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Vassar Reunion
Return. Renew. Reconnect.
June 7-9, 2019
2019 REUNION
Welcome Back! GENERAL INFORMATION
On behalf of your Alumnae/i Association,
it is my pleasure to welcome you back to Go Mobile. Get Social!
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have settled into your weekend housing to
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consider how you would like to spend your
time among the many possibilities that have Share your Reunion joy on Twitter:
been scheduled. 1600 alums, families and #VCReunion 19
friends from six continents and 40 states will
be celebrating with you this weekend. This vast array is a small sample Reunion Information Center
of the 40,000 Vassar alums who span the globe. Located in the lobby of Main Building.
Need a parking pass or campus map? Have a question about
Between the events, presentations and meals that we have organized, I the schedule? Need to register a guest or classmate?
hope you find the time to enjoy the surprise encounters. Whether it is a Lose or find something? Stop by the Reunion Information Center
chance meeting with the classmate or professor you didn’t think would for all your Reunion questions. Or call: 845-437-7601.
be here, a solitary stroll by Sunset Lake, or time sitting on one of the
hundreds of historic benches scattered over our 1,000 acres, these can Class Headquarters
be deeply moving moments. Check in at Residence Hall Lobbies:
1944, 1954 Alumnae House
We hope to provide you with time to rekindle, remember, and renew
1959, 1964: Jewett House
connections with each other and with Vassar – sort of a Vassar charging
1969: Davison House
station for the next five years until your next reunion. And we hope to
1974, 1979: Strong House
remind you now, throughout the weekend, and afterward, that Vassar
1984, 1989: Noyes House
will always be yours, and you will always be Vassar.
1994: Cushing House
Vassar always! 1999: Terrace Apartment
2004: Lathrop House
Stephen M. Hankins ’85, P’13,’17 2009: Town House
President, Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College 2014: Josselyn House
P.S. One last note: this weekend would not be possible without the Also Important to Know
extraordinary effort of the Alumnae/i Affairs and Development Vassar is a smoke-free campus.
staff and the many, many volunteers. Please join me in expressing All bathrooms are gender-neutral, unless otherwise noted.
gratitude to all of them every chance you can.
Loop technology for hearing assistance is available in the 1951
Reading Room in Thompson Library, Rockefeller Hall, Auditorium
300, and Skinner Hall, Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall.
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DAILY SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 4-5pm FLLAC Curator’s Choice: Tour of Photography on View
Led by Mary-Kay Lombino, The Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard
——————— B. Fisher Curator and Assistant Director for Strategic Planning
9am-10pm Reunion Information Center is open, 4-6pm Dorm Hospitality Bars
Main Building Lobby. Classes of 1959, 1964, 1989, 1994, 2004
9am-10pm Residence halls open for check-in 5-7pm FLLAC All-Class Welcome Reception.
(see Class HQ List on page 1). Dorm rooms are available after 2pm. Refreshments served.
5-6pm Matthew Vassar Legacy Society Reception (by invitation)
——————————— With gratitude for and in recognition of those who have provided for the
college’s future through a planned gift or estate commitment.
1–4:00pm
The President’s House
Alumnae/i College Programs
See page 10-11 for detailed descriptions. 5:30-7pm Night Owls Rehearsal
Join fellow returning Night Owls for a reception and fun rehearsal for the
1pm-3pm Rebound: How do you respond to change in your life? Saturday Reunion mini-concert. Rockefeller Hall, Auditorium 200
The Barn at Vassar Ecological Preserve and Environmental
5:30-6:30pm Organ Concert by John Wolfe ’09
Cooperative. THIS PROGRAM IS FULL
Skinner Hall, Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall
Shuttle bus leaves from Main Circle at 12:45pm.
7-9pm Picnic Dinner on Noyes Circle
1:30-2:30pm Trustonomics
Classes of 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2014
New England, Room 105 6-9pm Private Class Dinners
1:30-2:30pm Tour the Ivan Turgenev Exhibition
Classes of 1944, 1954, & 1959, Alumnae House
Meet in the front lobby of Thompson Library
Class of 1964, The Aula
9pm-12am Live Acoustic Music Cash bar and munchies.
2:30-4pm Tour the Walkway Over the Hudson
Alumnae House Pub
Bus departs from Main Circle. Meet the bus on the Poughkeepsie side
of the Walkway at 3:45pm to return to campus. 9:30pm Fireworks over Sunset Lake
2:30-4pm Tour the Vassar Ecological Preserve and 10pm–Midnight Dorm Hospitality Bars
Environmental Cooperative Shuttles depart from Main Circle. Classes of 1974, 1979, 1984, 1994, 1999, 2009, and 2014
3-4pm The ’60s—Fifty Years On
10pm-1am The Mug
Rockefeller Hall, Auditorium 300
Everyone 21 and older is welcome. Cash bar, DJ, and dancing.
