traveler award - from Lamont, Colorado...

big men on campus

Pattee and Cruikshank have arrived.

DA man!

Leigh Guyer is clearly DA man at this triathlon!

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...

Retirements and Reunions

P.B. Weymouth '83 retired from his six year stint at the helm of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association this past weekend.  This trustee position gave him a seat at the table for decisions great and small over that time and we are grateful for his leadership.  I wore my frayed Class of 1983 tie in his honor when I was invited to speak at the meeting.  He'll be at our 30th reunion June 14-16..

Mimi and Jay Morsman's retirement dinner also occurred this weekend and it was a warm reception for their 75+ years of service to the school. Family and friends were treated to a delicious meal on DA china with student performers from the winter production of Little Shop of Horrors.

They will also attend reunions June 14-16...

Speaking of REUNIONS (www.deerfield.edu/go/reunions)

look for at least these classmates under the new tent.  We hope all of you considering it will register now!  Heck, Spads is coming from Colorado!

• Kevin Bresnahan and Maura Bresnahan
• John Brown
• Doug Cruikshank
• Christopher Flagg and Heidi Flagg
• John Knight
• John Munro
• Jeff Spadafora
• Philip Weymouth

PS - David Hagerman '64 will not be at reunions but he was around this weekend so here's a bonus picture!

Plus, Minus, BIG PLUS

Paul "Pablo" Magee was in New England recently from his home in Mexico and seems to have added some hair. He visited with Nate Nourse, for whom the opposite seems to be true.  Seeing them both was a treat, even though Pablo says he will not be able to return for reunions. He did make time for a gift to the annual fund though!  With the April Donor Challenge on the horizon, you should consider making your gift in April and making it a three year recurring gift to score more points for the class and to help sustain Deerfield's excellence!

name that classmate!

Pictured with his daughter (from FB)
He lives in Midland, Texas
His nickname was "Tex"

Yup, that's Greg Atkinson...