5:00–9:00 PM
Reunion registration
Hyatt Regency Hotel lobby
6:00–9:00 PM
Opening reception and dinner buffet
Opening Remarks: Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Charlesview Ballroom
Tuesday, May 22
8:15 AM
Buses depart for Campus
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Sever Gate drop off
9:00 AM–3:30 PM
Reunion registration continues on campus
Emerson Hall Corridor
9:15–10:30 AM
Harvard and Radcliffe Classes of 1953 Memorial Service
Memorial Church
10:45–11:15 AM
Class Photo
Steps of Widener Library
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
Sharpening the Weapons Against Cancer
Emerson Hall 108
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Smith, Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
12:45–2:00 PM
Lunch
Loeb House Tent
2:15–3:30 PM
Harvard and an Artist's Career
Emerson Hall 108
Speaker: Aris Demetrios ’53, Sculptor, and Nina Bohlen ’53, Artist
3:45 PM
Winthop House Tour followed by driving tour of the Allston Campus
Emerson Gate
Student drivers will take you to Winthrop House for a tour. When the house tour is complete, the drivers will pick you up and drive through the new Allston campus. The tour will conclude at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
3:45, 4:15 PM
Bus departs for the Hyatt Regency Hotel
Quincy Street
5:30 PM
Bus departs for dinner
Hyatt Regency Hotel
6:30–9:30 PM
Cocktail reception and dinner
Harvard Art Museum
8:30, 9:15 PM
Bus departs for the Hyatt Regency Hotel
Quincy Street
Wednesday, May 23
9:15 AM
Buses depart for campus
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Quincy Street drop off
9:00 AM–3:30 PM
Reunion registration continues on campus
Emerson Hall Corridor
10:00–11:30 AM
The Dragon’s Tale: The Next Chapter
Emerson Hall 108
F. Warren McFarlan AB ’59, MBA ’61, DBA ’65 T.J. Dermot Dunphy Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus
A discussion of the current state of affairs in China
11:45 AM–1:15 PM
Lunch
Loeb House Tent
1:30–2:30 PM
Lecture: Thomas Forrest Kelly, Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music
Emerson Hall 108
1:30, 2:45, 3:45 PM
Bus departs for the Hyatt Regency Hotel
Quincy Street
2:45–3:45 PM
Harvard Athletics Today
Emerson Hall 108
2:45 PM
Radcliffe Class of 1953 Meeting
Emerson 106
5:00 PM
Dinner at Jean Berko Gleason’s home
110 Larchwood Drive, Cambridge
5:45 PM
Bus departs for campus
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Oxford Street drop off
6:30–9:30 PM
Clambake
Phillips Brooks House tent
8:00–9:00 PM
Harvard Band and Glee Club Concerts
Tercentenary Theatre
8:30, 9:15 PM
Bus departs for the Hyatt Regency Hotel
Corner of Oxford and Kirkland Streets
Thursday, May 24—Commencement Day
7:15 AM
Buses depart for Harvard Yard for those attending the Morning Exercises*
Hyatt Regency
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. Please register for the Morning Exercises on the enclosed reunion registration form. 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
Hyatt Regency Hotel
11:30 AM–1:45 PM
1953 Tree Spread Luncheon*
Tent on the side of Phillips Brooks House Association, 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 Hyatt Regency Hotel
Corner of Oxford and Kirkland Streets
* Requires additional registration