Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1979 Thirty-fifth Reunion May 28–June 1, 2014 PROGRAM GUIDE Contents Letter to Classmates 1 Class of 1979 Reunion Committees 3 Thirty-fifth Reunion Schedule 4 Additional Schedule Information 8 Radcliffe Day Activities 4 HR ’79 Conversations Symposia Attendee Services 14 Reunion Headquarters Tickets and Name Badges Bags and Personal Items Parking and Transportation Gratuities Library and Museum Privileges Exercise and Athletics Internet Access Phone Directory and Mail Fax Security and Emergency Phones Medical Services Liability for Injury or Loss Lost and Found AA Meetings Accommodations 19 Housing Hospitality Rooms for Commuters Lost Keys and Maintenance Departure and Checkout/Luggage Storage Children’s Program 21 Group Headquarters Daytime Activities Nighttime Care Proctored Examinations Tipping Counselors Attractions 23 Harvard Attractions Area Attractions Map 28 REUNION HEADQUARTERS: 617-495-7805 OR 617-495-7806 Dear Classmates, WELCOME BACK TO CAMBRIDGE! Your Thirty-fifth Reunion Committee has been working diligently over the past year to provide opportunities to see old friends and meet new ones, reminisce, be intellectually challenged, and just have fun. You will be surprised to see the changes around the campus as well as much that has stayed the same. We have worked to develop a unique and interesting program—with the constant and careful support of the Harvard Alumni Association’s Michele Blanc and Shealan Anderson. We hope you enjoy Reunion as much as we enjoyed planning it. In the pages that follow, you will find details of the programmed events and logistical information. Beyond what is contained in the schedule, we invite you to connect with one another outside of the formal program. These informal interactions prove to be memorable and rewarding. Let the merriment begin! Gwill E. York and Steven P. Rosenthal Thirty-fifth Reunion Program Committee Co-chairs 1 2 Class of 1979 Reunion Committees Program Co-Chairs Participation Co-Chairs Steven P. Rosenthal S. Andrew Efstathiou Gwill E. York Elspeth Farmer Marc E. Goldberg Reunion Treasurer Michael J. Roberts Participation Committee Victoria A. Bott Reunion Program Committee Eileen M. Costello Lisa Hunt Batter David J. Crowley III Grace Mary Belfiore Susan H. Hewitt William J. Blechman Anna Prince Jones Suzanne P. Case Harriet Isa Mermes Frederick C. Childs Robert E. Richardson Patrice Kenney Clifford John A. Rosenfeld David J. Crowley III Richard J. Westelman Ralph Earle III S. Andrew Efstathiou Campaign Co-Chairs Kathy P. Evans Mike M. Donatelli Edward A. Gillis Michael R. Ericksen Marc E. Goldberg J. Christopher Flowers Gilad S. Gordon Mark L. Friedman Joseph B. Fuller Gregory M. Kee Christopher M. Harland Rachel V. Kemp Thierry G. Porte Kevin P. Kerr Steven P. Rosenthal Meg Streeter Lauck Dennis J. Wong Jonathan J. Ledecky Charles F. Wu Judith A. Melin Gwill E. York Harriet Isa Mermes Lisa M. Muto Leadership Gift Committee Richard H. O’Leary Christopher R. Ball Anthony Pucillo Lisa Hunt Batter Forest L. Reinhardt Howard S. Beltzer Michael J. Roberts Shawn A. Hayden Leo-Pierre Roy Michael D. Kendall Jody Cukier Siegler Kevin P. Kerr Honey Jacobs Skinner Daniel A. Medina Richard J. Westelman Sandra C. Peinado Alexa Deric Willson John Harvard Society Co-Chairs Ralph Earle III Gilbert M. Fleitas 3 THIRTY-FIFTH REUNION SCHEDULE For additional details and event listings, see Additional Schedule Information on page 8 and Attendee Services on page 14. CLASS REUNION HEADQUARTERS: WINTHROP HOUSE WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 1:00 pm Reunion headquarters opens Tonkens Room, Winthrop House 2:00–4:00 pm Senior Class Day Exercises Tercentenary Theatre 2:00 pm Walking Tour: What’s New at Harvard? Depart from Winthrop House 3:00 pm Walking Tour: What’s New at Harvard? Depart from Winthrop House 6:00–10:00 pm Class Welcome Dinner Cambridge Queen’s Head, Memorial Hall Basement 8:00–9:30 pm Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, and Harvard University Band Concert Tercentenary Theatre 10:00 pm–midnight Nightcaps Winthrop House 4 THURSDAY, MAY 29 (COMMENCEMENT DAY) 6:30–8:30 am Class Continental Breakfast Tonkens Room, Winthrop House 8:15 am Thirty-fifth Reunion Commencement Procession forms Meet at the College Pump in front of Hollis 8:30–9:30 am Commencement Procession 9:45–11:30 am 363rd Commencement: The Morning Exercises Tercentenary Theatre 11:30 am–1:45 pm Class Commencement Day Lunch Harvard Faculty Club 2:30–4:15 pm Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association: The Afternoon Program Tercentenary Theatre 7:00–9:30 pm Class Dinner Gore Courtyard, Winthrop House 10:00 pm–midnight Nightcaps Winthrop House 5 FRIDAY, MAY 30 6:30–9:00 am Class Hot Breakfast Winthrop House Dining Hall 9:00–10:15 am Class Memorial Service Memorial Church 10:30–11:30 am HR ’79 