50th Reunion Schedule
REUNION HEADQUARTERS
Location: Quincy House
Coordinator: Serghino René, Harvard Alumni Association
Hours:
Sunday, 4:00 –10:00 PM
Monday–Thursday, 8:00 AM –11:00 PM
Security personnel will be on duty from midnight until 7:00 a.m. for any late arrivals and in case of emergencies.
SUNDAY, MAY 21
For those whose travel plans require them to arrive a day early. Reunion officially starts on Monday, May 22
4:00 –11:00 PM | Reunion Registration & Headquarters |
Quincy House | |
6:00 –10:00 PM | Beer/wine/soda — classmate mingling |
Quincy House, Dining Hall |
MONDAY, MAY 22
7:30 – 8:45 AM | Continental Breakfast |
8:00 AM–11:00 PM | Reunion Registration & Headquarters |
Quincy House, Dining Hall | |
1:00 –3:00 PM | Radcliffe Meeting |
How do we feel about where we are today compared to where we thought we’d be on graduation? How do we feel about the state of the world today and what can we do to improve it? After an hour of small group discussions, we will reassemble and share our ideas (and do a small amount of class business.) Moderators, Fay Hannon, ‘67 & Jacquie Olds, ‘67 |
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3:00 –4:00 PM | Affinity Group Meetings |
More than anything, our reunion is about getting together. We have set aside several time slots for affinity groups to get together. We will provide several ways to organize your gatherings, and will have rooms available. Affinity groups can be college organizations (The Crimson, Lampoon, Track and Field team, WHRB, for example), current interests (the environment, privacy, social service)., whatever you’d like. Let us know and we will make space available. a. LGBTQ Affinity group meeting, 3-4pm Moderator, Leslie Horst, ‘67 b. Other affinity group meetings to be scheduled |
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4:30 – 5:30 PM | A Conversation with Drew Gilpin Faust, President and Lincoln Professor of History, Harvard University |
Memorial Hall, Sanders Theatre |
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5:30 – 6:30 PM | Cocktails |
Science Center Plaza Tent | |
6:30 – 8:00 PM | Welcome Dinner |
Science Center Plaza Tent | |
7:30 – 7:45 PM |
Harvard University Band Performance |
Science Center Plaza Tent |
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Following their performance, the Band will march their way towards Sanders Theatre, leading the class to their next scheduled event. | |
8:15 –10:00 PM | A Time for Poetry and Song |
Memorial Hall, Sanders Theatre | |
Three poets from the class will read their works: Jean McClung Goodwin, Jerry Costanzo, Honor Moore. A Time for Song Come join some of your Harvard classmates for 45 minutes of songs from our years at school and some of the social movements of the time. Help make the resonant wooden walls of Sanders Theater resound with a combination of popular and topical songs coming not just from the stage but also from your seats. We will have whole days of talking during our reunion, but this is a chance for music, song, memories and community. Join ’67 grads Tony Seeger, Steve Blodgett, David Hiatt, Leslie Horst, Chuck Smiler and Judy (Austin) Seeger ’66 – the group as of mid- March – for a Harvard Hootenanny. It should be fun. It will be short. The instruments are so far all acoustic. And you are all welcome, even if you just want to enjoy the acoustics of Sanders in silence. No pre-requisites, no requirements, no final exam, but a unique 50 th reunion experience. -Tony Seeger |
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10:00 –11:30 PM | Nightcaps |
Memorial Hall, Annenberg |
TUESDAY, MAY 23
7:30 – 8:45 AM | Breakfast |
Quincy House Dining Hall | |
9:00 AM – NOON | Vietnam: The Choices We Made |
Science Center, Hall B |
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Over a period of two years, 175 classmates have contributed 585 pages of thoughtful and moving accounts of the effects, then and now, of choices made during the Vietnam War. The resulting e-book has been sent to all classmates, and is available on the class website, hr67.org. We hope you all will have read it. This will be a three-hour open microphone session at which other classmates may tell their own stories and comment on the book. We wish to thank all the authors for their efforts. |
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NOON–1:00 PM |
House & Dorm Lunch |
Science Center Plaza Tent | |
Seating will be organized by former House and Dorm. Some tables will be left unmarked for those who choose not to affiliate. Refer to the seating chart in your packet for table locations | |
1:15 – 2:15 PM | Lecture: Science of Cooking |
Science Center, Hall B |
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From haute cuisine to soft matter science, Pia Sörenson, Preceptor in Science of Cooking undergraduate course; and David Weitz, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, will explore aspects of gastronomy combined with basic concepts in the science of soft materials. This talk showcases highlights and examples from the wildly popular undergraduate course that brings some of the world’s most famous chefs to Cambridge. What better way to learn about science than by creating great food?
