t their winter meeting the Deerfield Academy Board of Trustees voted to approveImagine Deerfield, a strategic plan that will preserve the values and traditions

that make Deerfield distinctive while it positions the Academy for 21st centurychallenges. Although the current economic crisis will alter the schedule, it willnot change Deerfield’s priorities—people, program, and place.

People are the core of the Deerfied experienceThe powerful triple threat faculty model (teacher,dorm parent, coach) has created bonds that nurturestudents while they are at Deerfield and stay withalumni throughout their lives.

Promoting and sustaining faculty excellence will beaccomplished in many ways, including increasingthe number of faculty and providing moreprofessional development opportunities. Plans topromote staff excellence through additionaltraining, performance management, and rewardsare also part of Imagine Deerfield.

Perhaps most importantly, a diverse student body enriches the Deerfield experience for all, andto this end Imagine Deerfield calls for the Academy to make a Deerfield education financiallyaccessible to a wider and more diverse student body.

Deerfield’s commitment to a well-rounded educationis unwaveringImagine Deerfield supports academic excellence within awell-rounded academic program that educates students torespect the complexity of global issues and approach themin an interdisciplinary manner.

To accomplish this Deerfield will improve collaborationacross departmental boundaries, integrate ethical, global,and environmental concerns across the curriculum, developa capstone program for seniors, and expand the role of boththe library and the Koch Center in the integration and syn-thesis of knowledge across disciplines.

Character education at Deerfield comes from a time-hon-ored commitment among faculty and staff to serve as exem-plary role models. Imagine Deerfield calls for a formalizedand expanded community service program, a campus-widework program, additional resources for travel, and the cre-ation of service-learning courses.

An extraordinary place for living and learningThe Deerfield campus and the surrounding countryside pro-vide a unique place for living and learning and create an in-delible impression on all who have spent time at theAcademy. To this end, they must be maintained and pre-served. Sustainable environmental practices are already inplace on much of the campus, and Deerfield continues toseek more energy saving measures.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

2008–2009

Elizabeth Greer Anderson ’94

Oscar K. Anderson III ’88

Rick Anderson ’72, P’10, ’12

Bayard T. DeMallie III ’80

Sara E. diBonaventura ’01

David B. Findlay Jr. ’51, P’76,G’03, ’05, ’08

Edward G. Flickinger ’65

Peter W. Gonzalez ’62, P’94,P’97, Emeritus

David S. Hagerman ’64

Judith Hegedus ’92

Hudson Holland III ’84

Steven N. Katz ’70

Gordon R. (Zeke) Knight ’54,G’03, Ex-Officio

Richard M. McKelvey ’79, P’10

John P. B. Moran ’58

Margot M. Pfohl ’97

John F. Rand ’65, P’09

Walter S. Tomenson III ’95

Okechukwu Ugwonali ’98

Cassandra Walters ’00

Philip B. (PB) Weymouth III ’83President

Dear Deerfield Alumni

As I write this, yet another snowstorm issweeping across the Pocumtuck Valley.

The campus is absolutely glistening; thestudents walk around with bright cheeks andwide smiles. At the same time, theunrelenting cold is making its impact onenergy costs. The 2008/2009 school year isemerging to be as challenging for Deerfieldas it is for any other not-for-profit or for-profit institution out there. Yet we haveevery reason to feel confident aboutDeerfield’s future. The Academy is rich inhuman capital, and the sense of family andcommunity that has always distinguishedDeerfield will pull the school thoughdifficult times and help it emerge strongerthan ever.

Led by Head of School MargaritaCurtis and her senior management team,Deerfield is engaging in productiveconversations about financial stewardshipand the best way to steer the schoolsuccessfully through the macroeconomicmayhem that surrounds it. Every budgetmanager is scrutinizing the bottom line andfinding savings in creative ways withoutcompromising the quality of his or herprogram.

In certain cases, responsibility andefficiency have led to an enhancedcommunications environment. For example,this year is the first that the DeerfieldAcademy Annual Report is available online(www.deerfield.edu/annual). It includes allof the traditional information with links toadditional pictures and text, making thereport a dynamic reflection of the past yearon campus. This decision saved Deerfieldthousands of dollars on production andmailings costs, and it also made senseenvironmentally. Realizing that some peoplemay still prefer to have the document inhand, a small quantity was printed and willbe sent to those who request one.

