5:00–9:00 PM
Reunion registration opens
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge
6:00–9:30 PM
Cocktail reception and dinner buffet
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge
Tuesday, May 22
8:45 AM
Buses depart for Campus
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
9:00 AM–3:30 PM
Reunion registration continues on campus
Emerson Hall Corridor
9:30 AM–10:45 AM
Seminar: “American History from Beginning to End”
Speaker: Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History, Harvard University
Emerson Hall 105
11:00 AM–NOON
Harvard and Radcliffe Classes of 1958 Memorial Service
Memorial Church
12:15 –12:45 PM
Class Photo
Widener Library Steps
1:00–2:00 PM
Lunch
Holworthy Tent
2:15–3:15 PM
Seminar: “Dilemmas of Admissions: Race and Meritocracy"
Speakers: William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, and Natasha Kumar Warikoo, Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Emerson Hall 105
2:30, 3:30, 4:30 PM
Buses board to return to Royal Sonesta Hotel
Quincy Street
3:30 PM
Harvard Art Museum tour
32 Quincy Street
5:45 PM
Buses depart for Harvard Club of Boston
Quincy Street
5:45 PM
Buses depart for Harvard Club of Boston
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
6:30–10:00 PM
Cocktail reception and dinner
Harvard Club of Boston, 374 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
9:00, 10:00 PM
Buses board to return to Royal Sonesta Hotel
Wednesday, May 23
8:45 AM
Buses depart for Campus
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
9:00 AM–3:30 PM
Reunion registration continues on campus
Emerson Hall Corridor
9:30–10:45 AM
Seminar: “ ‘Age Is Unnecessary’: Shakespeare and the War Between Old and Young”
Speaker: Stephen Greenblatt, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University
Emerson Hall 105
10:45–11:15 AM
Break
Emerson Hall Corridor
11:15 AM–12:30 PM
Seminar: “Democracy and Education”
Speaker: Danielle Allen, Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard University
Emerson Hall 105
12:45–2:00 PM
Lunch
Holworthy Tent
2:15–3:30 PM
Seminar: “Defense of the Fourth Estate”
Speakers: Nicco Mele, Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, and Phillip Boffey ’58, Retired Opinion Editor and Writer, The New York Times
Emerson Hall 105
2:30; 3:45 PM
Buses board to return to Royal Sonesta Hotel
Quincy Street
3:45–5:00 PM
Radcliffe Class of 1958 Meeting
Emerson Hall 101
3:45 PM
Tour of the Harvard Museum of Natural History
Tour Guide: Professor James Hanken, Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology and Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Harvard University
26 Oxford Street (Assemble on third floor, near Glass Flowers exhibit)
5:00 PM
Buses board to return to Royal Sonesta Hotel
Oxford Street
6:00 PM
Buses depart for campus
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
6:30–9:00 PM
Clambake on campus (casual attire)
Holworthy Tent
8:00–9:30 PM
Harvard Band and Glee Club Concerts
Tercentenary Theatre
8:30, 9:45 PM
Buses board to return to Royal Sonesta Hotel
Quincy Street
Thursday, May 24—Commencement Day
7:15 AM
Buses depart for Harvard Yard for those attending the Morning Exercises*
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
8:30 AM
Alumni/ae Procession begins
Tercentenary Theatre
9:45 AM
367th 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. Tickets are required for entry to Harvard Yard and are limited to one per alumnus or alumna. Guests may view a simulcast of the program in the Science Center.
10:30 AM
Buses depart for Harvard Yard and the Science Center for those not attending the Morning Exercises
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
11:30 AM–1:45 PM
1958 Tree Spread Luncheon*
Tent in front of Holworthy & closest to Stoughton, Harvard Yard
1:45 PM
Afternoon Alumni/ae Procession begins
Old Yard, Harvard Yard
2:30–4:15 PM
Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association with featured Commencement speaker*
Tercentenary Theatre
The Commencement Afternoon Program is the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. It includes welcoming remarks and acknowledgments by Susan Morris Novick AB ’85, president of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), Drew Gilpin Faust, president and Lincoln Professor of History, Harvard University, and Commencement speaker, the Honorable John Lewis; an introduction of Governor Gina M. Raimondo AB ’93, chief marshal; announcement of Overseer and HAA director election results; and presentation of the Harvard Medals to Robert Coles AB ’50; Robert N. Shapiro AB ’72, JD ’78; and Alice “Acey” Welch AB ’53.
2:00, 4:30 PM
Buses depart for Royal Sonesta Hotel
Corner of Oxford and Kirkland Streets
* Requires additional registration