So great to see everyone at reunion! Especially Casey Marshall and his beautiful wife, Jen, and their daughter Gracie – picture attached.John Antonini Class of 1992

25 years later and it seems we have been gone only for a summer. Seeing my classmates from the Class of ’87 reminds me how fortunate I was to attend this school. More importantly, I am still surrounded by my Deerfield brothers who always offer me a firm hand shake while looking at my eyes, [...]

During a recent meeting at the San Diego Diplomacy Council, I was introduced to a San Diegan who spent many years working and traveling overseas. Did you grow up in San Diego? I asked. No, he said. Where? On the East Coast. Where? Massachusetts. Which college? Harvard. Which high school? Deerfield. Michael Grisdale was in [...]

As I walked away from the festivities under the tent on Saturday night after saying my goodbyes, wandering off into the night in search of my car, and again as I drove down Route 2 towards Boston on Sunday afternoon, I was struck by a bewildering sense of melancholy not dissimilar to the feeling after [...]

Rich Boykin, Jason Craig and Tim Komosa -  ’92 alums I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who made reunion weekend so memorable for all the Alums this year. A special thanks to Mimi Morsman, our Director of Alumni Relations, her Associate Director Jenny Hammond, the Assistant Director Jessica Pleasant, Director of Communications David [...]

“I am very happy to announce Kaitlin Legg and I were married on March 24th, 2012 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We had an intimate ceremony with friends and family followed by a big Mexican Fiesta.” John works in Private Equity and Kaitlin is a TV Producer in Los Angeles. Despite their busy schedules, John says [...]

Pony Duke and Mark Rowland couldn’t meet in London this Spring for a trip to Russia due to mutual nuisances of growing older. Pony remains in good spirits, however, and looks forward to seeing Mark at his ranch in Absarokee, MT, on his way back to Anchorage, AK. Perhaps he’ll negotiate a ride with our [...]

It is with sadness to relate that Mike and Betsy Grant have lost their son, Michael, due to a cerebral hemorrhage at age 39. Michael lived in Los Angeles and was a talented “actor, vocalist, songwriter, lyricist and sports fan.” He also leaves behind his brothers, Luke ’87 and Andrew ‘85 , and sister, Bettina. [...]

Congratulations to David Thiel ’91, Jessica Day, Brent Hale and the staff at Deerfield Magazine for its new eye-appealing format and mind-stimulating content. This innovative team has also constructed a new Class Notes website, http://deerfield.edu/tag/class-of-1955/ , in which we can read notes recently posted by our classmates months before they appear in the Deerfield Magazine. [...]

In the Spring 2012 issue of Deerfield Magazine there is an article in which Art Dwight ’79 dwelled on an English professor’s comment that seeds of “the philosophical basis for your existence” are sown before age 21. The professor’s statement is engendered in the reflective thoughts of Brad Butz ’79, Colonel, USAF, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, [...]