While Deerfield has no less interest incommunicating with you, our loyal alums, weare working hard on keeping up with the timesand our peer schools, several of whom aretransitioning to a purely electronic form ofcommunication. We have hired a new Directorof Communications, David Thiel, who istasked with unifying our message acrossmultiple media and delivering comprehensive,

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unbiased (if that is possible for aDeerfield alum – David is a memberof the Class of 1991!), informationregarding all things Deerfield.Through David’s office, we hope tostreamline our communicationsactivities, reduce cost, and delivergreater service to all constituents. Itis a daunting undertaking butcompletely in line with the times.

We hope that these newcommunication efforts will keep youup-to-date regarding the Academy,including the ongoing initiatives tomanage costs and extract efficiencies.While the times are harsh, like winterthey will pass and the school will bestronger on the other side. We hopethat you will have a chance to visitsoon and see some of those smiles oncampus, reflecting the strength thatis Deerfield.

With expectations forgreat things ahead,

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I am stunned by how many years I knewMike Bois. After finishing graduate school

in 1964, I taught for two years at Deerfield.Mr. Boyden was still the headmaster and thefaculty still had luminaries like Sullivan,Crow, Miller, Hubbard, Merriam, Suitor,Cook, McGlynn, Huntand others. But a newwave of teaching energywas arriving on the sceneincluding, among others,Hammond, Hindle,Howell, Young, Brush,Boyle and Bois. If mymemory is correct, I metMike in 1965. He neverleft Deerfield until heretired.

I returned asheadmaster in 1980. Agreat deal had changed inthe intervening 14 years,but much remained thesame. Red Sullivan wasgone from John WilliamsHouse, but Mike was there in his place andI could sense immediately that it had been abrilliant placement. Mike had nevermarried. He was, in that way and manyothers, his own person. He preferred not somuch making his own rules, but certainlyhe liked the independence to administerothers’ rules on his own terms. In the 1980s,and beyond, he was the only master in hisdorm, with no one else sharing his everyday

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When I received the news of MikeBois’s death, I was saddened but not

surprised. Since graduating in 1974, I washonored to be among a small set of Deerfieldand other friends who had stayed in touchwith Mike throughout the years, leading

right up to his death,which we discussedopenly in his last fewweeks. Mike was always asurvivor, a sensitive buttough “Get on with it!”personality. And so in hislast few months, he wastidying up his affairs andenjoying the fruits of hislabors in relative comfort,frank and forthright in hispolitical views (as in“delighted” to see Obamaget elected), but also openand straightforward abouthis declining health.

For me, Mr. Bois,as I called him then, was

close to being a Deerfield legend. WhenNational Geographic ran a 1968 cover storyabout Old Deerfield, including photos ofthe Academy, I knew that was the school forme. So I read and reread it, noting howMichael Bois gave the reporter a tour ofJohn Williams dormitory, proudly pointingout the famous school door on the side. Inreply to questions about potential ghosts inhis dorm, Mike would always say, “I won’t

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The full realization of Imagine Deerfield will require addi-tional resources, but at this time the Academy is moving aheadin areas with minimal budget impact. An Environmental Sus-tainability Advisory Committee has been established to rec-ommend ways to improve Deerfield’s environmentaleducation, behaviors, and operational performance.

Another committee is examining four major curricularareas—knowledge of subject, pedagogy, support of students,and best teaching practices. The Curriculum Committee isfocused on the development of greater consistency acrossmulti-section courses. Plans to enhance the advising systemare already underway and the deans created a pilot workprogram for ninth-graders this spring.

Imagine Deerfield emerged from thoughtful delibera-tion—and with it came the realization that Deerfield mustbuild its endowment significantly to meet all of the school’sneeds. Its size, which creates the feeling of family and com-munity that is so greatly valued, works against the schooleconomically. The commitment to enrolling a diverse groupof talented young people requires abundant financial aid.Teachers, who respond to student needs even when they areexhausted, must also grow professionally, and to do so theyneed support. The physical plant requires attention, whilesimultaneously the Academy looks to new projects such asan expanded fitness center that will reflect a commitment tohealthy lives well-lived.

In the years ahead, Deerfield will need to grow the en-dowment and annual support to remain competitive amongits peer schools. That will take time, but current financialrealities do not mean that Deerfield cannot begin now tomake this great school even greater.

