Class of 1979 Th 35 Reunion
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Class of 1979 th 35 Reunion BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY 35th Reunion Special Thanks On behalf of the Offi ce of Development and Alumni Relations, we would like to thank the members of the Class of 1979 Reunion Committee Amy Greenberg Bard, Co-chair Leonard A. Bard, Co-chair Daniel J. Jick, Co-chair Jessica K. Laufer, Yearbook Coordinator Barry D. Citrin Joanne Levy Citrin Gilbert L. Drozdow Steven Green eld Joan Laine Merlis Shira L. Orenstein Roberta S. Weinstein-Cohen Class of 1979 Timeline News Pop Culture Summer Olympics are held in Montreal, Academy Award, Best Picture: One Flew Over the Canada (draws an estimated one billion viewers Cuckoo’s Nest worldwide) NBC broadcasts Gone with the Wind and scores 32 African nations boycott Montreal Olympics in record-breaking ratings protest to continued sporting links between New Apple is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Zealand and South Africa First laser printer is introduced by IBM Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria NASA unveils fi rst space shuttle, the Enterprise Mao Zedong, founder of the Chinese Communist Party, dies Th e Damned release New Rose - the fi rst single ever marketed as “punk rock” 19-month civil war ends in Lebanon after threatening to escalate to global level Robert S. Ledley invents CAT-Scans Th e world’s fi rst recorded Ebola virus epidemic begins in Sudan US News Books US Supreme Court rules that the Raymond Carver - Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? death penalty is not inherently cruel Judith Guest - Ordinary People or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment Alex Haley - Roots US Supreme Court rules that blacks Robert Lowell - Selected Poems and other minorities are entitled to Gore Vidal - 1876 retroactive job seniority Economy Movies Average cost of new house: $43,400 All the President’s Men Average income per year: $16,000 e Omen Average monthly rent: $220 Taxi Driver Gallon of gas: 59 cents e Outlaw Josey Wales First-class stamp: 13 cents Rocky Polaroid Camera: $28 Network Zenith 25” Color TV: $599 CB Radio: $147 Microwave Oven: $16 Died this Year Agatha Christie 1976 Andre Malraux World News Pop Culture Egypt’s Leader, President Anwar al-Sadat, Academy Award, Best Picture: Rocky breaks rank with other Arab nations and Elvis Presley, 42, dies of a heart attack at recognizes the state of Israel Graceland, his Memphis, Tennessee home Nuclear-proliferation pact, curbing the Development of punk music from groups such spread of nuclear weapons, is signed by 15 as the Ramones, Iggy Pop, Th e Clash, Elvis countries, including the US and the USSR Costello, Th e Stranglers and the Sex Pistols Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Amnesty Th e TV miniseries Roots draws an audience of International 130 million and wins 9 Emmys and a Golden NASA space shuttle makes its fi rst test Globe fl ight off the back of a jetliner Star Wars hits theaters for the fi rst time Saturday Night Fever sparks the disco inferno and the popularity of movie soundtracks US News Th e New York City Blackout lasts 25 hours and results in looting and disorder Books Th e fi rst Apple II computers goes on sale John Cheever - Falconer Th e Supreme Court rules that states are Joan Didion - e Book of Common Prayer not required to spend Medicaid funds on Stephen Jay Gould - Ontogeny and Phylogeny elective abortions Kenneth Koch - e Duplications Scientists identify previously unknown bacterium as cause of mysterious Toni Morrison - Song of Solomon legionnaire’s disease Economy Movies Average cost of new house: $49,300 King Kong Average income per year: $15,000 Close Encounters of the ird Kind Average monthly rent: $240 Annie Hall Gallon of gas: 65 cents Wrist Worn AM Radio: $7.95 5 inch Portable TV: $147 New Stereo System: $247.95 Died this Year Charles Chaplin Bing Crosby Groucho Marx Vladimir Nabokov 1977 World News Pop Culture First baby is born from in vitro fertilization Academy Award, Best Picture: Annie Hall - a girl Louise Brown, born in England Illinois Bell Company introduces fi rst ever India faces its longest and worst monsoon Cellular Mobile Phone System season in modern times leaving 2 million Sony introduces the Walkman homeless “Framework for Peace in Middle East” signed by Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem begin after 13-day conference at Camp David led by President Jimmy Carter Movies Grease Close Encounters of the ird Kind National Lampoon’s Animal House Jaws 2 Heaven Can Wait US News Due to poor Cold War relations, US bans sale of latest computer technology to Soviet Union US Supreme Court in Bakke case, bars quota TV Shows systems in college admissions but affi rms Happy Days constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities Little House on the Prairie Th ree American balloonists