Conversations Sever Hall (see page 10 and hr79.org for topics and locations) noon–1:30 pm Class Lunch, featuring Jane Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company Loeb House Tent 12:30–2:00 pm Radcliffe Annual Lunch Celebrate 15 years of the Radcliffe Institute and 135 years of Radcliffe, including the presentation of the Radcliffe Medal to Drew Gilpin Faust, president of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History. Day-of tickets are $40. Radcliffe Yard Tent 2:30–3:30 pm Discussion with Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History, and Michael D. Smith, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and John H. Finley, Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall (joint event with the Twenty-fifth Reunion Class) 3:45–5:00 pm Harvard Today: A Faculty Forum Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall 6:30–8:30 pm Class Dinner Annenberg Hall, Memorial Hall 8:30–10:00 pm Class Survey Presentation with a few surprises Sanders Theatre 10:00 pm–midnight Nightcaps Winthrop House Radcliffe Day Activities Planned by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, see page 9; additional details at radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-day. Pre-registration required. 6 SATURDAY, MAY 31 6:30–9:00 am Class Hot Breakfast Winthrop House Dining Hall Continental Breakfast Northwest Labs, 52 Oxford Street 9:00–10:30 am Classmate Symposium: “Firing Back from Adversity” Northwest Labs, Room 103 10:45 am–12:15 pm Classmate Symposium: “Education 3.0: How Schools and Universities Are Transforming Learning, and Why They Must” Northwest Labs, Room 103 12:30–2:00 pm Class Lunch by House Northwest Labs, Lower Level Atrium 2:00–3:30 pm Concurrent Classmate Symposia: “Health Care Matters: What’s on the Horizon” Northwest Labs, Room 101 or “American Politics 2014: Is the System Broken?” Northwest Labs, Room 103 3:00–5:00 pm Afternoon Activities: HAA Shared Interest Group (SIG) Events See alumni.harvard.edu/programs-events for more information 4:00–5:15 pm Class Glimpses: One of the highlights of our Reunion, a dozen classmates, in less than six minutes each, will present a short monologue, perhaps with video, photos, and music, to tell us a story from their lives that will illuminate an aspect of human life for all of us. Northwest Labs, Room 103 7:00 pm–1:00 am Class Saturday Night Celebration with Dancing Radcliffe Yard Tent SUNDAY, JUNE 1 8:00–11:00 am Class Farewell Brunch Winthrop House 2:00 pm Final checkout from campus housing 7 ADDITIONAL SCHEDULE INFORMATION CLASS DAY EXERCISES Wednesday, May 28, 2:00 pm Tercentenary Theatre Senior Class Day is a student-focused, somewhat informal celebration. In addition to a featured speaker selected by the 2014 Class Committee, the exercises include presentations of the Ames Awards and the Harvard and Ivy Orations. STUDENT CONCERTS Wednesday, May 28, 8:00 pm Tercentenary Theatre Enjoy the music of the Harvard Band, Glee Club, and Radcliffe Choral Society. Concerts are free and open to the public. Many alumni enjoy these presentations, given every year on the eve of Commencement. 363RD COMMENCEMENT: THE MORNING EXERCISES Thursday, May 29, 8:30 am Tercentenary Theatre The Morning Exercises consist of orations, anthems, and the conferring of degrees on all the graduates. Diplomas are received at ceremonies at the Houses and at individual graduate and professional Schools. Seating for the Morning Exercises is limited. Tickets are required for entry to Harvard Yard and are limited to one per alumnus/a. You may pick up your ticket from headquarters in Winthrop House at any time on Wednesday or Thursday. Guests may view a simulcast of the program at the Science Center. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HARVARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: THE AFTERNOON PROGRAM Thursday, May 29, 2:30 pm Tercentenary Theatre The program will include welcoming remarks and recognitions by Catherine A. Gellert ’93, president of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA); an announcement of Overseer and HAA Director election results; presentation of the Harvard Medals; remarks by Harvard University President and Lincoln Professor of History Drew Gilpin Faust; and an address by the Commencement speaker, Michael R. Bloomberg MBA ’66. Tickets are required and can be picked up at reunion headquarters in Winthrop House. See page 14 for distribution information. 8 RADCLIFFE DAY ACTIVITIES Friday, May 30, 10:30 am–7:00 pm On Radcliffe Day, alumnae, alumni, fellows, and friends of Radcliffe gather to celebrate the past, present, and future with a combination of informal connections and structured programming. Day-of tickets are $40. 10:30 am–noon From Civil War to Civil Rights: The Unending Battle to Vote Knafel Center and Agassiz Theatre In celebration of the work and life of Drew Gilpin