3-4pm Jewish and Muslim Life at Vassar College Center basement. Entrance on Retreat side.
Rockefeller Hall, Room 212
3-4pm Age Smart—Steps to Ensure That Happens
Rockefeller Hall, Auditorium 200
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SATURDAY, JUNE 8 1–3:00pm
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Alumnae/i College Programs
7-9am Breakfast See page 10-11 for detailed descriptions.
Available at Gordon Commons (formerly ACDC)
Pay at the door ($10 cash or credit/debit) 1:45-2:45pm John McAndrew’s Modernist Vision:
Alumnae House Guests The Color Palette of the Vassar College Art Library
Continental breakfast in the Dining Room Taylor Hall, Room 203
(Note: There’s a related exhibition of John McAndrew’s work
Classes of 1954, 1959, and 1964 in the Art Library Reading Room today from 9am-5pm and
Coffee service, muffins, and fruit Sunday from 10am-3pm.)
Jewett multipurpose rooms
Social Justice Work
7:30-8:45am Class Volunteer Recognition Breakfast (by invitation) Rockefeller Hall, Auditorium 300
Main Building, Villard Room, 2nd Floor
Learning How to Bounce Back
9-10am President’s Hour Rockefeller Hall, Auditorium 200
Remarks by Vassar’s 11th President,
Elizabeth Howe Bradley The Evolution of Science Facilities at Vassar, A Tour
The Chapel Meet in North Atrium of the Bridge Building
10:15am Line Up for Parade of Classes (from Chapel to Sunset Hill) 3-4pm Changing Channels: Pioneering Roles in
The eldest classes line up by the Chapel. Television
Other classes: Look for your class banner along the parade route. Taylor Hall, Auditorium 102
10:30am Parade of Classes ———————————
11am-Noon Celebrate Vassar
Alumnae/i from the 5th to the 75th reunion classes, guests, and children Tours at the
gather together to celebrate extraordinary volunteers and gifts, and our
shared Vassar legacy. Remarks by AAVC President Stephen Hankins ’85,
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
P’13, ’17, President Bradley, and Vassar Fund Committee Chair Stephanie 2-4pm Hildegarde Krause Baker, Class of 1911, Sculpture Garden
Hyacinth ’84. Enjoy afternoon iced tea and refreshments.
Athletic and Fitness Center 2-3pm Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Curatorial Tour of An Era of
Opportunity: Three Decades of Acquisitions, led by James Mundy ’74,
12-1:30pm Lunch The Anne Hendricks Bass Director, FLLAC
Classes of 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2014
Hudson River School CollectionLed by Patricia Phagan,
Gordon Commons (formerly ACDC)
The Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings, FLLAC
12-1:30pm Private Class Luncheons 3-4pm Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Curatorial Tour
Classes of 1944 & 1954, The Aula An Era of Opportunity: Three Decades of Acquisitions; led by
Class of 1959, Fitness Center MPR, 2nd Floor James Mundy ’74, The Anne Hendricks Bass Director, FLLAC
Class of 1964, Alumnae House
Hudson River School Collection; led by Patricia Phagan,
Class of 1969, Sunset Hill Tent The Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings, FLLAC
4 52:30-4:30pm Alumnae/i Authors Meet and Greet
Vassar College Store (aka, the Juliet), Raymond Avenue Department and Affinity Receptions
3pm-4pm Ninth Annual Ferry House Mini-Reunion at Reunion Saturday 3-5pm
Calling all Ferries for an informal reception with light refreshments.
Outdoor patio (weather permitting) AAAVC, hosted by co-chairs Tracy Elise Poole ’82 and Dennis Slade,
Jr. ’91, ALANA Center
3pm-5pm Department and Affinity Receptions
Various locations on campus (See page 7 for details.) Art History, Taylor Hall, Jade Room
Athletics & Physical Education, AFC Lobby
4-6pm Dorm Hospitality Bars Open
Classes of 1974, 1984, 1989, 2004, 2009, 2014 Dance, Kenyon Lobby and Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater.
Reception beginning at 3pm. Brief talks by Professor John Meehan
4:30-6pm President’s Reception (by invitation)
and videos of VRDT performances at 3:30pm and 4:30pm.
With gratitude for and in recognition of a vital group of donors
who have included Vassar among their annual giving priorities. Drama, Reception and Historic Costume Exhibit,
Thompson Memorial Library, Cornaro Room Vogelstein 015 (lower Costume Shop)
5-6pm Night Owls Reunion Concert Education, Maria Mitchell Observatory
Taylor Hall, Auditorium 102
English, Sanders Classroom, Room 111
6:15-9:30 Receptions and Dinners (See page 8 for details.)
