2007 “Ten years after spending our first Christmas together, Helen Gao ’07 and I spent Thanksgiving with my family in New Jersey. We enjoyed getting to see more of each other the past two years while we were both at Harvard. Helen graduated with her MA in East Asian Studies in May 2016, and I am still working towards my PhD in Systems Biology.”—Elizabeth Van Itallie (right photo)
2010 “During the fall of 2008, a group of young Deerfield Boys gathered in the sacred Greer Store to discuss and ponder what their future might hold. They dreamed of becoming doctors, lawyers, professors, inventors, and high financiers. Some, such as Tucker Dayton, even had dreams as far-fetched and utterly unattainable as becoming professional hockey players. As they sat and admired the beautiful evening in the Valley, it occurred to them that there might be one thing, and one thing only, even more important than chasing their dreams: fantasy football. And with that, the Deerfield Academy Fantasy Football League was formed by Tucker Dayton, Conner Scott, Matt Doyle, Albert Ford, Peter Sullivan, Commissioner Hunter Huebsch ’11, Ted Growney ’11, Jimmy Bitter ’11, Will Swindell ’11, Alex Ward ’11, George Wheatley ’11, Bobby Osgood ’11, Sammy Redmond ’11, and myself. This past winter, the DAFFL completed its eighth consecutive season; over the past eight seasons, members of the league have continuously participated, even during stints in the far reaches of Africa, the volcanic wastelands of Iceland, the pirate-ridden seas of the Indian Ocean, and from couches in their parents’ basements. Why, some have asked, have members of the league gone to such lengths, such sacrifice, to compete year in and year out? The answer is simple: the eternal glory of having one’s name etched on the DAFFL Trophy for generations to come to read and to revere. With that in mind, I am almost pleased to congratulate this season’s champion, Mr. Peter “I’m the captain now” Sullivan, on a fantastic, though remarkably lucky, victory. Even while posted aboard a shipping vessel en route from the seas of Southeast Asia to the Mediterranean, Captain Sullivan managed to make a slew of savvy roster moves with suspect Internet connectivity to lead his squad of misfits to victory. Well done, Pete. My team was not so lucky. Despite my advantageous conditions—stuck in a cubicle with constant light-speed Internet for 16 hours a day—my team was nothing short of disastrous and ended in the darkness that is last place. After months of self-loathing and questioning who I am as a person, I have emerged and am ready to vie again for the most prized trophy in sports—fantasy or otherwise—during the ninth consecutive season of the DAFFL.”—Jackson Logie (opposite page, bottom photo)
More Class Notes and Photos: deerfield.edu/commonroom
Patrick Hadley ’14 Furthered his studies at Peking University this past summer thanks to a grant he received from Notre Dame. He then returned to South Bend for his junior year and the upcoming lacrosse season.
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