He's back!

Wills Elliman's response to my recent outreach...

"Thanks for reaching out. Having a heart attack, being in a coma for 10 days, 14 days in ICU and 3 weeks at Bryn Mawr Rehab in not a great way to spend your spring. However all is good now....back at work and back to good health. I HIGHLY recommend that all public spaces have multiple AED units on hand."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_external_defibrillator

Welcome!

Paul Schlickmann was finally able to forward a picture of
Mackenna Grace, his daughter born this past July 25.  Congrats to Paul and Kristin!

Good luck!

So a few of us from the class are at a dinner in NYC but not all at the same table.  One classmate says, "Hey John, I'd like to meet that new Dean of Admission, Pam Safford." So after dinner I introduce my classmate, who reminds us that he has a child applying to DA this year.  Another classmate notices that the new Dean of Admission is only occupied by two classmates and introduces himself, and reminds her that he has a child in the applicant pool this year.  Finally the fourth member of our tribe notices all the attention being paid to the new Dean of Admission by our class and comes over to mention...he has a child in the applicant pool this year as well.

Pam was a good sport to pose for the photo and she brings that balance to her work.  My fingers are crossed for all the great sons and daughters of alumni who will apply this year.  They do tend to fare better in the process, like 3 times better than a non-legacy candidate, but in the final accounting fewer than 50% in that category are offered admission.

This was the dinner where Rob Hale '84 and his wife Karen announced their $25MM gift for financial aid to DA, the single largest gift ever made to the Academy.  It was a terrific event and Deerfield will thrive because of all of our philanthropy combined, not just Rob's.  Please remember the annual fund when an email or letter comes your way or go to www.deerfield.edu/give

Old Friends

Chris Flagg was on campus today and saved time for a sumptuous Academy dining experience (downstairs) and regaled us with tales of the old Dining Committee and its many important contributions to our era.

Mr. Michael Cary (then of Phil/Rel department and now back at the Academy teaching English) then bounded over to greet Chris and pose for this shot. How food brings us together...

Hours later, (after Chris had already departed) there was a Bill Tyler sighting (formerly Admission Office and swim coach)!

Banner Day for DA.

P.S.  #beatchoate

just sayin'

M/M McKelvey

Just a nice pic I snagged from Kevin's page.

Knight adds title

Describing the feeling as "humbling", John Knight was named Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving at Deerfield Academy today. "Taking over a world class Alumni Relations program from the likes of Mimi Morsman P89, H13 is a great thrill and a wonderful challenge." Knight said. He hopes to see many of you at Deerfield events throughout the year!

The beautiful sister

Back in the day, Andrew Stewart's sister Hilary was the cause of much loss of breath as she strolled our campus. I'm happy to report that she still is and back on campus for the summer institute known as Look To The Hills. So great to reconnect after all these years.

What it takes to be a producer...

Jim Wareck's latest movie posted this short film on its facebook page.  Seems like its fair game!

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!