3:30–5:00 PM
Harvard Archives Tour & Reception
Pusey Archives, Harvard Yard
The Harvard University Archives invites you to a special exhibition of materials both from your time at Harvard and rare items from the Archives’ vault – some only taken out for special occasions! You won’t want to miss this chance to see some of Harvard’s extraordinary historical documents, and you’ll also catch a sneak preview of a new Archives’ gallery exhibition. We look forward to sharing with you some of Harvard’s stories—and therefore your legacy—to kick off your reunion weekend. Reunion name badge not required.
For those not familiar with Pusey Library, the stairs to enter Pusey Library are located on the left-hand side of the walkway between Widener Library and Houghton Library.
Light refreshments will be provided.
4:15 PM
Radcliffe Institute Lecture: All That Glitters Is Gold: Gravitational Waves, Light, and the Origin of the Heavy Elements
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge)
6:30–9:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Harvard Coop, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue
You will be able to collect your Reunion name badge at the registration desk when you arrive at the Coop.
Friday, September 20
8:00 AM–4:00 PM
Reunion Registration Headquarters
Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall
8:00–10:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall
10:30–11:30 AM
A Conversation with President Bacow*
Sanders Theatre
Join fellow Harvard and Radcliffe reunion alumni for a discussion with Harvard President Larry Bacow JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78 and Tamara Elliott Rogers ’74.
12:00-12:30 PM
Harvard in the Aftermath of the Stonewall Riots: The Founding of the Harvard Gay Students Association
Office of BGLTQ Student Life, Grays Hall
A talk by classmate Gene Hightower. Please enter through the rear entrance of Grays Hall (on the side facing Wigglesworth) and proceed to the lower level.
NOON–1:30 PM
Lunch in the House of Your Choice
Undergraduate House Dining Halls
Reminisce with your housemates and learn about current life in your House from undergraduates who live there now. Feel free to hop on the Harvard shuttle in the circle of Memorial Hall, Lamont Library, or on Massachusetts Avenue outside of Wigglesworth. Just show your reunion name badge.
12:00–1:30 PM
Memorial Choir Rehearsal
Holden Chapel
2:30–3:30 PM
A Conversation with Merrick Garland '74
Science Center, Hall C
Join our classmates Elliot Gerson and Merrick Garland in a fireside conversation as Elliot takes Merrick, Chief Judge of the D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals, through his time at Harvard, and his illustrious and extraordinary career in the law, judiciary and public service, as well as his dedication to Harvard as an Overseer.
4:00–5:00 PM
Voices from the Class of '74: BFFs from HarvardScience Center, Hall C
Five-minute stories about someone you met at Harvard who impacted your life.
Speakers:
Winifred White Neisser
J. Michael Hartenstine
Jeremy Boak
Suzanne E. Siskel
Stephen C. Row
Ralph Hexter
5:30–6:30 PM
Memorial Participants Rehearsal
Memorial Church
6:30–10:30 PM
Class Party
Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center Commons, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue (Formerly Holyoke Center)
Saturday, September 21
8:00 AM–4:00 PM
Reunion Registration Headquarters
Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall
8:00–10:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall
9:30 AM
Class Photo
Widener Library Steps
11:00 AM–NOON
Class of 1974 Memorial Service
Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
12:30–2:00 PM
Harvard Grab & Go Lunch
Northwest Labs, 52 Oxford Street
12:15–2:15 PM
Radcliffe Lunch & Discussion
Queenshead Pub
Don’t miss the opportunity to spend time catching up with your Radcliffe classmates. Please note this is open only to Radcliffe classmates. Guests are welcome to attend the Harvard lunch. Boxed lunches will be available at the meeting.
2:30–4:00 PM
Voices from the Class of '74: Finding PurposeScience Center, Hall C
Five-minute stories about embracing life and finding happiness and purpose again.
Speakers:
Mary Lightbody
David Spiller
Debbie McClane Carter
Lisa Ann Weiss
Stanley A. Gacek
Ann Koplow
Gary Onik
Liz Durfee Hengen
Debbie Weil
Peter Shapiro
4:30–5:30 PM
Then and Now: Race, Gender, Identity and Political ChangeScience Center, Hall C
Moderator:
A'Lelia Bundles
Speakers:
Bob Bauer
Kathy Kleeman
Steve Luxenberg
Henry McGee
Dale Russakoff
Carlos Sandoval
6:30–10:30 PM
Class Party
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is handicapped accessible, but requires entry by an exterior door. If you need to use the elevator, please check in at the front door and the staff will assist you.
Sunday, September 22
9:30 AM–11:00 AM
Farewell Brunch
Home of RoAnn Costin
11:30 AM–1:00 PM
Unsung Legends of Harvard Tour
Please meet outside the Longfellow House, 105 Brattle St.
From a stop on the Underground Railroad to the discovery of thousands of stars, the hidden legends of Harvard's past have come to light in recent years. Explore the lives of WEB Dubois, Margaret Fuller, Gertrude Stein, and others in the Unsung Legends of Harvard Tour.
*Timing is tentative and subject to change.