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Deerfield Academy (often called Deerfield or DA) is an independent college-preparatory boarding and day school in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1797, it is one of the oldest secondary schools in the United States. It is a member of the Eight Schools Association and the Ten Schools Admission Organization.
The following is a list of notable Deerfield Academy alumni, sorted chronologically. See also Category:Deerfield Academy alumni . This article contains dynamic lists that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
People who attended or graduated from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States. Pages in category "Deerfield Academy alumni" ...
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-). #
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 has numerous schools, including Deerfield Academy, a private secondary preparatory school; Frontier Regional High School; Deerfield Elementary; and two separate private junior boarding schools, Bement School, which is co-ed, and Eaglebrook School, which is a school for boys.
The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield is a 1966 book by John McPhee, profiling Frank Boyden, the long-time headmaster of Deerfield Academy. The book was expanded from a magazine profile in The New Yorker .
A bust of Hitchcock at Amherst College. 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.