In Memoriam
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John F. Milne / A service of remembrance was held on September 9, 2016 in memory of longtime Academy physics teacher John Milne, who died at the age of 74 on June 29, 2016. John was born in 1942 in Washington, DC, and was the son of Francis and Eleanor (Keysar) Milne. He was raised in Barre, VT, with his brothers, Jim and Tom, by his mother after their father died in WWII. He was educated in Barre schools, attended the University of Rochester and earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He then taught science at Hardwick Academy, Newton (MA) North High School, and in 1978 he and his family moved to Deerfield, where John taught physics and coached tennis for 29 years. John and his wife, Dorothy, also worked at Lotus Lake Camp in Williamstown, VT, under Dorothy’s parents, Proctor and Helen Martin, and then following Proctor’s death, served as directors from 1968 until 2013, when John was unable to continue due to health reasons. John retired from Deerfield in 2008. The Milne family extended special thanks to several people who provided John with loving care in his last days, including Dottie Harris, also an employee of the Academy for many years. He will be remembered by all who knew him as a fiercely independent Scotsman, a punster, and as someone who loved working with his hands.