2016 Stanford Reunion Homecoming Guide
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OCTOBER 20–23, 2016 2016 Stanford Reunion Homecoming Guide Your classmates. Your memories. Your friends. Your sandstone. Your dormmates. Your spot. Your year. Your mind. Your reunion. OCTOBER 20–23, 2016 Contents Welcome back to the Farm, friend! Here’s your guide to all Reunion Homecoming events and activities. For more details, simply turn the page and dive in! EVENTS & ACTIVITIES* HOW TO GET AROUND YOUR THURSDAY ............................................................................... 2 VENUE MAP ........................................................................................... 10 YOUR FRIDAY .........................................................................................6 CLASS TENT MAP ............................................................................. 22 YOUR SATURDAY ................................See Saturday insert KEY REUNION INFO ........................................................................ 21 YOUR SUNDAY .....................................................................................17 CLASSES WITHOUT QUIZZES & TOURS ......................19 EXPLORE CAMPUS ......................................................................... 20 YOUR CLASS EVENTS .............See class events insert *Want to know where your events are located? Letters/numbers in parentheses next to event listings correspond to coordinates on the venue map (pages 10–11 and on the folder). EVENT KEY MAIN EVENTS ........................................................ CLASSES WITHOUT QUIZZES ............................... TOURS ................................................................... CLASS EVENTS ...................................................... OCTOBER 20–23, 2016 At a Glance Guide THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 CHECK-IN CHECK-IN CHECK-IN CHECK-IN 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Ford Center 7:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Ford Center 7:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Ford Center 8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Alumni Center ———— 7:30 BREAKFAST ———— 7:30–9:00 a.m. See page 6. 8:00 CWOQs & TOURS See Saturday insert 8:00–9:00 a.m. ———— See page 6. for up-to-date info on 8:30 football, your Class BREAKFAST AND ———— ALUMNI AUTHORS MEET & GREET 8:30–10:00 a.m. 9:00 Tailgate, Classes Without See page 17. ———— Quizzes, Tours and more. 9:30 INAUGURATION OF STANFORD’S ———— 11TH PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY CWOQs & 10:00 9:30–11:00 a.m. PUBLIC WORSHIP TOURS ———— See page 7. 10:00–11:15 a.m. 10:00–11:00 a.m. 10:30 See page 17. See page 18. ———— 11:00 ———— WELCOME LUNCH CLASS LUNCH 11:30 11:15 a.m.–1:00 p.m. 11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. FAREWELL See page 2. ———— See page 7. LUNCH CARDINAL 11:30 a.m.– noon 1:00 p.m. FOUNDERS’ SOCIETY ———— See page 18. DAY LUNCHEON Noon–3:00 p.m. 12:30 Noon– See page 18. ———— 2:00 p.m. 1:00 CLASS PANELS: ’56–’06 See page 18. ———— 1:00–2:45 p.m. See page 8. 1:30 CWOQs & TOURS ———— 1:30–2:30 p.m. 2:00 See page 2. UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION ———— INFORMATION 2:30 SESSION 2:00–3:30 p.m. ———— See page 3. STUDENT 3:00 CONCERTS ———— 3:00–4:00 p.m. CWOQs & TOURS 3:15–4:15 p.m. 3:30 CWOQs & See page 3. TOURS See page 9. ———— 3:30–4:30 p.m. SYMPOSIUM 4:00 See page 3. MULTICULTURAL OF UNDER- ———— ALUMNI GRADUATE HALL OF FAME 4:30 RESEARCH 4:00–5:30 p.m. ———— AND PUBLIC See page 13. 5:00 SERVICE 4:00–6:00 p.m. ———— VOLUNTEER RECEPTION See page 5. 5:30 5:15–6:15 p.m. ———— See page 5. 6:00 CLASS PARTIES: ’56–’11 ———— DINNER ON THE QUAD Times vary 6:30 6:15–7:00 p.m. Cocktails See page 15. ———— 7:00–9:00 p.m. Dinner See page 5. 7:00 ———— 7:30 ———— 8:00 ———— 8:30 ———— 9:00 ———— 9:30 ———— 10:00 ———— 10:30 ———— 11:00 ———— 11:30 ———— midnight 1 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 Your Thursday 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. CAMPUS WALKING TOUR MEET AT STANFORD VISITOR CENTER (B-9), UNLIMITED CAPACITY CHECK-IN Your guide, a current Stanford student, will take you on a FORD CENTER (D-8/9) 60-minute stroll around campus to rekindle old memories. Tour will end at White Plaza. Please wear comfortable Times vary walking shoes and bring water. MINI-REUNIONS VARIOUS LOCATIONS CANTOR ARTS CENTER Memories abound at classmate-planned Mini-Reunions MEET AT CANTOR ARTS CENTER (B-6), MAIN LOBBY, CAPACITY: 40 happening throughout Reunion Homecoming. See the Mini- This docent-led tour will include a general introduction to Reunions insert or alu.ms/minireunions2016 for details. the Cantor and highlights from the permanent collection. 8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. DAVID RUMSEY MAP CENTER MEET AT GREEN LIBRARY (D/E-7), BING WING ENTRANCE, CAPACITY: 30 MEMORIAL CHURCH OPEN HOUSE Salim Mohamed, head and curator of the center, will display MEMORIAL CHURCH (E-6) antiquarian maps and atlases and demonstrate modern digital Check out your class diamond, then revisit the beautiful cartographic technologies. mosaics, stained glass and architecture that make this church so memorable. FROST AMPHITHEATER: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 11:15 a.m.