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Deerfield's endowment has rapidly increased in recent years. From December 2018 to June 2022, the endowment increased from $590 million to $791 million. [45] [46] In 2022, Deerfield announced that Televisa vice-chairman Rodolfo Wachsman '53 had left Deerfield $80 million in his will; it is the largest donation in the academy's history. [47]
James Colgate Cleveland (1920–1995), U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire. Thomas Hedley Reynolds (1920-2009), President of Bates College. William Zinsser (1922-2015), writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. Gordon MacRae (1921–1986), singer and actor. Ian Barbour (1923-2013), Templeton Prize winner.
Through the years Deerfield joined the ranks of elite private schools such as Exeter and Andover. [2] Boyden's efforts as headmaster resulted in a revival of the town of Deerfield. Henry and Helen Flynt were parents of a boy student at the academy. Boyden invited them to serve on the school's board and later to participate in town improvement ...
Deerfield Academy is led by a Head of School selected by the Board of Trustees. During the Academy's history, the position has been known as Preceptor (1799-1851), Principal (1851-1902), Headmaster (1902-2006), and Head of School (2006-).
The building that is now Memorial Hall was the first home of Deerfield Academy, built in 1798 and designed by architect Asher Benjamin. It remained a school until 1878. The building was designed to contain a museum, [1] making it one of the oldest museums in the United States. [2] In the original collection were geological specimens and ...
Mary Tenney Castle. John Chafee. David Childs. John Chittick. Adriana Cisneros. Charles Clapp (judge) James Colgate Cleveland. William Sloane Coffin.
Historic Deerfield is a museum dedicated to the heritage and preservation of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and history of the Connecticut River Valley. Its historic houses, museums, and programs provide visitors with an understanding of New England 's historic villages and countryside. It is located in the village of Old Deerfield which has been ...
Born to poor parents, he attended newly founded Deerfield Academy, where he was later principal, from 1815 to 1818. In 1821 he was ordained as a Congregationalist pastor and served as pastor of the Congregational Church in Conway, Massachusetts, 1821–1825. He left the ministry to become Professor of Chemistry and Natural History at