50th Reunion

Class of 1975

Our 50th Reunion is June 3-6! You’ll find our tentative schedule below. If you have any questions regarding your reunion, feel free to email our class inbox at 50threunion_haa@harvard.edu. We can’t wait to see you!

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Reunion Packages Price Breakdown

All adult reunion attendees, which includes alumni and guests, have the choice between the full reunion package (all events and meals) and à la carte. You may view the price breakdowns below. Please be aware that early bird pricing will end on April 22 at 11:59pm (ET) and standard pricing will end on May 15 at 11:59pm (ET). Please note any refund requests must be received by 11:59pm (ET) on May 15 and that registration fees will not be refunded.

Class of 1975 50th Reunion adult pricing sheet. Daytime pricing includes all activities up until the class dinner or reception. Please note, the registration fee is required with the full package and a la carte options. One registration fee per classmate.  
1975 50th Reunion Adult Pricing (per adult)Early BirdStandardOnsite Registration
Registration Fee (per classmate)$75.00$75.00$75.00
Full Reunion Package (all events included)$585.00$685.00$785.00
A La Carte Package Options (for those not purchasing the full reunion package)   
     Tuesday$135.00$155.00$175.00
     Wednesday Day$70.00$90.00$110.00
     Wednesday Evening$110.00$130.00$150.00
     Thursday Day$70.00$90.00$110.00
     Thursday Evening$155.00$175.00$195.00
     Friday$65.00$85.00$105.00

Schedule

Tuesday, June 3

2:00pm - 8:00pm

Check-in at Headquarters

Cabot Library, Science Center

Please come to headquarters to check in when you arrive on campus. You will receive your name badge, favor, Reunion materials, and your House/dorm room key and assignment, if you are staying on campus. 

6:00-9:00pm

Welcome Reception

Annenberg

Join classmates and guests for a casual welcome reception.

Wednesday, June 4

8:00am - 8:00pm

Check-in at Headquarters

Cabot Library, Science Center

Please come to headquarters to check in when you arrive on campus. You will receive your name badge, favor, Reunion materials, and your House/dorm room key and assignment, if you are staying on campus. 

8:00-9:00am

Breakfast

Annenberg

9:00-10:15am

The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World

Sanders Theatre

Audio visual presentation by Wade Davis, a “rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and defender of all life’s diversity.”

10:30am - 11:30am

Classmate Stories "Life Lived: Stories From the Heart"

Sanders Theatre

Fifty years out of college, we have a chance to reflect on the people, places and experiences that have made us who we are today. Come hear these stories of our classmates' life  experiences – stories to  make you laugh, cry, empathize, comfort or astonish you.

SUKIE AMORY: Only Connect

GREG PENNINGTON: Brightwood to Cambridge: Not Just for Me

DENNIS CORBETT: Memories in Place

ALICE D. BARTON: Help, Home, Hearth, Heart

GREG STONE: How to "Sartre" Your Way Out

JOHN MURPHY: Losing It and Getting It Back

RICHARD SPERLING: Gracias La Vida (Thanks to Life)  

PETER ZURKOW: Lessons of Loss and Life

11:30am - 12:00pm

Pass the Mic 75 Sizzle Special and a WayBack Tidbit

Sanders Theatre

12:00-2:00pm

Class Luncheon

Science Center Plaza Tent

2:00-3:30pm

Memorial Service

Memorial Church

Libby Poyet, LeRoy Thompson and Art Tung welcome you to a beautiful Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving from 2:00-3:00, with reflections and music written and performed by classmates, followed by spontaneous eulogies of our departed friends from 3:00-3:30.

3:45-6:00pm

Radcliffe Meeting

Agassiz Theater

Showing of “CLIFFE NOTES: Stories from the Radcliffe Class of 1975” followed by discussion. 

6:00-10:00pm

Class Dinner

Annenberg

8:00-9:00pm

Class Survey Presentation

Sanders Theatre

Thursday, June 5

8:00am - 11:00pm

Check-in at Headquarters

Cabot Library, Science Center

Please come to headquarters to check in when you arrive on campus. You will receive your name badge, favor, Reunion materials, and your House/dorm room key and assignment, if you are staying on campus. 

8:00-9:00am

Breakfast

Annenberg

9:00-10:00am

Are We Losing the Freedom of the Press? What Can Be Done to Protect It?

Sanders Theatre

Panelists: June Cross, Will Englund, Geoff Garin, David Hiller, and Rick Sia

Moderators: Rick Lyon and Cynthia Schneider

10:15-11:15am

Act II ... Or III ....or IV!

Sanders Theatre

As we embrace Act II of our lives  - or for some of us, Act III or even  IV, how are we using our skills and experience to do something different and move forward into the next stage of life?  

Panelists: David Goldbloom,  Ann McDonald, Brock Walsh

Moderator: Sarah Crichton

11:30am - 12:00pm

Class Photo

Widener Steps, no signage permitted*

12:00-2:00pm

Class Luncheon

Science Center Plaza Tent

2:00-3:00pm

Classmate Stories "Turning Points:  Making a Difference" 

Sanders Theatre

Over the past 50 years, many of us have faced situations that may have shifted our direction or made us realize that we needed to take action to make a difference in our lives or the lives of others. Listen to these stories. 