–1:00 p.m. MEET AT FROST AMPHITHEATER (C-8), ENTRANCE ON LASUEN STREET, WELCOME LUNCH CAPACITY: 40 CLASS HEADQUARTERS TENTS (SEE BACK COVER) Matthew Tiews, MA ’99, PhD ’04, associate dean for the Kick off your reunion with fellow alumni over lunch at advancement of the arts, leads a tour on the wonderful your class tent, your headquarters for the weekend! history of performances and shares exciting plans for the future of Frost Amphitheater. 1:30–2:30 p.m. STANFORD CENTRAL ENERGY FACILITY CLASSES WITHOUT QUIZZES & TOURS (ends at 2:45 p.m.) VARIOUS LOCATIONS MEET IN FRONT OF BING CONCERT HALL (B-8), BUS BOARDING BEGINS AT 1:10 P.M., CAPACITY: 40 TOURS Learn about the heating/cooling and power systems that power the majority of the 8,000+ acre Stanford campus. Please wear ANDERSON COLLECTION sturdy, closed-toed shoes. The tour requires you to wear a MEET AT ANDERSON COLLECTION (A-6), MAIN LOBBY, CAPACITY: 30 hard hat, goggles and earplugs and to climb stairs. This docent-led tour showcases outstanding works of post- WWII American painting and sculpture from the 121-piece CLASSES WITHOUT QUIZZES collection assembled over the last 50 years. CRISPR: GENOME EDITING AND DEADLY ARIZONA CACTUS GARDEN DISEASES MEET AT THE ARIZONA CACTUS GARDEN, ENTRANCE CLOSEST TO GUNN-SIEPR BUILDING (C/D-8), KORET-TAUBE CONFERENCE CENTER, THE MAUSOLEUM (NE SIDE), CAPACITY: 40 ROOM 130, CAPACITY: 200 The garden was constructed in the 1880s for the Stanford Mutations in single genes cause thousands of diseases. family by landscape architect Rudolph Ulrich. This tour On a chalkboard, it’s easy to change a single letter in a reviews the garden’s history and showcases original and disease-causing DNA strand to eradicate disease. Professor modern plants. Porteus demonstrates the progress toward editing the genome of stem cells to cure patients of disease, effectively turning this science fiction vision into reality. Matthew Porteus, associate professor of pediatrics 2 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 FROM GUTENBERG TO ZUCKERBERG: WONDROUS MACHINE: HUMANITIES RESEARCH IN THE AGE OF AN EXPLORATION OF THE ORGAN DIGITIZATION CANCELLED HUMANITIES CENTER (F-5), LEVINTHAL HALL, CAPACITY: 107 MEMORIAL CHURCH (E-6), 2ND FLOOR, ORGAN GALLERY, CAPACITY: 80 While humanists still spend much of their time with their Whether filling a high-ceilinged Gothic cathedral or stirring noses in books or dusty archives, many primary sources are souls in a storefront church, organ music touches the listener now available in digital form as well. This format facilitates in a special way. Join Robert Morgan for a demonstration access and offers new possibilities for studying sources. and unique perspective on this centuries-old instrument. In this talk, Professor Edelstein discusses computational Please note, there is no elevator and you’ll need to ascend a methods for pursuing humanistic research in the digital age. narrow staircase up to the gallery. Dan Edelstein, William H. Bonsall Professor of French, Robert Morgan, university organist, lecturer in music and chair of the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, director of the Stanford University Singers and professor, by courtesy, of history 2:00–3:30 p.m. HAYDN’S EARLY STRING QUARTETS BING CONCERT HALL (B-8), STUDIO, CAPACITY: 150 UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION The St. Lawrence String Quartet’s interpretations of Haydn INFORMATION SESSION lay down a new standard for gripping, tender, hilarious, TRESIDDER MEMORIAL UNION (F-6), 2ND FLOOR, CYPRESS LOUNGE wicked and charming performances of these masterpieces. For prospective freshman applicants and their parents and Explore why Joseph Haydn’s string quartets are as ground- grandparents: learn about undergraduate life and the breaking, relevant and modern today as they were in the 1700s. admission and financial aid process. St. Lawrence String Quartet, ensemble in residence for Stanford University 3:00–4:00 p.m. BING CONCERT HALL STUDENT HOW YOUR BRAIN DECIDES PERFORMANCES ENCINA HALL (D/E-8), BECHTEL CONFERENCE CENTER, CAPACITY: 200 BING CONCERT HALL (B-8) What’s going on in your brain when you “go with your gut” in Experience Stanford’s newest venue for music, the a tough decision? How do reward, regret and rationality shape spectacular Bing Concert Hall, featuring performances your choices? Explore the neuroscience of decision making by accomplished student ensembles. and the latest developments in neuroscience research and have an optional close encounter with human and animal brains. 3:00–4:30 p.m. Brie Linkenhoker, MA ’01, PhD ’03, director of Worldview Stanford EXPLORING PURPOSE, COMMUNITY AND WELLNESS IN MIDLIFE AND BEYOND LONG LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY MAIN QUAD, HISTORY CORNER/BUILDING 200 (D-7), ROOM 305 MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM (D-8), CAPACITY: 1,714 A panel of Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute fellows By the time today’s children reach old age, living to 100 will moderated by Dr. Philip Pizzo will explore purpose, com- be commonplace. Professor Carstensen will discuss advances munity and wellness in midlife and beyond and discuss how that can improve quality of life for all ages so people arrive at higher education can, in innovative and novel ways, provide old age mentally sharp, physically fit and financially secure.