Here’s some news for the next issue of Deerfield Magazine: Cytochroma, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on chronic kidney disease and run by Charlie Bishop, agreed to be acquired in January by OPKO Health, a NYSE-listed biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company, for $100 million in stock and up to $190 million in contingent consideration. Charlie is [...]

This fall, Hank Louis became, by my unofficial count, the 15th member of the class to enroll a child at Deerfield. Congratulations Hank! In late May, Rick Swig bought the John Muir Inn, a 60-room hotel in Napa that he spruced up over the summer and re-branded as the Napa Winery Inn. Rick also owns [...]

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 [...]

Neil Jacobs took up residence in Hitchcock House this term and taught courses in Ethics and Virtue, two related subjects which date back at least to Socrates. Neil joined Hale & Dorr, the predecessor of WilmerHale, in 1977 where he specializes in employment and labor law. Douglas W. Squires Class of 1969

I realize that Plunkett Hall ZOO is gone but I strongly believe the spirit lives. The Gawk, Digga- Digga-Digga,Ski-doo,GhoulsMurph, Bobby Gip,et al ( I think I learned that from Mr Charles Hohner) had a spirit in 1969 that would live long into the future. I was called “intolerant and narrow minded” by the transition headmaster [...]

Class News from Doug Squires ‘69’s blog, Albany Road Redux, http://albanyroad.blogspot.com/ Rich Berkowitz was elected chairman of the board of the Community Foundation of Broward in January. A public nonprofit organization with more than 400 charitable funds and agency endowments totaling $100 million, the Community Foundation of Broward has distributed $55 million to support community [...]

Macmillan published Hard Knocks, Howie Carr’s first novel in January.  Howie’s website describes the book as “a gritty noir mystery about the intertwining worlds of crime and politics in Boston”, a subject he previously has explored in two non-fiction works. John Mills retired in 2011 after nearly 32 years of government service and formed Patent [...]