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1:15 – 2:15PM | Lecture and Slideshow on Bob Dylan |
Science Center, Hall A | |
When we were in the 8th grade, Robert Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan, was in his senior year at Hibbing High School in northern Minnesota. Zimmerman was half-listening to lectures from his father Abe and gentle reminders from his mother Beatty about the value of a college education. No doubt, most of us received similar advice, but while we gave it four years, he gave it one semester and never looked back. Presenter: Phil Fitzpatrick |
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1:15 – 2:45 PM |
Panel Discussion: Dancing Backward in Heels: Fifty Years of the Women’s Movement |
Science Center, Hall D | |
Panel Discussion, Isabella Hinds ’67, Kate Kirby ’67, Harriet McGurk ’67, Cynthia McClintock ‘67 Did the movement triumph? Has real progress for women been made in the past 50 years? Did Harvard help this struggle? Our Radcliffe/Harvard sisters in the class of sixty-seven will tell us. |
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3:00 – 4:00 PM | Lecture: Student Life at Harvard Today |
Science Center, Hall C | |
Topics to be covered: |
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3:00 – 4:00 PM | Open Discussion:Retirement, Anxieties & Opportunities |
Science Center, Hall B | |
Retirement: some people embrace it as a liberation from the stress of work. Others dread it as a fundamental loss of identity. Sometimes two such people are married to each other. One person may want to stay in the big old house, surrounded by the artifacts of a lifetime and a diminishing circle of friends. Another may want to chuck it all in the dumpster and invent a new life somewhere far away. Sometimes these two people may be… married to each other. Some people may be fit and hearty, but for others, retirement may be a grim march from one medical intervention to another. Is exotic travel in the future, or do the finances mandate a much more modest life and another job after retirement? We look to the wisdom of our classmates who have taken this step and may have something to teach us. Pete Rogers ‘67, moderator |
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3:00 – 4:30 PM | Panel Discussion: Diversity & Inclusion |
Science Center, Hall A | |
Panelists: Tom Choquette ’67, Spiritual Director, MAR, ACSW; Steve Crosby ’67, Chairman, Massachusetts Gaming Commission; Professor Harold McDougall ’67, School of Law, Howard University; Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University; Natasha DuMerville, 2016-2017 Diversity and Inclusion Fellow, Harvard Divinity School, Jane Silverman '67, Philip Lovejoy, HAA Executive Director |
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5:15 – 6:15 PM | Pre-Pops Dinner |
Eliot House Dining Hall & Courtyard | |
6:45 PM | Buses depart for Symphony Hall |
8:00 –10:00 PM | Boston Pops Concert |
Symphony Hall | |
10:00 PM | Buses board to return to Cambridge |
10:00 –11:30 PM | Nightcaps & Vietnam Book authors’ & any other classmates meet up |
Quincy House |
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24
7:30–8:45 AM | Breakfast |
Quincy House | |
8:30 –9:30 AM | Memorial Service |
Memorial Church | |
10:00 –10:30 AM | Class Photographs |
Widener Library Steps | |
11:45 AM –1:00 PM | Affinity Lunch & Authors’ Table |
Science Center Plaza Tent | |
Seating will be organized by affinities. Some tables will be left unmarked for those who choose not to affiliate. Refer to the seating chart in your packet for table locations | |
1:15 – 2:45 PM |
Panel Discussion: Politics—How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do? |
Memorial Hall, Sanders Theatre | |
According to a recent Pew study, the graduation of the Harvard Class of 1967 marked a critical turning point in American political life. From the moment we left, polarization, both in the population, and more importantly between the political parties, has progressed to the point that virtually nothing can be accomplished. How did we get here? Where did the spirit of compromise go? What has happened to social discourse? To comity? Why do intelligent, thoughtful, well-meaning politicians find it so difficult to address and solve the problems we face? Having gotten here, where do we go next? We have assembled a panel of our classmates who will guide our conversation and exploration of these crucial topics. Win McCormack is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The New Republic, a publication with a long and storied history. Greg Craig has moved between public service and private practice for decades. His most recent public service was as White House Counsel for Barack Obama. Craig Stapleton served as Ambassador first to the Czech Republic and then to France. Tom Horne served as Attorney General in the state of Arizona. Rounding out the group is Sandy Maisel, the Chair of the Government Department at Colby, an expert on American politics in general, and the electoral process in particular. Moderator, Win McCormack ‘67 |