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Character educationat Deerfield comesfrom a time-honoredcommitment amongfaculty and staff toserve as exemplaryrole models.

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duties beyond the proctors that herecruited ‘early and often’ to be surehe got the ones he wanted. He wasfiercely protective of his proctors onall occasions, believing that they, too,were part of his family. He thought ofJohn Williams as his home and thefreshman who lived there as his“boys.” One had the sense that he felthe could handle all their foibles,failures and fractures better thananyone else, and besides, this was hisjob. He needed to be there. He wasthe consummate professional in thisrole and in all the others.

Mike was a “traditional” teacher. Hehad an enormous store of knowledge,gathered in some measure from hiswide reading, and his enthusiasm for

his subject(s) was palpable. There were no histrionics in his classroom. He sawhimself as the teacher at the front of the room dispensing information to hischarges, followed by an occasional interrogation. Getting him to embrace newpedagogical methods was not easy, but he was rigorous and he had highexpectations. He gave his students a good look at history. He was so widelytraveled that he often brought his personal experiences into discussions since“he had been there.” I recall one never needed to open the door to Mike’sclassroom to know if he was teaching inside because his booming voice alwaysgave ample notice of his presence.

Mike did everything asked of him and a great deal that was unstated.Sometimes he did it my way and sometimes he did it his way. But I never hadto worry that the task would be ‘done.’ He was in his dorm caring for his 19freshman. He was totally engaged as a table master. His insightful reportswere on time. He was, simply put, reliable, in the best sense of that word. Andhe was that way for his entire Deerfield career.

I know that the Deerfield faculty for 35 or so years was immeasurablybetter for having Mike Bois as a colleague. He was a friend and he will bemissed. I am sure those alumni who lived in his dorm, who studied in hisclassroom, who travelled with him or who sat at his table share that sentiment.

answer that question,” but then promptly describe the strange noises he oftenheard…such that, maybe, some ghostly rumors might be true…or might not.

And that was how Mr. Bois was initially presented to me—a larger than lifecharacter who didn’t mind living in a haunted house (or not). With his Englishaccent, walrus moustache and colorful bow-ties, Mike was a unique, Deerfieldversion of “Mr. Chips.” He even coached the Fresh-Soph I soccer team, a role hewent at with vigor, teaching us good sportsmanship and what few soccertechniques he knew from his own decidedly non-athletic days, but all the timemaking us feel like a team.

On campus, Mike presided with a benign but watchful eye over adormitory of freshmen and sophomores where, without even trying, he wouldlook out for the underdogs, or shyer-than-most types. Whether he noticed himon the field, in the dorm or in class, Mike would let a boy know he was notalone, and that he cared. I experienced this when I worked on the Pocumtuckyearbook, where Mike was the faculty advisor. Working alongside him and awonderful set of classmates, I learned a great deal from the then Mr. Bois aboutpatience, attention to detail, and what a solid work ethic means—lessons thathave stayed with me throughout my life.

Over the years, Mike and I got together when we could, usually when hedrove through Washington, DC, each visit memorable. My experiences werenot unique amongst my fellow alumni, so I know I speak for all about howgenerous Mike was with his friendship and support—especially when he’d treatstarving college students to fat steak dinners, or take others on history-focusedtravel tours, usually to India or other continents. He was a proud teacher andresolute bachelor, likeable and independent in his occasionally crotchety, oldways, but always open to new ideas and new plans. He was also not a hermit,not by a long stretch, and surrounded himself with friends in Vermont, Maine,and Florida who became his extended family.

Throughout my life, he was a man and father figure who taught me andothers fundamental lessons—lessons that have made me a better father to myown kids. Mike Bois was a teacher in the noblest sense of the profession, whohelped anchor my life during adolescence, when knowledge-seeking meetsopportunity, and when a student learns more with a good mentor. A teacherfirst, a counselor sometimes, and a friend always—Mike was a man who helpedstudents grow, think outside the box, and get used to the idea that life wasn’talways fair, but damn it all, it sure could be fun if you just put your will andenergy into it!

Which is exactly how he lived his own life, right to the end.

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Deerfield Club of New EnglandThe Deerfield Club of New England hosted over 50 alumni, parents andextended families at the January 31, 2009 NHL tilt between the hometownBoston Bruins and the visiting New York Rangers. Partisan support for bothteams was evident in the choice of clothing, with Rangers sweaters nearlyoutnumbering Bruins sweaters amongst the Deerfield crowd! The Bruins skatedtheir way to a 1-0 victory with 21-year-old Finnish rookie goalie Tuukka Rask(“the goalie of the future”) recording the shutout. It was a great way to spend aSaturday afternoon in January!