RAYMOND OSBUN: Veritas: Liability Becomes Asset- A Journey into True, Where What Was Hidden Becomes the Foundation of Lasting Strength.

VICTORIA WELLS WULSIN: Public Health is Political Medicine.

ANNE WHITTINGTON: About That Grade in Math 21a

ERIC GARVANNE: The Glass Blowers

DEBRALYNN DAY-SALVATORE: The Encounter 

NANCY SATO: What Was I thinking??

JOHN ERLICK: What I Learned About Courage From a Garbage Truck

3:00-3:15pm

Sanders Stretch

3:15-4:15pm

What Now? What Next?

Sanders Theatre

This might be a very serious talk about the meaning of life. Or not.

Panelists: Lloyd Blankfein, Peter Lawson Jones, and Patty Marx

Moderator: Tom Yellin

4:15-4:30pm

Musical Surprise

Sanders Theatre

6:00-10:00pm

Class Dinner and Dancing

Radcliffe Quad Tent

DJ Christopher Mowry will be playing some old favorites, so make sure to wear your dancing shoes!  

Friday, June 6

8:00am - 6:00pm

Housing Check-out

Check-out will be available in the lobby of the House/dorm where you are staying. All House/dorm keys must be dropped off by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 6. Keycard access will be cut off after this time. Luggage storage is available on-site. Learn more and pre-purchase your luggage storage here.

8:00-9:00am

Breakfast

Science Center Plaza Tent

9:00-10:00am

What’s Next for Harvard? Conversation with Classmate Paul Finnegan and Provost John Manning

Paine Music Hall with Science Center E as overflow

10:30am

Alumni Parade Line Up

Various Locations

View the parade map to learn where to line up to process with your class!

11:00am - 1:00pm

Harvard Alumni Day Parade & Program

Tercentenary Theatre

All Harvard alumni are invited to join the Harvard Alumni Association for the fourth annual Harvard Alumni Day, a day for and in celebration of Harvard’s vibrant, global alumni community! Suggested dress code is smart casual.

1:00-3:00pm

Harvard Alumni Day Yard Party

Old Yard

Join your friends—and make new ones—at the all-alumni Yard Party with food and beverage trucks (including beer and wine), including some local favorites. Suggested dress code is smart casual.

2:30-3:30pm

Film Screening of CLIFFE NOTES: Stories from the Radcliffe Class of 1975

Radcliffe Yard (in the Knafel Center)

In partnership with the Radcliffe class of 1975, the Radcliffe Institute invites you to a film screening of CLIFFE NOTES: Stories from the Radcliffe Class of 1975. The film is a short documentary based on interviews conducted as part of the Radcliffe ’75 Oral History Project. Directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Pamela Hogan ’77, in collaboration with Executive Producers Martha Sandweiss ’75, Alison Graham ’75, and Joan Porter MacIver ’75, the film documents the college experiences of women in the class, during a pivotal time in the University’s history, as captured through their interviews by fellow classmates. A brief Q&A with Pamela Hogan will follow the film. All are welcome. Please register here if you plan to join us as space is limited.

3:00-6:00pm

Harvard Alumni Day Afternoon Programming

Various locations

View the comprehensive list of Harvard Alumni Day symposia sessions, Shared Interest Group meet-ups, and reunions-wide gatherings!

3:30-5:00pm

Radcliffe Institute Open House

Radcliffe Yard

The Radcliffe Institute invites you to join us for an open house in Radcliffe Yard to reconnect with friends and classmates and to learn more about the work of the Radcliffe Institute today. Light refreshments will be provided in Fay House; selections from the Radcliffe College archives will be on display in the Schlesinger Library; and the Institute’s current gallery exhibitions, Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives and Talismans (Kupol LR 3303) will be on view. Please register here if you plan to join us. This is a drop-in event, so please feel free to arrive at any time during event hours.

4:30-5:30pm

Alumni CAN (Climate Action Now): A Lightning Presentations & Networking Event

Lowell Lecture Hall

See for yourself that Harvard alumni are not backing down from climate challenges. Ten speakers representing four HR Classes – including our very own Jonathan Hall, Margaret Reynolds, Jefferson Strait – will briefly share the climate actions they are engaged in now. You will also hear from the primary champions of climate and sustainability at Harvard: Prof. Jim Stock, Vice-Provost of Climate and Sustainability and the Director of the Harvard Salata Institute; and Heather Henriksen, Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Director of the Office for Sustainability. Get informed. Get inspired. Get connected with alumni who are taking climate action. Networking opportunity begins at 4:00pm. Open to all alumni. Registration is encouraged but not required. Sponsored by HR ’75, HR ’85, ClassACT HR73, ClassACT HR90, Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment (HACE).

* Class photos celebrate the spirit and unity of each Class. Only the official Harvard and Radcliffe class banners are authorized for display. Signs, flags, banners, or similar items will not be permitted.  Individuals with such items will be asked to remove them. If they are not removed, the photo will not be distributed.  All persons participating in the Class Photo are expected to abide by the AA&D community expectations.