Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1964 Fiftieth Reunion May 25–30, 2014
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Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1964 Fiftieth Reunion May 25–30, 2014 PROGRAM GUIDE Contents Dear Classmates and Friends, WELCOME BACK TO HARVARD! Letter to Classmates 1 We hope you have a grand time at our Reunion: Class of 1964 Reunion Committees 2 • catching up with classmates and friends; Fiftieth Reunion Schedule 4 • making new friends and new connections; • enjoying the stimulating programs our committee Additional Schedule Information 9 has planned; A Note on House/Dorm and Affinity Tables For Those Coming Solo to Reunion • joining us for meals (and drinks) together; Presentations and Events • sharing experiences and insights with one another; Symposia • reconnecting with the greatest college in the world. Brief Talks ’64 Special thanks to all the members of our program Attendee Services 19 committee for the work they have done in preparation Reunion Headquarters for the Reunion. They are listed here but will also be Tickets and Name Badges wearing special name tags. Bags and Personal Items Parking and Transportation And special thanks as well to the students who will Gratuities assist us as bellhops, bartenders, and van drivers; to our Library and Museum Privileges wonderful student coordinators; and to those at the Exercise and Athletics Internet Access Alumni Association, particularly Michele Blanc, Phone Directory and Mail Serghino Rene, and Shealan Anderson, without whose Fax assistance this Reunion would not be happening. Security and Emergency Phones Medical Services They are all here to help—just ask if you need anything. Liability for Injury or Loss In the following pages, you will find details of what is Reunion Photographs planned and how you can navigate your way through Lost and Found the Reunion. Accommodations 25 Enjoy! Housing Hospitality Rooms for Commuters All the best, Lost Keys and Maintenance Harriet Todd and Tom Brome Departure and Checkout Reunion Program Committee Co-Chairs Attractions 27 Harvard Attractions Area Attractions Map 32 REUNION HEADQUARTERS: 617-495-7807 OR 617-495-7808 1 Class of 1964 Reunion Committees Reunion Program Committee Phyllis Rose Leadership Campaign Committee Participation Committee Co-Chairs Richard A. Ryerson Philip Burling Stanton V. Abrams Thomas R. Brome Jay Sage Jon Ender Stephen B. Adams Harriet Backus Todd Marc A. Slotnick Joe Hammer Jacqueline Dornsife Allaman John Thorndike Griffith Price Nancy Bunge Reunion Program Committee Ken Tigar William R. Reed Joe Butare Stanton V. Abrams Tony Urick David A. H. Smith James Cleeman James Bakalar John T. Vinton Kendrick Wells Katherine Cullinan William S. Barrett Curtis E. von Kann Rosina Berry Dixon Max Byrd Ciji Ware John Harvard Society Chair Bob Donaldson Ellie Cabot Harvey Weiner John H. Henn Charles Doran Eric Chivian Diana L. Westgate Ben Fairbank Participation Chair Colleen Gaines Clark Charles S. Whitman Nicholas Fels Marc A. Slotnick Ruthanne Rivers Cowan Barry B. White Stephen Goodwin Emilie R. de Brigard Participation Vice Chairs Paul Guzzi Dorothy Ellen Derifield Reunion Campaign Committee Richard Amberg, Jr. Stephen G. Hoffman Deborah Goldberg Co-Chairs William S. Barrett Karen Brown Johnson Susan Patterson Harding Thomas R. Brome Emilie R. de Brigard Frederic Kellogg Scott Harshbarger C. Boyden Gray John Donnelly, Jr. Mary F. Keefe John H. Henn Tom Stephenson George E. Hall, Jr. Donald Kursch Stephen G. Hoffman Jim Swartz Susan Patterson Harding Edmund W. Lang Joan Goldstein Honig Stephen B. Hrones John A. Lowe Bill Humenuk Reunion Campaign Vice Chair Patricia C. Jones Irving B. Naiburg, Jr. Charlotte Ikels Susan First Pollack Anne B. Keith Grier H. Raggio, Jr. Julie Rich Ingelfinger Leadership Gifts Co-Chairs Kendrick Wells Ambrose M. Richardson Tom James Peter H. Darrow Sheldon B. Sturges Mary F. Keefe Susan L. Graham Franklin B. Velie Edmund W. Lang Robert H. Mnookin Harvey Weiner Jean Burg Leed Leo Mullin Barry B. White Frances “Frinde” Maher Martin Quinn Mark L. Winer George A. McDermott, Jr. William L. Richter Robert H. Mnookin Brandon Sweitzer George M. Moriarty Harriet Backus Todd David Nelson Charles S. Whitman William A. Nitze 2 3 FIFTIETH REUNION SCHEDULE TUESDAY, MAY 27 7:00 am Bird Walk in Mount Auburn Cemetery For additional details and event listings, see symposia and other (with docent Tom Warren ’64) program information starting on page 9. Shuttle bus leaves Quincy House at 6:45 am SUNDAY, MAY 25 7:00–9:00 am Breakfast 4:00–10:00 pm Headquarters/check-in desk open for Quincy and Eliot Houses Sunday night housing check-in Junior Common Room ( JCR), Quincy House 9:00–10:30 am Symposium: “Climate Change: Is Doing Nothing an Option?” MONDAY, MAY 26 (MEMORIAL DAY) Science Center Hall C 10:00 am–11:00 pm Headquarters/check-in desk open 10:45–noon Brief Talks ’64: Part I JCR, Quincy House Science Center Hall C 11:00 am Informal soccer team game followed by lunch 10:45–noon Symposium: “The Writing Life: (hosted by John Thorndike ’64; uniforms Novelists and Others” provided, but bring proper footwear) Science Center Hall B Dillon Field House 12:15–1:30 pm Lunch (seating available by former 1:00 pm Walking Tour: What’s New at Harvard? House or dorm) Departs from Quincy House Courtyard Tent on the Plaza, Meyer Gate 2:00 pm Walking Tour: Art and Architecture on 1:45–3:15 pm Symposium: “Care in Later Life: Harvard’s Campus Policy and Practice” Departs from Quincy House Courtyard Sanders Theatre 3:00 pm Walking Tour: What’s New at Harvard? 