Reunion Information
How to Get to Reunion...
If you are looking for a ride to and from Ithaca, or have room in your car and want some additional passengers, check out the university Reunion Rideshare Board posted on the Reunion 2006 website at www.alumni.cornell.edu/reunion. For transportation between Ithaca and New York City, the Office of Alumni Affairs has arranged a charter bus, which will leave the Cornell Club-NY in Manhattan on Thursday, June 8, at 9:00 a.m., arriving at the Statler at approximately 2:00 p.m. A return trip will leave the Statler on Sunday morning, June 11, at 10:00 a.m. The cost for a oneway or two-way ride will depend upon how many alumni sign up. Seating is limited and is first-come, first-served. For more information, call Alumni House at (607) 255-7085.
Parking on the North Campus lawns is prohibited. Arriving classmates are encouraged to drop off their luggage at Mews Hall, then park their vehicles in nearby designated lots. Vans will be available to shuttle classmates back to Mews Hall. If you’re concerned about getting around campus throughout the weekend, fear not, as we’ve planned for that. Buses have been scheduled to go to major class events, and vans will be available for our exclusive use. In addition, Reunion shuttle buses run from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. throughout the weekend. A van equipped to carry a wheelchair will also be available upon request. A map of the campus and surrounding areas will be mailed to you with your confirmation.
Financial Assistance
If you should find yourself in need of financial assistance to attend Reunion, we can help. Just call Pepper Fluke ’51 at (919) 489-9767, and we’ll do our
best to make it work for you. Your request will be strictly confidential.
An Opportunity to Contribute
Our 55th Reunion campaign to support the university is under way. We hope all classmates will consider contributing, at whatever level. Gifts can be made to any area of the university that is important to you. All gifts made before June 30, 2006, will count toward the class’s total. Help ’51 continue the leadership it has shown since graduation, in numbers of donors and dollars given.
First-time Reunioners Save!
Classmates attending Reunion for the fi rst time save $100 on registration.
Reunion Activities
Thursday, June 8
Noon
Registration begins at Mews Hall, our class headquarters.
1:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Wine tour (optional-extra cost). Charter bus leaving
from our headquarters
6:00 p.m. ‘til
Buffet supper at Mews Hall tent
8:30 p.m.
Savage Club show at the Statler Auditorium, optional
(tickets available at Mews Hall or at the door, $10)
Friday, June 9
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast at Mews Hall tent
8:00 a.m.
University golf tournament
9:30 a.m.
’56 Program, panel discussion of the book Things Fall
Apart at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
Noon – 2 p.m.
Class luncheon at Mews Hall tent
1:45 p.m.
Class photo at Appel Commons
3:00 p.m.
Olin Lecture by Pulitzer Prize winners Sheryl Wu
Dunn ’81 and Nicholas Kristof at Newman Arena in
Bartels Hall
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Class reception at Willard Straight Terrace
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Class banquet at Willard Straight Memorial Room
8:30 p.m.
Sage Chapel Concert with Cornell Chorus and Glee
Club (tickets in advance $7, at the door $8)
11:00 – 12 midnight
Ice cream and sing-along with Tom Foulkes ’52 at
Mews Hall
9 p.m.–1:00 a.m.
Reunion Tent parties on the Arts Quad
Saturday, June 10
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast at Mews Hall tent
10:30 a.m.
State of the University address at Newman Arena in
Bartels Hall
Noon – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch on your own or All Alumni Affair luncheon at
Barton Hall (optional, $12.50)
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Tour of alumni gifts, including those from the Class of
’51, at the Johnson Museum, led by Frank Robinson,
director of the Johnson Museum of Art
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
University Memorial Service at Sage Chapel
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Class reception at the Biotech atrium
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Class dinner and brief business meeting at the Biotech
Building
9:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Reunion tent parties on the Arts Quad
9:30 p.m.
Cornelliana Night at Newman Arena in Bartels Hall
10:30 – 11:30 p.m.
Ice cream and sing-along with Tom Foulkes ’52 at
Mews Hall
Sunday, June 11
7:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast at the Mews Hall tent
8:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Farewell brunch at Mews Hall tent
Noon
Mews Hall closes
Have a safe trip home!
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