Commencement
May 25-27, 2018
Commencement Weekend Schedule
(Tentative Schedule: subject to change)
For more details about senior obligations and family events during Commencement week, click here.
| Friday, May 25 | ||
| 5:00 pm | Baccalaureate For Seniors/Juniors/Faculty only |
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| 7:00 pm | Spring Theater Production | |
| 6:15 pm | Parent-run dinner for graduates and parents/guardians only. For complete information about the event, including ticket purchases click here. | |
| Saturday, May 26 | ||
| 2:00 – 2:45 pm | Dance Concert | Large Auditorium |
| 2:45 – 3:30 pm | Music Concert | Wachsman Concert Hall |
| 4:00 pm | Spring Theater Production | |
| 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Senior Parent Donor Reception. 21+ and older | |
| 7:00 pm | Class Dinner Dance For the seniors and all guests |
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| 9:30 pm | Senior Class Meeting with Head of School Required for all seniors |
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| Sunday, May 27 | ||
| 9:00am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 10:00am | Class of 2018 Commencement Exercises: Keynote Speaker: Chris Whipple ’71 (see bio below) | |
| 11:45am | Buffet Luncheon and Farewell Reception | |
Christopher G. Whipple ’71 to Deliver 2018 Commencement Address
Head of School Margarita Curtis and leaders of the Class of 2018 are pleased to announce that Deerfield alumnus Chris Whipple ’71 will deliver this year’s Commencement keynote address on May 27.
A graduate of Yale University and an acclaimed documentary filmmaker, writer, journalist, and speaker, Mr. Whipple was a multiple Peabody and Emmy Award-winning television producer prior to founding his own production company. He is the author of the 2017 New York Times best-selling book, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency. In 2015 his documentary The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs premiered on Showtime to critical acclaim.
Having moderated panels and spoken in such forums as Harvard’s Kennedy School and Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, in addition to having interviewed all seventeen living presidential chiefs of staff and two former presidents, Mr. Whipple is sure to be an engaging and thought-provoking Commencement speaker. He was the subject of a Deerfield Magazine “Tete-a-Tete” interview in the fall of 2016, which can be read here.