70th Reunion

Class of 1954

Our 70th Reunion is May 30-31! You’ll find our schedule below. Our online registration form has now closed, but walk-in registration will be available for all reunion events at Reunion Headquarters, in the Cabot Science Library in the Science Center. If you have any questions about the schedule, feel free to call our office at 617-496-7001, or email our class inbox at 70threunion_haa@harvard.edu. We can't wait to see you!

Who's Coming List Reunion Schedule

Reunion Packages Price Breakdown

The 70th Reunion will be completely free for all classmate attendees and guests.

Schedule 

Thursday Friday 

Thursday, May 30

7:15 A.M.

Bus departs for Sever Quad, Harvard Faculty Club

Doubletree Hotel, 400 Soldiers Field Rd

7:30 A.M.

Bus departs for Sever Quad

Freepoint Hotel, 220 Alewife Brook Pkwy

8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Check-in

Harvard Faculty Club

Please come check in when you arrive on campus. You will receive your name badge and additional Reunion materials. Please note there is no luggage storage available at headquarters, except on Friday.

8:15 A.M.

Bus departs for Harvard Faculty Club

Doubletree Hotel, 400 Soldiers Field Rd

8:30 A.M.

Bus departs for Harvard Faculty Club

Freepoint Hotel, 220 Alewife Brook Pkwy

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Light Breakfast

Harvard Faculty Club

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Free Speech Presentation and Q&A

Reading Room, Harvard Faculty Club

A panel discussion featuring members of the Harvard Faculty to discuss the future of free speech on college campuses, its role in liberal education, and our civil discourse writ large.  

Panelist details to be announced. 

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Class Luncheon

Main Dining Room, Harvard Faculty Club

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Class Photo

Harvard Faculty Club

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Curated Presentations of Current and New Exhibits at Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museum

The Harvard Art Museums welcome the 70th reunion classmates and families to an exclusive viewing of a curated selection of Dutch drawings, generously gifted by our classmate, George Abrams. Visit the museum’s Art Study Center anytime between 2 and 5 PM to explore Works by Rembrandt and his contemporaries and meet the curators. 

4:30 p.m.

Bus departs for Freepoint Hotel

Sever Quad (via gate on Quincy St)

4:30 p.m.

Bus departs for Doubletree Hotel

Sever Quad (via gate on Quincy St)

5:30 p.m.

Bus departs for Corner of Oxford & Kirkland St

Freepoint Hotel, 220 Alewife Brook Pkwy

5:30 p.m.

Bus departs for Johnston Gate

Doubletree Hotel, 400 Soldiers Field Rd

6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

The Traditional Clambake Dinner

Wadsworth Tent

9:00 p.m.

Bus departs for Freepoint Hotel

Corner of Oxford and Kirkland St

9:00 p.m.

Bus departs for Doubletree Hotel

Johnston Gate, Harvard Yard

Friday, May 31

8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

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, and additional Reunion materials. Luggage storage will be available for a small fee on Friday, May 31, from 8am-8pm. Pre-register for luggage storage here. Please see additional information on the FAQs page. 

8:15 A.M.

Bus departs for Corner of Oxford & Kirkland St, Harvard Faculty Club

Doubletree Hotel, 400 Soldiers Field Rd

8:30 A.M.

Bus departs for Corner of Oxford & Kirkland St, Harvard Faculty Club

Freepoint Hotel, 220 Alewife Brook Pkwy

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Memorial Service

Appleton Chapel

10:30 a.m.

Harvard Alumni Day Parade Line-up

Old Yard

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Harvard Alumni Day Parade & Program

Tercentenary Theatre

All Harvard alumni are invited to join the Harvard Alumni Association for the third 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 - 3:00 p.m.

Tree Spread Luncheon

Parlor, Phillips Brooks House

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

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, Rewrite, Organize, Remix: Visions of Feminist Organizing and A Female Landscape and the Abstract Gesture 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. 

If you have any questions, please contact Radcliffe Events at events@radcliffe.harvard.edu or 617-496-1984. We hope to see you there!

3:00 p.m.

Bus departs for Freepoint Hotel

Corner of Oxford and Kirkland St

3:00 p.m.

Bus departs for Doubletree Hotel

Johnston Gate, Harvard Yard

3:00 - 4:15 P.M.

Allston Campus Tour

Cardullo's Gourmet Shoppe, 6 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138

These student-led tours last about 75 minutes. Attendees are asked to meet the shuttle over to the Allston campus at Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe at 6 Brattle Street, Cambridge MA 02138. The Shuttle will bring participants back to Campus following the conclusion of the tour.

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Preserving Our Stories: A Celebration of the Radcliffe College Alumnae Oral History Project

Knafel Center, Radcliffe Yard or Zoom

The event will recount some memorable moments from the interviews with alumnae of the classes of the 1940s to 1970s followed by a reception for alumnae and interviewers to meet, mingle and reminisce. Separate registration is required for this event.

5:15 p.m.

Bus departs for Freepoint Hotel

18 Mason St, Cambridge, MA 02138

5:15 p.m.

Bus departs for Doubletree Hotel

18 Mason St, Cambridge, MA 02138