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long days in the darkroom in the basement of the Memorial Building. Even compared notes on hip replacements with JD Mills, who was doing some research for a family member. My ordeal continues, but no longer affects my day-to-day activities. Not quite ready for the golf match that Mark Marcopolis and I have been planning, however. All of these remind me that the relationships we form at Deerfield have value for a long time. Ann and I look forward to meeting our second and third grandchildren when they are born this summer.”
1972 Class Captains Bradford Warren Agry Joseph Frederick Anderson Michael C. Perry Robert Dell Vuyosevich Boyden Society Captain Robert Dell Vuyosevich Jim Reed hosted Bob Wynn and his wife, Millie, at his family’s vacation compound in Steamboat, CO, last July. In addition to exploring the great outdoors and spirited political conversations, Jim convinced Bob to join him in membership in Deerfield’s Boyden Society. Bob Wynn reports, “Millie and I had a serendipitous encounter with Adam (Dan) Sokoloski ’57 and his lovely wife, Susan, as we both cruised the inter-coastal waterway in South Florida on January 24, 2013. The Sokoloskis were escaping cool weather from their domicile
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in North Carolina, and we were escaping more brutal cold from Wisconsin. We look forward to catching back up with each other in NC for some bridge!
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1975 Class Captains Dwight R. Hilson James L. Kempner Peter M. Schulte Boyden Society Captain Ralph Earle
“Terry and I moved to Austin, TX, in 2011, and we are now splitting our time between Austin and Minnesota (our home state),” says Michael Hejny. “One of our daughters is a budding artist, and the other is producing beautiful grandchildren. Our son Peter is working in Los Angeles for Tom’s Shoes.”
John Knight ’83 reported, “True story: Geoff Buerger stopped by the office today and asked, ‘Is that the Stanley Can?’ Harmless enough, but Geoff lives in Hay River, Northwest Territories in Canada, which is easily a 3300 mile drive!” From John Rafferty: “I’m out in Denver, CO, backstopping my paralyzed son, Bryce, as he learns how to drive again with customized equipment. Loving the sun and mountains out here.”
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Class Captains J. Christopher Callahan Geoffrey A. Gordon
Class Captains Marshall F. Campbell David R. DeCamp
Peter Bannish passed away unexpectedly on July 28, 2012 at home. In addition to Deerfield, he was a graduate of Westfield High School and Harvard University. Peter was a three-sport star at both Westfield and Deerfield. He leaves behind brothers and sisters and several nieces and nephews. Fred Bendheim recently had an exhibit (chashama. org/event/song_for_harlem) in Harlem.
Boyden Society Captain Henry S. Fox
Class Captain Peter D. Van Oot Reunion Chair Lawrence C. Jerome
Please send us your news and notes! See page 64.
1977 Class Captains James Paul MacPherson J. H. Tucker Smith Wayne W. Wall Lots of news from Bob Burr: Daughter Phoebe ’11 is thriving at Gettysburg College, son Elliott is a freshman lacrosse recruit at Syracuse University, and son James is a sophomore at the Middlesex School and hot on his brother’s trail in the lacrosse
world. Wife Kerri is expecting a new Burr baby in May, when we will be in our new home in Marblehead, MA. Hopefully a member of the Deerfield Class of 2031!” John Cirtis checked in recently and commented, “Even after 22 years in London we have never stopped missing New England seasons. Kids are increasingly spread out: Morgan, a Dartmouth junior now in Jackson Hole; Austin, a fresher at Durham (UK), and Silas at Wellington, a boarding school that is part of Round Square, as Deerfield is. My father (Deerfield ’47) mentioned to me that our family tree has an Enos Bronson in it. He also figures first in the list of Deerfield heads as preceptor in 1799. I did not know we were involved in Deerfield from its very start. In 2011 I left environmental resources management at the time of a private equity transaction and purchased a small-scale bio-diesel company. I also took on the task of rescuing a botanic garden on the Isle of Wight (botanic.co.uk). All Deerfield is more than welcome at Ventnor Botanic Garden!” “After being married for five years to Helen Makoterska from Ukraine, our first child, Maria Magdalena Mackey, was born on January 17, 2013, here in Orlando, FL, Scott Mackey writes. “I’ve got to be the oldest in the Class of ’77 to have a first child!”