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Tuesday, May 22
5:30 PM
Reunion Registration & Headquarters
DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge, 400 Soldiers Field Road
6:00 PM
Class of 1948 Welcome Cocktails
DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge, 400 Soldiers Field Road
6:30–8:00 PM
Class of 1948 Welcome Dinner
DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge, 400 Soldiers Field Road
Wednesday, May 23
Breakfast on your own
9:00 AM
Bus departs for Harvard Yard from DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge
400 Soldiers Field Road
9:30–10:30 AM
Presentation by Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr. P.H., Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Emerson Hall, Room 101
10:30–11:30 AM
Presentation by Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies and Fredrick Wertham, Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society, Lowell House Faculty Dean
Emerson Hall, Room 101
NOON–1:30 PM
Class Luncheon
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
1:30–2:30 PM
Classes of 1948 Memorial Service
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
2:45 PM
Class Photo
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
3:00 PM
Bus departs for DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge
Quincy Street, Between Faculty Club and Loeb House
6:00 PM
Classes of 1948 Cocktails
DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge, 400 Soldiers Field Road
6:30–8:00 PM
Classes of 1948 Dinner
DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge, 400 Soldiers Field Road
Thursday, May 24–Commencement Day
Breakfast on your own
7:15 AM
Buses departs for Harvard Yard from DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge for those attending Morning Exercises*
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 from the DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge for Harvard Yard and Science Center for those not attending Morning Exercises
DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge, 400 Soldiers Field Road
11:30 AM–1:45 PM
1948 Tree Spread Luncheon*
Old Yard, Harvard Yard
1:45 PM
Afternoon Alumni/ae Procession begins
Tercentenary Theatre
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, 4:15 PM
Buses depart for DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge
Corner of Oxford and Kirkland Streets
Friday, May 25
10:30 AM
Radcliffe Day Activities*
Radcliffe Yard
Local Attendees
Parking for local reunion attendees will be at the 52 Oxford Street garage. Mention the 70th reunion to the attendant at the gate.
*
Requires separate registration