On Memorial Day I had the pleasure of marching to the Deerfield cemetery with a group of much younger veterans, and with a son-in-law who lives a half-hour north . It gave me a chance to walk the school hall where The Quid sat and watched us for signs of trouble or unhappiness., and a [...]

Joanne and I have been living the grand life in San Miguel de Allende for eight years. SMA is four hours by car north of Mexico City in the high desert country (6000 ft so there is low humidity, warm days and cool nights, year round). My investment bank Howard, Lawson & Co. was sold [...]

I am marrying Lori Zuckerman in Boca Raton, Fl. On June 16th on the Beach. We live in San Francisco and will be having a small, intimate event with very close friends and family. Steve Turko Class of 1985

I can’t imagine that this will stir the pot, but I can report that my younger daughter Gillian Howland Married Matthew Vanasse at Coventry, Rhode Island on May 26, 2012 and Mrs. and Mrs. Vanasse will continue to live in Phoenix Arizona thereby maintaining their distance from our tornadoes, earthquakes, October Blizzards, hurricanes, snow, ice [...]

We had a baby! Draper Dennis Richey, Born February 19, 2012. 7lbs 11oz. Deerfield Class of 2030? Go Big Green! Sarah (Bush) ’01 and Drake ’00 Richey

Rusty Young’s new venture MusicWorks Entertainment is off to a fast start, having already booked more than 20 live music events since its founding less than a year ago. Douglas W. Squires Class of 1969

Christopher Beach ’69 continues to enjoy success as President and Artistic Director of the La Jolla Music Society where he has managed to balance the budget while expanding offerings. In April the LJMS announced an ambitious program for the 2012-13 season which will include performances by three of the most famous ballet companies in the [...]

The Alabama Tourism Department launched “The Year of Alabama Food” in January. The culinary campaign cites the pimento cheese sandwich on sun-dried tomato bread at Savage’s Bakery in Homewood as one of “100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama before You Die”. Van Scott ’69, who has owned Savage’s Bakery since 1978, talked about his business [...]

Steve Esthimer, who joined the faculty of St. Mary’s School in Raleigh, NC after completing his Master’s in 1979, received the school’s Teacher of the Year Award. Steve is Chair of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department and, in his spare time, a guitarist in the band When Cousins Marry. Douglas W. Squires Class of [...]

Ed Grosvenor, the editor in chief of American Heritage Magazine, also returned to Deerfield this term. In his case, it was to receive the annual President’s Award from the Historic Deerfield museum for his work supporting and promoting an interest in and the study of American History. Ed muses that the reason he was admitted [...]