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3:00 – 4:00 PM | Open Discussion: The Sixties: Save the Sycamores to McNamara Demonstration |
Science Center, Hall D | |
“The Sixties” is synonymous with massive social change. “The Sixties,” however, lasted ten years, and Harvard in 1961 was far different from Harvard in 1969. Our college years were the real epicenter of the turmoil. We came in with the innocence of “Save The Sycamores” and left with the McNamara confrontation. The world seemed mostly at peace when we went to those Freshman Mixers: The Vietnam War and the Protest Movement were raging when we graduated. We had barely settled in the Yard when the Kennedy Assassination started the madness. Freshman year was also the Beatles and Bob Dylan. Join us for a class discussion informed from the perspective of a half century. Was the time from September 1963 to June 1967 just a “Happening”? Was there really an “Answer” that was “Blowin’ in the Wind,” or were those just marijuana fumes? As the question was so often put to R. Crumb’s Mr. Natural, “What’s it all mean?” Who better with whom to resolve these questions than our ’67 classmates? Moderator, John Casler ‘67 |
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Lecture: Dark Matter and Dinosaurs | |
Science Center, Hall A | |
Working through the background and consequences of this proposal, Lisa Randall shares with us the latest findings—established and speculative—regarding the nature and role of dark matter and the origin of the Universe, our galaxy, our Solar System, and life, along with the process by which scientists explore new concepts. She tells a breathtaking story that weaves together the cosmos’ history and our own, illuminating the deep relationships that are critical to our world and the astonishing beauty inherent in the most familiar things. Lisa Randall is Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University |
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3:00 – 4:30 PM | Panel Discussion: Journalism in the “Post Truth” Era |
Science Center Hall B | |
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6:15 –10:00 PM | Cocktails, Dinner, and Dancing with music by the Forerunners |
Murr Center Tennis Courts | |
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10:00 –11:30 PM | Nightcaps |
Quincy House |
THURSDAY, MAY 25—COMMENCEMENT DAY
6:45– 8:45 AM | Continental Breakfast |
Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge | |
8:15– 8:30 AM | Alumni Procession forms |
Harvard Yard (in front of Harvard Hall) | |
8:30 – 9:30 AM | Commencement Procession |
Harvard Yard | |
9:45–11:30 AM | 366th Commencement: The Morning Exercises |
Tercentenary Theatre | |
The Morning Exercises consist of orations, anthems, and the conferring of degrees on all graduates. Diplomas are received at ceremonies at the Houses and at individual Schools. Seating for the Morning Exercises is limited. | |
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Shuttles run between Mill Street and Soldiers Field Park Garage. |
11:45 AM – 2:00 PM | Luncheon |
Science Center Plaza Tent | |
1:45– 2:30 PM | Afternoon Alumni Procession |
Pathway from Science Center to University Hall in the Old Yard (spouses, guests, widows, and widowers are invited to march with the Class) | |
2:30 – 4:15 PM | Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association: The Afternoon Program |
Tercentenary Theatre | |
The program will include welcoming remarks remarks by Drew Gilpin Faust, president and Lincoln Professor of History, Harvard University; and an address by the Commencement . | |
There will be no 50th Reunion programming beyond the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Guests are encouraged to check-out Thursday evening, unless staying for Radcliffe Day or if travel plans require you to stay overnight. |
FRIDAY, MAY 26
7:00 –9:00 AM | Final checkout from on campus housing |
(shuttles available to Soldiers Field Park Garage and Radcliffe Yard) | |
7:00 –9:00 AM | Continental Breakfast |
Quincy Dining Hall | |
9:00 AM | Headquarters closes and shuttle service terminates |
10:30 AM | Radcliffe Day Activities (optional) |
More information about the day’s events and the live webcast is online at radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/radcliffe-day-2017. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with questions. |