make the fi rst Wheel of Fortune crossing of the Atlantic by hot air balloon in the Charlie’s Angels Double Eagle II e Love Boat Books Economy Maya Angelou - And Still I Rise Average cost of new house: $54,800 John Irving - e World According to Garp Average monthly rent: $260 Peter Mathiessen - e Snow Leopard Gallon of gas: 63 cents Herman Wouk - War and Remembrance A dozen eggs: 48 cents 8 Track Player: $169 Died this Year Hubert Humphrey Norman Rockwell Anastus Mikoyan 1978 Pop Culture Academy Award, Best Picture: e Deer Hunter News Sid Vicious, a former member of the Sex Pistols, China institutes the one child dies due to a heroin overdose during his trial for per family rule to help control its murdering his girlfriend exploding population Pink Floyd release the multi award winning Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s concept album “Th e Wall” with the top selling Menachem Begin sign the fi rst peace single “Another Brick in the Wall” treaty between an Arab nation and Th e fi rst modern bungee jumping performed by the Jewish state a group from the Oxford University Dangerous During the “Death to the Klan Sports Club jumped from the Clifton March” organized by communist Suspension Bridge joining England and supporters in Greensboro, North Wales Carolina, white supremacists open fi re killing fi ve marchers Books Stephen King- e Dead Zone Norman Mailer - e Executioner’s Song Jayne Anne Phillips - Black Tickets William Styron - Sophie’s Choice Tom Wolfe - e Right Stuff Economy Movies Average cost of new house: $58,100 Rocky II Average income per year: $17,500 Alien Average monthly rent: $280 e Amityville Horror Gallon of gas: 86 cents Star Trek: e Motion Picture Sony Walkman: $200 Kramer vs. Kramer JVC VHS Video Recorder System: $54.99 TV Shows All My Children Masterpiece eatre e Price Is Right e Young and the Restless Mork and Mindy Taxi Died this Year John Wayne Jean Renoir Nelson Rockefeller Arthur Fiedler Charles Mingus 1979 Top 10 Top 10 1976 Top 10 1978 Artist/Track Artist/Track The Staple Singers, “Let’s Do It Again” The Bee Gees, “Stayin’ Alive” The Miracles, “Love Machine (Part 1)” Yvonne Elliman, “If I Can’t Have You” The Four Seasons, “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, “You’re The One That I Want” The Sylvers, “Boogie Fever” Andy Gibb, “Shadow Dancing” Elton John & Kiki Dee, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” The Rolling Stones, “Miss You” The Bee Gees, “You Should Be Dancing” The Commodores, “Three Times a Lady” KC & the Sunshine Band, “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty” Frankie Valli, “Grease” Wild Cherry, “Play That Funky Music” A Taste of Honey, “Boogie Oogie Oogie” Chicago, “If You Leave Me Now” Exile, “Kiss You All Over” Rod Stewart, “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” Barbara Streisand & Neil Diamond, “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” Top 10 1977 Top 10 1979 Artist/Track Artist/Track Rod Stewart, “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” Chic, “Le Freak,” “Good Times” Stevie Wonder, “I Wish” Gloria Gaynor, “I Will Survive” Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, “Blinded by the Light” Amii Stewart, “Knock on Wood” Daryl Hall & John Oates, “Rich Girl” Blondie, “Heart of Glass” ABBA, “Dancing Queen” Donna Summer, “Hot Stuff,” “Bad Girls” Thelma Houston, “Don’t Leave Me This Way” Anita Ward, “Ring My Bell” The Eagles, “Hotel California” The Knack, “My Sharona” Fleetwood Mac, “Dreams” Michael Jackson, “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” Andy Gibb, “I Just Want To Be Your Everything” The Eagles, “Heartache Tonight” The Bee Gees, “How Deep Is Your Love” Donna Summer, “Bad Girls” 1979 Today - President: Marver Bernstein - President: Frederick M. Lawrence - Commencement Speaker: Eudora - Commencement Speaker: Geo rey Welty (author of short stories and Canada (President/CEO of Harlem novels about the South) Children’s Zone) - Tuition: $3,580 - Tuition: $43,980 - Students Enrolled in Fall Term: - Total Undergraduates: 3,504 2,781 - Countries Represented: 65 - Number of Graduates: 655 - Clubs and Organizations: 260+ - Number of Countries Represented: - Number of Majors and Minors: 43 41 and 45 Linda R. Alpert Life since Brandeis: Your fondest Brandeis memory and something surprising One hobby which I picked up at Brandeis and which I still about you: engage in is Israeli dancing. Last year, I brought a wonderful Fondest Memories of Brandeis - the autumn colors, teacher of Israeli dancing (Shmulik Gov-Ari) to Westchester Cholmondeley’s, and the Lewis Brooks slide shows. Jewish Center, my synagogue in Mamaroneck, and am an active Three things on your bucket list: member of the Israel Committee there. I don’t believe in bucket lists. I earned a law degree (with honors) from Brooklyn Law School, and was in-house counsel for 20 years at Smith Barney and its successor fi rms including Citigroup.