55th Reunion Schedule
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
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TBD
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2021 Commencement
Principal speaker: Ruth Simmons, Ph.D. ’73, president of Prairie View A&M University, frmer preisent ot Smith College and Brown University
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TBD
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Virtual Classs Lunch (the "Tree Spread")
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Friday, May 28
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2:00 - 2:30 pm |
Radcliffe Day
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3:30 - 5:00 pm
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Radcliffe Oral History Project – Classmates Alice Abarbanel, Julie Cheever, Diane Franklin and Connie Gibb will present an update on their Radcliffe College Alumnae Oral History Project, including several excerpts from oral history interviews with alumnae from classes of the 1940s to the early 1960s. This project was initiated in 2019 by the Radcliffe Club of San Francisco and in April 2020 the Schlesinger Library awarded the project one of four honorary Schlesinger Library Oral History Grants. Interviews are conducted by alumnae volunteers and the recordings and transcripts are sent to the Radcliffe College Archives at the Schlesinger. |
| Tuesday, June 1 | |
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12:30-2:00 pm
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Class Retrospective Presentation
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2:30 - 3:30 pm
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Ten-Minutes Talks I I
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Five short talks by classmates on subjects of particular interest |
| 7:00 - 8:30 pm | Afterglow: informal social time |
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Wednesday, June 2 |
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2:00 - 3:30 pm
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Faculty Panel: Proving Equality of Opportunity in America: Insights from Big Data
Moderator: Prof. Ben Friedm '66
Raj Chetty, William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics (Economics Department); also Director, Opportunity Insights
David J. Deming, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education; also Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy
Sarah Oppenheimer, Associate Director of Policy and Research Application, Opportunity Insights
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4:00 - 5:30
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Classmate Physicians Panel on Covid Short presentations and class discussion Moderated by Alan Cross, MD and including Paul Lanken, MD, MSCE; Toby Nagurney, MD, MPH; Dick Olans, MD and Beverly Winikoff, MD, MPH. |
| 7:00 - 8:30 pm |
Afterglow: Classmate musical film and informal social time Why Music? - a classmate musical showcase produced by Shelby Allen featuring Ginio Morris, Carolyn Balderston Parry, Bedford Lawson, Bill Edgar, Harriet Katz and Don Gunn. The performers will be available to chat after the film in breakout rooms. Informal social time in the main virtual Common Room. |
| Thursday, June 3 | |
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12:00 - 1:00 pm
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Class Memorial Service |
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3:00 – 4:00 pm
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Ten-Minutes Talks II
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Five short talks by classmates on subjects of particular interest |
| 7:00 - 8:30 pm | Afterglow: informal social time |
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Friday, June 4 |
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11:30 - 1:00 pm
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Harvard Alumni Association Annual Meeting |
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2:00 - 3:15 pm
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Faculty Presentation: Prof. Michael Sandel
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Referencing his new book The Tyranny of Merit, What's Become of The Common Good
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3:30 - 5:00 pm
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Classmate Discussion of Prof. Sandel's Presentation
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| 7:00 - 8:30 pm | Fareewell Afterglow: informal social time |
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