3:30–4:30 pm Brief Talks ’64: Part II Departs from Quincy House Courtyard Sanders Theatre 4:30–5:30 pm Discussion with Drew Gilpin Faust, 5:00–6:15 pm Dinner President of Harvard University and Lincoln Courtyard and Dining Room, Eliot House Professor of History, and Michael D. Smith, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and 6:45 pm Buses depart for Symphony Hall John H. Finley, Jr. Professor of Engineering Mill Street and Applied Sciences 8:00–10:00 pm Boston Pops Concert Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall Symphony Hall 5:45–6:30 pm Cocktails 8:30–11:30 pm Gary Berger Big Band Alumni Reunion The Plaza, Meyer Gate (adjacent to and Jam Session the Science Center; in case of rain, cocktails JCR, Quincy House are in Annenberg Hall) 10:00 pm Buses board to return to Quincy House 6:30–8:00 pm Welcome Dinner Symphony Hall (Huntington Avenue, Tent on the Plaza, Meyer Gate (adjacent to south exit from Symphony Hall) the Science Center) 10:00–11:30 pm Refreshments 8:00–9:30 pm Class of 1964 Revue Courtyard, Quincy House Sanders Theatre 10:00–11:00 pm Refreshments/nightcaps Courtyard, Quincy House 4 5 WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 6:15–7:00 pm Cocktails 7:00 am Fun Run/Walk McCurdy Track Tent, Soldiers Field (organized by Bill Barrett ’64) Athletics Area Departs from and returns to the front steps of 7:00–9:00 pm Dinner Newell Boathouse (1.5- and 4-mile options) McCurdy Track Tent 7:30–9:30 am Breakfast 9:00–10:30 pm Dancing Eliot and Quincy Houses McCurdy Track Tent 9:30–10:30 am Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1964 9:00–11:30 pm Refreshments and Informal Discussions Memorial Service Dining Room, Quincy House Memorial Church THURSDAY, MAY 29 (COMMENCEMENT DAY) 11:00–11:45 am Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1964 Photographs 6:45–8:45 am Continental Breakfast Widener Library Steps Harvard Faculty Club noon–1:15 pm Lunch (seating available by former 8:15–8:30 am Alumni Procession forms affinity groups) Harvard Yard (in front of Harvard Hall) Tent on the Plaza, Meyer Gate 8:30–9:30 am Commencement Procession 1:15–2:45 pm Symposium: “Building the Great Society: 9:45–11:30 am 363rd Commencement: 1964 to 2014 and Beyond” The Morning Exercises Sanders Theatre Tercentenary Theatre (spouses and guests 1:30–2:30 pm Panel Discussion: “The Military (and may view from Science Center or Quincy ROTC) at Harvard: Then and Now” House JCR) Sever Hall 106 10:00 am–6:00 pm Shuttles run between Mill Street and 3:00–4:00 pm Brief Talks ’64: Part III Soldiers Field Park Garage Sanders Theatre 11:45 am–2:00 pm Fiftieth Reunion Luncheon Spread 3:00–4:00 pm Symposium: “An Artistic Education” Tent on the Plaza, Meyer Gate Sever Hall 113 1:45–2:30 pm Afternoon Alumni Procession 4:15–6:00 pm Harvard Crimson Gathering Pathway from Science Center to University (wine, refreshments, and tales of yesteryear) Hall in the Old Yard (spouses, guests, The Sanctum at 14 Plympton Street widows, and widowers are invited to march with the Class) 4:30 pm Football Team Gathering (wine and cheese will be served) 2:30–4:15 pm Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Soldiers Field Athletics Area Association: The Afternoon Program Tercentenary Theatre 4:30–5:30 pm WHRB Alumni Reception WHRB Studios, Basement of Pennypacker Hall 6:00–8:00 pm Charles River Boat Cruise (for those who have signed up and paid in advance) 6:00–11:00 pm Shuttles run between Quincy House and Newell Boathouse McCurdy Track Tent 6 7 FRIDAY, MAY 30 ADDITIONAL SCHEDULE INFORMATION 7:00–9:00 am Final checkout from housing (shuttles available to Soldiers Field Park Garage) A Note on House/Dorm and Affinity Tables JCR, Quincy House There will be tables at lunch on Tuesday with signs for Houses 7:00–9:00 am Continental Breakfast and dorms, and on Wednesday with signs for affinity groups. Beverage Nook, Quincy House Dining Hall Seating at these tables is neither mandatory nor exclusive, but 9:00 am Headquarters closes and shuttle they are provided for those who wish to easily find classmates service terminates who were in the same House or dorm, or in the same affinity Quincy House groups.