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What a balancing act! Deerfield students wantto do everything, and excel in everything.

They thrive in an educational setting that honors thefundamentals of a well-rounded liberal artseducation, yet the questions gnaw—What will I doas an adult? Will it be rewarding? How do I chart theright path, and when do I start?

Those questions and more prompted Deerfieldto launch the Pathways Program in 2002. Alumnicome back for an afternoon in which they meet withseniors to talk about the various “pathways” that ledthem to their careers. Director of Alumni RelationsMimi Morsman tries to attract a range of people forthese presentations, and this year one striking themeemerged—businessmen, artists, entrepreneurs,scientists and one doctor all offered the same advice:“Don’t specialize too early. Remain open to newideas. Keep your curiosity intact. Be willing tochange as new situations demand new skills.”

Michael Abbruzzese ’87, a lawyer whofounded the Berkshire-Atlantic Consulting Co.talked about the need for people with legalknowledge to be able to work with salespeople,engineers, accountants and senior executives.Ralph Earle ’75, a member of the Clean Energy

As this year’s Lambert Fellow, he came to talk abouthis new book and to illuminate his School Meetingaudience with insights into the writing life. It turnsout that for Mr. Mahler, a lot depends on “the art ofhanging out.”

Quoting from E.B. White, Mark Twain, andGay Talese, he urged aspiring non-fiction writers tolook for stories in unlikely places, listen with care,and cultivate patience. His newest book, TheChallenge, is a chronicle of the Bush administrationand its “war on terror” (the movie rights have recentlybeen sold). On the surface, said Mr. Mahler, it is alegal battle. But along the way he discovered personaldetails about the lawyer who serves as the centralcharacter, and it was these that enriched the book andturned it into a story of obsession. Jonathan Turely atThe New York Times wrote, “The Challenge is not justa very readable account of an important case. It isalso an intimate account of the lawyers who overcamepersonal conflicts, animus and flaws to produce adecision for the ages.”

In closing Mr. Mahler said, “Nothing is everwhat it initially appears to be. Your thesis will change;the story can change shape and change all your ideas.Being a writer means living in a constant state ofwonder and curiosity.” He smiled. The choice seemedto please him a great deal.

Club EventsFrom The Upper Level

venture group, has spent 25 years helping to solveenvironmental problems. John Griffin ’89 is aplastic surgeon who focuses on aesthetic andreconstructive surgery. Stephen Hannock ’70 cameto Deerfield as an aspiring professional hockey playerand became a painter with work on display at theMetropolitan Museum of Art in New York City andthe National Gallery in Washington, DC. SamHartwell ’48 co-founded STRIVE, a non-profitemployment service that helps inner city youth findand keep good jobs. Donald Sheehan ’74 is a careerdiplomat who has worked all over the world,including Afghanistan. He is currently working as anexchange diplomat to the European Union. EricSuher’s ’83 entrepreneurial endeavors began with aT-shirt business as a student at Deerfield and endedup as a real estate development enterprise. AndrewTrees ’86 is a former teacher who now makes hisliving as a writer.

In response to the program, ElizabethSchieffelin ’09 said, “I learned that life really has nodefinite plan, but no matter where I end up, I shouldfind a pathway that brings meaning to my life and toothers…Seeing all the presenters interact wasexciting because they still held so many Academyconnections. The Deerfield network is vast.”

A student survey circulated afterwards gave theprogram high marks overall. In suggested areas ofimprovement, seniors called for more women,greater diversity, and a longer time for discussion.

A Constant State of Wonder:Visiting writer offers advice and insights

After sharing memories of his Deerfield days,recollections that included some of Bryce

Lambert’s well-known eccentricities, JonathanMahler ’86 got down to the real reason for his visit.

Libby Leist ’97 to Speakat Commencement

Head of School MargaritaCurtis and the Class of

2009 are pleased to announcethat this year’s keynote Com-mencement address will be de-livered by Libby Leist, Class of1997. Ms. Leist is an off-air re-porter who covers U.S. diplo-macy and foreign affairs for the Today Show, NBCNightly News, MSNBC and MSNBC.com.

