The Gang of Six ( Joyce and Jerry Rood, Sandy and Tim Day, and Merry and Tom L’Esperance ) celebrated our 8th Annual social occasion and dinner this year in April at the Lawrence Welk Resort in Escondido. Joyce and Jerry Rood were our hosts for the gathering. Kudos to Jerry for spearheading this lively [...]

Sadly, we have been informed of a second passing in this column. Mike Grant reports that our classmate, Peter Schoff, “had a heart attack in London where he lived since the 80’s, and died on March 13th. At Deerfield he was nick-named ‘The Beak’ and was always enthusiastic, mischievous, creative and persistently up-beat. A career [...]

Tim Day ’55 reviews Marines in San Diego’Tim Day relates “I had the privilege of being the Reviewing Officer at the March 15th graduation ceremony at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. It was a great honor to be with 356 newly minted Marines, the DIs, BGen Dan Yoo, and the staff of [...]

James Dowdell Stanley passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 24, 2013 in San Jose, California after a long illness. The son of James Selwyn Stanley and Sara von Schilling Stanley, he was born in Richmond, Virginia on June 4, 1937. He attended Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts, Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and Harvard University. [...]

Tom L’Esperance writes: “It is with sadness that we report the passing of Jim Stanley. Jim ‘passed away peacefully this morning’, Feb. 24, 2013, in San Jose, CA, according to his son, Richard Stanley, who informed Jim’s Harvard roommate, Ward Elliott. Ward writes that Jim ‘was lovable, creative, funny, athletic and insightful, always good company, [...]

Jay Morsman’s 53 years of service from 1960-2013 as a teacher and coach with over 1000 wins at Deerfield is surpassed in tenure only by Mr. Boyden’s 66 years as Headmaster! Jay has always taught and exemplified “the importance of building relationships .. on a personal basis.” He is a keeper of tradition and was [...]

It has been a while since I reported any news, but quite a lot has happened. Until last Spring we had lived in Northern California for a very long time: longer by far than we have ever lived anywhere else. But, during the past few years we made a search for a new somewhere else. [...]

Richard Smith is still retired on Cape Cod (Dennis) for 8 months of the year and in Wilbraham for 3-4 months, or traveling to visit children and grandchildren.

While in Kauai in December, Merry and Tom L’Esperance visited with TOM CRAWFORD at his beautiful new home in Koloa. Tom’s wife of 48 years, Nancy, was in Michigan visiting relatives at the time. Tom has remained in great shape over the years and likes to stay active. He recently added Kauai Half Marathons to [...]

Some falling coconut snippets from PETE CLAPP, our resident seer in Hawi, Hawaii: Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses .. The irony of life is that, by the time you’re old enough to know your way around, you’re not going anywhere .. I was always taught to respect my elders, but [...]