As most of you turn 90 this year, let me pass on to you the dear affection my father, John B. Patrick ’41 had for Deerfield. Dad passed away in 1999, but he spoke highly of the Academy as it held a dear place in his heart. I teach at Tabor Academy, but I swing through Deerfield whenever I travel to Kingston, NY, my father’s former residence. He used to tell the stories of the legendary Frank Boyden, and the days of shipping his laundry home to his parents in Cornwall, NY! As I recently sold Lamont Landing Farm, a place also dear to my father, I came across annuals, letters, and pictures of his days at the Academy. The names I read in the class notes are familiar. As he put it to me, attending Deerfield made him successful and taught him how to be a true gentleman. – Ian Patrick
Ian Patrick
1941