After Deerfield, Ms. Leist attended CornellUniversity, and began working for NBC upongraduation. She has traveled extensively overseas,reporting on the diplomatic work of former Secretaryof State Condoleezza Rice. Ms. Leist continues tocover the State Department beat and Hillary Clintonin her new role as secretary of state.

Ms. Leist also covered President Obama’s trip tothe Middle East and Europe last July, and wasscheduled to participate in the Academy’s Pathwaysprogram in January but was called away to cover Mr.Obama’s inauguration.

Jim Antone the Zamboni Manby Bob York

Thanks to the generosity of faculty member JayMorsman ’55 P’89, there’s a new all electric

Zamboni in the ice house. Jim Antone, who loves allthings Deerfield, and is an elected member of theZamboni Hall of Fame—with a Z tattooed on hisbicep, could not be more pleased. Among a numberof newspaper clippings taped to his office door, there’sa list: The Top 10 uses for a Zamboni, as well as a pic-ture of a well-manicured Deerfield football field witha caption over it stating: This is what we do whenhockey ends!

“I just love coming to work every day,” says An-tone, manager of the hockey rink since 1974. And thefeeling is mutual. “Jim’s become a part of the fabric ofthe school,” says Athletic Director Chip Davis. “He’sdeveloped his own following among many of the stu-dents. He’s very generous. I’ve seen him lay down a$10 bill for a chocolate chip cookie that a student wasselling as part of a fundraiser.”

For Antone, it’s all about friendship— nothingmore, nothing less. He’s a friend to one and all, ex-cept, according to an article written about him backin 2005, those who bring popcorn into the rink. “Isharpen all the kids’ skates, so while they’re waiting toget them sharpened, I just ask them questions like,‘Where are you from? ‘Why’d you pick Deerfield?’That sort of thing.”

Sometimes the rapport he establishes neverends. “There are students who graduated from hereback in the late 70s who still check in with me everyonce in a while,” says Antone.

Although the driving time on Zambonis is cal-culated in hours, rather than miles, Antone figures hedrove the old machine a distance that would takethem from Pittsfield to Provincetown. Now he’s log-ging hours on the new machine, which is kinder tothe environment and the air quality inside the rink.

The Deerfield Club of New England Presents“Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice”

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

You are invited to view the first major exhibition dedicated to the artisticrivalry of the three greatest Venetian painters of the sixteenth century—Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese. The exhibition includes nearly sixtypaintings from the most important museums in Europe and the UnitedStates, as well as pictures that have remained over the years in the settings forwhich they were painted—churches in Venice.

This is the largest exhibition of Italian renaissance painting in Boston in fiftyyears, as well as the best grouping of works by Tintoretto ever assembled inNorth America. Boston is the first venue of the exhibition and the only onein North America.

5:45 P.M.Introductory Lecture by Frederick Ilchman ’85, Curator of the Exhibition

6:15 P.M. Cocktail Reception and Visit to the Exhibition

Bravo Restaurant & Gund Gallery

$75 per person

Please respond by April 10Contact Mimi Morsman: 413-774-1586 or lmorsman@deerfield.edu

Seeing all the presenters interactwas exciting because they stillheld so many Academyconnections. The Deerfieldnetwork is vast.

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Coming Soon to Alumni Relations: Aynslie AccomandoOn April 13, Aynslie Accomando will assume her new duties as assistant director of alumni relations.A graduate of Trinity College and Phillips Academy, Andover, Ms. Accomando has an extensive back-ground in hospitality, having worked at The Westin Boston Waterfront, the Sheraton Boston Hotel,and Full Impact Productions. She will focus on facilitating Deerfield club and young alumni events inaddition to helping Director of Alumni Relations Mimi Morsman with annual alumni events such asReunion Weekend. Ms. Accomando may be reached at: aaccomando@deerfield.edu or 413.774.1801.

Holding the Deerfield banner:Britt Williams ’06, Tate Huffard ’05,Joann Nguyen, Matt Kniaz ’01,Melanie Finn, and Adam Sureau ’01;Seated beneath the banner:Don Dwight ’49, P’79, ’03, ’04,Ralph Earle ’75, P’10, ’12 andGordon Nelson P’10, ’12

Middle to bottom,left to right: Jake and

Owen Hughes;John Mattes ’80 andBrendan McKee ’03;Rob Fitzpatrick ’83

and John Knight ’83