“Reading John McPhee’s collection of Notes at the back of the recent DA Magazine, reminded me of a time Mr. Boyden took a moment out of his very busy daily schedule to meet with me to address a personal family matter. In 1965 I was asked to report to Mr. Boyden’s office. I was somewhat worried as I was not sure why I would be singled out as it was no routine matter to be asked to meet one-on-one with Mr. Boyden. Mr. Boyden asked me to sit down and said “I have been speaking with your mother in NYC. My understanding is your father, who is divorced from your mother and has caused a lot of headaches in her life, is threatening to come here to Deerfield and take you away. I want you to rest assured that will not happen. I want you to just concentrate on your studies. If your father shows up, I have instructed Mr. Sullivan to remove him from the campus by whatever means necessary. You are excused.” And out I went. I was amazed Mr. Boyden even knew who I was, no less took the time to meet with me individually and not delegate the message through someone else. My father never showed up, but if he had, I knew Red Sullivan would handle it, as his reputation preceded him!” -Bill Walker ’67