Generations of alumni return for Reunions

By Ruth Stevens on June 1, 2006, 5:46 p.m.
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Gordon and Ruddy Smith of Lake Forest, Ill., returned to campus for his 70th class reunion.

Below left: Reunions activities kicked off Thursday, June 1, with an opening forum, "Tigers in Transition -- Three Generations Look at Life After Princeton" in McCosh Hall. The event featured a panel discussion by alumni spanning 50 years, including: Kabir Mahadeva, a 1981 alumnus who is a planning specialist with National City Mortgage Co.; Krista Brune, a member of the class of 2006 who will spend next year completing a public service project as a ReachOut 56 Fellow; and James Henderson, a 1956 alumnus who is former chairman and chief executive officer of Cummins Inc.



Photos: Denise Applewhite

Some 20,000 people -- alumni and their families -- are expected on campus Thursday through Sunday, June 1-4, for Reunions activities.

Highlights of the weekend will include: the annual P-rade throughout campus beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday; alumni-faculty forums and department open houses during the day on Friday and Saturday; and performances by groups including Quipfire!, Theatre Intime and the Triangle Club, receptions and student/alumni arch sings on Friday and Saturday evenings.

The University Orchestra will present its annual lawn concert at 8 p.m. Saturday on Finney and Campbell fields. Fireworks will follow at 9:15 p.m.

All alumni and University representatives once again will be required to have wristbands to participate in Reunions activities in the major reunion headquarters courtyards (wristbands are not required for attending lectures, watching the P-rade or attending the concert and fireworks). Faculty and staff who ordered wristbands in advance from the Alumni Council may pick them up from 7 to 11 p.m. each night in the Maclean House parlor (enter through the front door).

For more information, visit the Reunions Web site or call (609) 258-1900. 

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