55th reunion

Big Success

Thursday and Friday, June 1-2, 2023,

with a welcome reception Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

NB. This is a week after Harvard Commencement.

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Back to the Future or The Once and Future Senior

Ed Gotgart, our Class Treasurer, reclaimed from his archives a booklet entitled Future Plans Harvard Class of 1968 He has sent it to me for posting and you will find it behind the tab Memories of '68. This tab requires a Harvard Key. This booklet was compiled by the Class Committee of the Class of 1968, It lists our names by House with a statement of our future plans. The PDF I've posted is searchable and available online or downloadable.

 

 

Dear Classmates:

We write today to connect and acknowledge this challenging time in both our Harvard community and the world. We recognize that this may be a highly emotional time and opinions may vary greatly. Given this, our class community is more important now than ever. Many of us can agree that our Class has a very strong bond, arguably made even stronger by the turmoil we experienced on campus together as undergraduates.

Reflecting on our nearly 60 years of connection, we thank you for being a part of our 1968 community in so many ways. This fall, the HR’68 Gift Committee was honored to receive the Joseph R. Hamlen ’04 Award, which recognized broad-based gift participation at our 55th Reunion. We are the first post–50th Reunion class in Harvard College Fund history to simultaneously lead all classes in participation and achieve over 150 Associates donors for five consecutive years. In this article, we are recognized as a participation powerhouse and true champions of Harvard. This award celebrates all of us, and we are grateful to be part of such an incredible group of alumni/ae.

Let’s continue to foster the special community that is our Class by continuing to connect with one another and keeping the dialogue open. Here’s to the Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1968!

All the best,

Ed Kovachy, Eva Kampits, Steve Waters, Linda Greenhouse, and Don Chiofaro

 

 
 

Dear Members of the Class of 1968:

As we move into fall weather, our Class of ’68 organizers would appreciate your suggestions about how members of the Class can best communicate during the next several years before Reunion planning begins again. We know that the Crimson Society and a less formal “Radcliffe network” both offer opportunities to connect and return to campus, but a number of you have requested something more. In that spirit, we’d like to highlight a unique opportunity to gather on the afternoon of December 7 at Harvard. Peter Coonradt has arranged for a screening of Voices in the Night, his film that our reunion inspired

A reception will follow the 65-minute film, at which we hope to renew the spirit of our Reunion. You can register and get the details online and check out the teaser trailer.

Your interest showed in our record attendance for a 55th of 240 classmates (accompanied by 100 partners and friends), packed group discussions, an overflow Cabaret, and 656 Red Book submissions. Both the number of financial gifts (712) and participation rate (58.6 percent) led all 2023 reunion classes and set Harvard/Radcliffe records.

We could consider suggestions like more formal class updates, focused interest group Zoom calls, presentations, and interim class events, but we know you probably have even better ideas. Please share your thoughts with Linda Greenhouse or Steve Waters with your thoughts.

And again, many thanks to you and to all of those who helped make our 55th such fun.

Yours,

Linda Greenhouse and Steve Waters
Class of 1968 SecretariesDear Members of the Class of 1968:

[Use our Alumni site to email them.}


Class of 1968 Secretaries

Dear Classmates,

Our collective thanks to everyone involved in planning and executing our Class of 1968’s 55th Reunion! Consistent with our Class’s tradition of strong participation in reunion activities and in committing and raising critical funds to support Harvard, we have made—and will continue to make—an incredible impact.

Some of our 55th Reunion highlights include:

  • As you might expect, we set an attendance record for a 55th Reunion: 337 classmates and guests attended the in-person events.
  • Many classmates and guests joined a festive opening reception at Leverett House, there were many engaging talks and seminars, we held a meaningful memorial service in honor of our late classmates and friends, and enjoyed our long-running performance, Cabaret IX, at Farkas Hall, whose overflow audience regaled us in Upstairs at the Pudding, cheering, and whooping at the livestream!
  • The Alumni Day events on Friday (afternoon) with many classmates marching into the Yard in the traditional festive procession.
  • Our 55th Reunion campaign has set a record number of donors at 673—and counting! Thank you to all who have supported current undergraduates in honor of our Reunion. There is still time to make your 55th Reunion gift if you haven’t already (read on for a special matching gift challenge a group of classmates has enabled).
The following list is incomplete, but we especially thank
  • Don Chiofaro and Eva Kampits, reunion co-chairs;
  • Barbara Shore and Chris Burns, participation co-chairs, who were unstoppable in their fervor and energy for all points—large and small—for the Reunion. We regret that Chris couldn’t participate in person, after all (we love you, Chris and Barbara!);
  • Ed Kovachy, Peter Larson, Tink Davis, and Cort Casady for the Cabaret;
  • Linda Greenhouse and the Class Reports staff for providing our 55th Reunion Red Book with 688 entries well ahead of our Reunion;
  • David Jost for his superb work on the class website;
  • The Harvard College Fund staff and our 24-person campaign for their support of our collective gifts to honor our shared Harvard and Radcliffe experiences.

