Reconnecting
55th Reunion ~ June 9 -12, 2014
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE [All items subject to confirmation] as of February 21, 2014
Residence Hall: East Wheelock Cluster Class Headquarters: Brace Commons
• ($) Separate charge not included in class reunion fee • Green denotes College-sponsored activities/events
All Week
• Self-guided DOC Outdoor Adventures ($) • Mini-gatherings - Various times; details to follow.
SUNDAY, JUNE 8
• Mt. Moosilauke Ravine Lodge Overnight Stay ($) - This optional Dartmouth Outing Club event includes hiking, meals, and overnight lodging - Registration begins May 5th; call (603) 764-5858 • Mt. Moosilauke Day Hike
MONDAY, JUNE 9 REGISTRATION OPEN FROM 9:00AM - 5:00M IN BRACE COMMONS
Arrival Day: Get reacquainted with the campus.
9:00am • 1959 Golf Tournament ($) - Hanover Country Club
9:00am - 10:00am • “Dartmouth College Today” - Campus Bus Tour - Meet at Hanover Inn - Student-guided bus tour of campus and the Hanover area
9:00am - 10:00am • Hood Museum Tour
9:00am - noon • Life Sciences Greenhouse and Brout Orchid Tour - Class of 1978 Life Sciences Building
10:00am - 11:00am • Architectural Walking Tour of Campus - Meet in front of Dartmouth Hall (Rain: Room 105, Dartmouth Hall) - Tour begins promptly at 10:00am. Led by Marlene Heck, senior lecturer in art history and history
11:00am - noon • Orozco Murals Tour - Baker Berry Library Reading Room
Noon • Lunch on Your Own ($)
2:00pm • 1959 Tennis Tournament - Berry Courts North
2:00pm - 3:00pm • “Dartmouth College Today” - Campus Bus Tour - Meet at Hanover Inn - Student-guided bus tour of campus and the Hanover area
2:30pm • Glee Club Rehearsal with University Chorus - Faulkner Hall, Hopkins Center - For all former Glee Club singers - 3:00pm - 5:00pm • Academic Open Houses - Various locations (details to follow) - Get an update on Dartmouth academic life today - 3:30pm - 4:30pm • “College Planned Lecture: Dartmouth Athletics with Harry Sheehy ‘55a - Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center -
4:00pm - 5:15pm • “This Verse Business” ($) - Moore Theater, Hopkins Center Emmy-winning actor Gordon Clapp portrays the Great American poet and Dartmouth regular Robert Frost in this funny and often poignant one-man show by A.M. Dolan
4:00pm - 5:00pm • WIN '59 Women's Chat - Brace Commons (Wine available) - 5:30pm - 8:30pm • 1959 Welcome Reception & Dinner - Collis Student Center, Common Ground • 8:30pm - 11:00pm • 1959 Class Socializing - Class Tent • 8:45pm - 10:00pm • University Chorus of the Upper Valley Concert - Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center
TUESDAY, JUNE 10 REGISTRATION OPEN FROM 7:30AM - 10:00AM IN BRACE COMMONS
7:30am - 9:30am • Breakfast - Class of 1953 Commons • 7:30am - 8:45am Professional School Breakfasts - Open to graduate school alumni and guests.
• Thayer School of Engineering – Great Hall, Cummings Hall, Thayer School - Remarks by Joseph Helble, dean and professor, Thayer School of Engineering - Registration required by May 27th; RSVP to [email protected].
• Geisel Medical School – Drake Room, Hanover Inn - Remarks by Dr. Wiley Souba, dean, Geisel School of Medicine - Registration required by May 27th; RSVP to [email protected].
• Tuck School of Business – Buchanan Faculty Seminar Room, Tuck School of Business - Remarks by Paul Danos, Dean, Tuck School of Business - Registration required by May 27th; RSVP to [email protected] or 603-646-0657 - 9:00am - 10:00am • 1959 Memorial Service - Rollins Chapel
9:00am – 10:15am • Hood Museum Presentation/Tour
10:30am - 11:30am • Presidential Reunion Address - Moore Theater, Hopkins Center With a special tribute to volunteer service.
Noon - 1:30pm • 1959 All-American Style Picnic - DOC House - Transportation provided from Hopkins Center to DOC House and back -
1:00pm - 3:00pm • WIN'59: Baking Class at King Arthur Flour for alumni and spouses ($) - Meet at class tent - Pre-registration required. - Questions: Contact Joanne Wise at [email protected]
1:45pm - 3:00pm
• Life Sciences Greenhouse and Brout Orchid Tour - Class of 1978 Life Sciences Building
3:30pm - 4:45pm • “What's Next After the Arab Spring?” - Alumni Hall - Hear from Dartmouth’s Dirk J. Vandewalle, Associate Professor of Government - one of the few scholars regular traveling to Libya these days
4:00pm - 5:00pm • WIN '59 Women's Chat - Brace Commons (Wine available)
5:30pm - 8:00pm • 1959 Reception & Dinner - Maffei Plaza, Black Family Visual Arts
8:00pm - 11:00pm • Class Socializing - Class Tent
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
7:30am - 9:30am • Breakfast - Class of 1953 Commons • 9:15am -11:15am • 1959 Class Meeting - Haldeman 041 (to be confirmed)
Noon - 1:30pm • 1959 Lunch - Kemeny Patio
2:15pm - 3:15pm • Tour of Orozco Murals - Reserve Reading Room, Baker Library - Led by Mary Coffey, Associate Professor of Art History (to be confirmed) - 3:15pm - 5:00pm • Dartmouth planned lecture: “The Future of Healthcare” with Al Mulley '70 - Director of The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science - Moore Theater, Hopkins Center
4:00pm - 5:00pm • WIN '59 Women's Chat - Brace Commons (Wine available)
4:00pm - 5:30pm • Informal gatherings at fraternities, clubs etc.
6:00pm - 7:00pm • 1959 Reception - Baker Library Lawn
7:00pm - 9:00pm • 1959 Banquet - Baker Library Lawn
THURSDAY, JUNE 12
7:00am - 9:00am • Farewell Breakfast - Class of 1953 Commons
Noon (or earlier) - Check out and turn in your room keys.
EVERY DAY 5:00pm - 6:00pm • AA Meeting - Dick’s House library: Open discussion
* * * Continuing to “Reconnect” - Post-Reunion Add On Contact Jim Wooster '59 and join fellow '59s at the Trapp Family Lodge.