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The University doesn’t have contact information for a few of our classmates and we need your help to find them. We want to make sure everyone knows about the reunion.

Send in your news to our class correspondent. Watch the class column for updates on reunion throughout the year.

Register now and join classmates who are planning to attend our 35th Reunion! Meet up with classmates at the events below.

UnCommon Core
Friday, June 3, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Donnelley Biological Sciences Learning Center, 924 East 57th Street
“Did growing up in the 1960s leave a permanent effect on attitudes and values?” Find out what the survey work of Senior Lecturer James Davis from the Department of Sociology revealed in this special UnCommon Core lecture/discussion.

Read Mr. Davis’s research in advance of this class lecture/discussion. Open PDF.

The Original Survivors: Still Trying to Have Fun After 35 Years and 35th Reunion Dinner
Friday, June 3, 6:00 p.m. reception, 7:00 p.m. comedy show, 8:00-11:00 p.m. dinner
International House, 1414 East 59th Street
Cost: Comedy show is free (come just for the show or stay for the entire evening!); dinner is $50 in advance, $60 after May 31/at the door
Don’t miss our big evening of laughs, good company, and great food. Arrive at 6:00 p.m. for drinks and hors d’oeuvres (if you are staying for dinner, you get two free drinks; if you are coming just for the show, there will be a cash bar). At 7:00 p.m., the revue begins! The popular student improv and sketch comedy group Off-Off Campus will lead the performance and everyone will be part of this revue in one form or another. A buffet dinner with open bar will be available at 8:00 p.m. Our special guest for dinner will be humanities professor Herman Sinaiko, AB’47, PhD’61.

Alumni Procession Banner and Convocation
Saturday, June 4, 10:00-11:45 a.m.
Meet in Bartlett Quadrangle, 57th Street and University Avenue
After breakfast at Bartlett, our class will march with our banner across the Quads to Rockefeller Chapel for the Alumni Convocation. A bagpipe band will provide our traveling music.

University Picnic and Reunion Class Awards
Saturday, June 4, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Ratner Athletics Center, 56th Street and Ellis Avenue
Remember the size of the Ida Noyes pool? Come check out the University’s grand new athletics facility at this lunch with President Don Randel. The Reunion Class Awards will be presented. Look for tables reserved for our class.

ChicaGO Party
Saturday, June 4, 7:00p.m.-midnight
Ratner Athletics Center, 56th Street and Ellis Avenue
The biggest event of the weekend is this annual gala featuring a variety of dinner options, drinks, and live music. Those attending the Interfraternity Sing or having dinner elsewhere can attend at a reduced price after 9:30 p.m. for dessert, drinks, and dancing until midnight. Look for tables reserved for our class.

 

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