More about our 55th Reunion gift challenge: A group of classmates has offered to match up to $1.25 million in additional and new gifts to Harvard and Radcliffe through June 30. There are many ways to make a gift and receive reunion credit, including a charitable bequest intention. Contact Alicia Doherty, our Harvard College Fund class officer (Alicia_doherty@harvard.edu; 781-775-2110). A committee member can also help with details or you can make a gift directly through the HAA website.

Congratulations on an amazing 55th Reunion! We hope you’ll stay involved with class activities and with the HAA. Remember that you are invited back to campus every year as part of the Crimson Society! Again, thank you to everyone who helped throughout our entire reunion year and to those who attended a great celebration with friends, old and new.

Yours,
Linda Greenhouse and Steve Waters
Class of 1968 Secretaries

for earlier messages to Class click this link.

The videos of our Cabarets will now be found under the tab Memories of '68.

The program of the 55th Reunion Cabaret can be seen by clicking on the PDF image below.

 

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Reunion Climate Talk

Lee Anne Willson and Richard Hopkins

Climate Talk

Here is the Class of 1968 Top Ten, as voted by the class Tuesday night of the 2018 Reunion in Leverett House:

1. Aretha Franklin, Respect

      

2. Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone

    

3. Rolling Stones, Satisfaction

      

4. Otis Redding, Dock of the Bay

      

5. Simon & Garfunkel, Sound of Silence

    

6. Temptations, My Girl

        

7. Doors, Light My Fire

        

8. Righteous Brothers, You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’

9. Percy Sledge, When A Man Loves A Woman

  

10. Wilson Pickett, Midnight Hour

    

LInk to 50th Reunion photos submitted by Eva Kampits

Link to 50th Reunion photos taken by Arthur Piccinati

Link to 50th Reunion photos taken by Barbara Shore [To play videos access slideshow mode first by clicking a photo or a video.]

Class Creations

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gQVWM88Eg3Twa63uWhNnXzYJHNfRXGcx/view?usp=sharing

Here is A Flight, a movie Christina Schlesinger made in early winter (early spring?) 1967/68 in Don Levy's film class at the Carpenter Center at Harvard starring Andrew Schlesinger and Susanna Cuyler. Music by Peter MacKenzie.

Peter Coonradt films

My very first film, shot in Widener in 1967 with a musical soundtrack by classmate Charlie Komanoff and appearances by classmates Jeff Doran, Steve Piro and James Michael Murphy. To a first approximation all student films are bad, but "The Sunflower" may be of historical interest.  It's ten minutes long.  It's at https://vimeo.com/733455799?share=copy

Here's the link to the Underground 68 film I shot at our 50th, in collaboration with lots of classmates https://vimeo.com/824949388?share=copy

Here's the link to Voices in the Night trailer: https://vimeo.com/853245885

 

News of Our Class

Responding to Violent Conflicts and Humanitarian Crises: A Guide to Participants, edited by Pamela Aall and Dan Snodderly '68

Anne Carroll Fowler, The Case of the Restless Redhead

Please send news you would like us to feature to dajebj@gmail.com. Each item will be given a separate page with a link from this section of the website.

Class related items

CORETTA SCOTT KING'S 1968 CLASS DAY SPEECH

WGBH PIECE ON HER SPEECH

If you would like to contact your class members please check for their contact information in the Red Book or use this link:

https://community.alumni.harvard.edu/person

 
 

To claim your HarvardKey, visit https://key.harvard.edu/ and click the link “Claim Your HarvardKey.” On the next page select the appropriate user type by clicking on the tab that reads “Alumni.” Then click “Continue.” Also please click here to see additional information about claiming your Harvard Key written by our classmate John Dudley Miller.

Below is the video that introduced our 50th.

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