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Fred Meyer ’73 arranged to have a photo taken of the three Deerfield alumni in attendance at the fall meeting of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He noted that it is indeed remarkable to have three neurosurgeons among the alumni ranks, and wondered if there are more that he is unaware of … l to r: Dr. Kevin Foley ’74 Professor of Neurosurgery and Biomedical Engineering University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Dr. Fredric B. Meyer ’73 Chair, American Board of Neurological Surgery, Uihlein Professor and Foundation Chair Department of Neurologic Surgery Director, Neuroregenerative Medicine Mayo Clinic and Mayo Graduate Schools; Dr. Kevin Reid ’81 Reid C. Thompson MD, William F. Meacham Professor and Chairman Department of Neurological Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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“What fun to be working with some of my Deerfield buddies!”
says Andrew Ling ’77. The ZipRemit team and CFO at the St. Francis Winery in Sonoma. l to r: Townley Paton ’77, Andy Ling ’77, Gary Pryor, and Tom Mallory ’77
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“We are toasting with glasses of wine, thanking our lucky fortune to have attended Deerfield together and maintained such a strong bond. Deerfield really is the gift that keeps on giving. I founded ZipRemit, Inc. (zipremit.com), which provides merchant-branded consumer finance and will soon be trading publicly. We provide a SaaS micro-lending solution for merchants to offer as an alternative credit facility for their customers, save them significantly on interchange fees, and ensure that they retain their customers and don’t lose them to third-party credit card and payment companies. The mobile payments industry is rapidly growing, and we are riding the wave! Deerfield classmates joining the ZipRemit team include early investor, Bill Barry, advisory board members Tom Mallory and Jamie MacPherson, and Townley Paton, who is the company’s chief marketing officer. I went to a Deerfield Club of the West event (thank you Jenny Hammond!) to watch a Giants game at AT&T Park, and on the way from the tailgate party to the stadium I met Doug Evans ’76 and described our business model. We just signed a Merchant Services Agreement with Doug’s company, Presidio Health, Inc. of San Francisco, CA, for his company to provide a merchant-branded solution for its network of healthcare facilities and their patients.” —Andrew Ling ’77