History, Swift Hall, 1st floor
8pm Big-Screen Movie
Walker Field House International Alumnae/i, College Center 237 (International
Student Center)
9pm-12am Live Trivia Games
Cash bar and munchies LGBTQ+, hosted by Eric Wilson ’76, Lisa Malachowsky ’83,
Alumnae House Pub and AC Dumlao ’13, College Center, LGBTQ+ Center, Room 213.
10pm-Midnight Dorm Hospitality Bars Muslim Prayer Space, ground level of Old Laundry building; use
Classes of 1964, 1979 north-side entrance. Meet Nora Zaki, Advisor for Muslim Student Life.
Please note, this is a shoeless space.
10pm-1am All Class After Party on Noyes Circle
Cash bar, DJ, and dancing to multigenerational playlist. Neuroscience, Olmsted Foyer, entrance closest to Sanders Building
Physics and Astronomy, Sanders Physics, 1st floor. Join faculty,
current students, and fellow alums and take a tour of the renovated
Sanders Physics Building.
Political Science, Rockefeller, Room 203
Urban Studies/Sociology, Main Building, Gold Parlor
WVKR radio station, College Center, 3rd Floor
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Saturday 7am-Noon Breakfast/Brunch (Pay at the door)
Gordon Commons
Receptions and Dinners
11am Class of 1959—Brunch
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6:15-9:30 pm 9am Fun Run with Cross-Country Coach Ron Stonitsch
Meet in front of the Athletic and Fitness Center
1944 and 1954 : Alumnae House Dining Room
10am Service of Remembrance: An Interreligious Memorial
1959: FLLAC Sculpture Garden Service Celebrating the Lives of Vassar Alumnae and Alumni
and Thompson Library, Room 133 An interreligious service drawing upon religious and humanist
1964 : Thompson Library, traditions to honor and celebrate the women and men of our
Class of 1951 Reading Room, 2nd Floor reuning classes who have died since last reunions, as well as
faculty, administrators, and staff who have died in the past year. This
1969: College Center Atrium, year’s speaker is Rev. Dr. Zachary Moon ’04 PhD, Assistant Professor of
Villard Room and Rose Parlor Practical Theology at Chicago Theological Seminary. Moon was raised
1974 : Alumnae House Lobby and Living Room in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and is ordained in the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The Alumnae/i Choir will sing,
1979: Aula Lawn (weather permitting) directed by Gail Archer, College Organist.
and Aula, Ely Hall The Chapel
1984 : Chapel Lawn Tent 1pm Reunion Adjourns/Check-Out
1989: Bridge for Laboratory Sciences Atrium Please return room keys to Guest Services Coordinators
in residence halls.
1994 : Cushing Parlor and
Gordon Commons, 2nd Floor 1pm NYC charter bus departs from Main Circle.
1999: Ballantine Tent
2004 : Sunset Hill Tent
2009: Town-House Circle Tent
2014 : Noyes Circle Tent
8 9Alumnae/i College Descriptions 2:30-4pm Tour the Vassar Ecological Preserve and
Family-Friendly Environmental Cooperative Conservation, sustainability, and
an exploration of the natural world are all core values at Vassar. Explore
Activities
FRIDAY JUNE 7th
1— 6:30pm
one of the college’s greatest gems on this guided walking tour (weather
permitting). Sensible shoes and long pants are strongly suggested.
1pm-5 pm
1pm-3pm Rebound: How
Bouncy Castles & Face Painting
do you respond to change in your life? Shuttles depart from Main Circle.
Quad Lawn; rain location: Noyes Tents
Note: Shuttle Bus for pre-registrants leaves from Main Circle at 12:45pm. 3-4pm The ’60s—Fifty Years On
1:30-3:30 pm Admissions Session and Tour for Teens
Workshop participants will creatively
Kautz explore
Admission House how they have learned Professors Katherine Hite (Political Science) and Quincy Mills
to respond to change in their lives and will be guided through creative
Soccer Clinic Joss Beach Lawn (History), and Jonathan Bix ’14, Executive Director and Co-founder
exercises to develop visualUltimate
reflections andClinic
Frisbee micro-oral
Noyeshistories
Circle (audio of Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson, will reflect on the historical,
recordings) of their story, Field
withDaytheGames
intention that
Quad Lawn
these recordings will be political, and cultural movements that characterized the “Sixties
compiled and shared with the broader Vassar community. Pre-registration Generation” both in the United States and internationally, as well as how
required. 1:30-4 pm Vassar Devil & Angel Ice Cream Tent
Library Lawn much or how little the movements of the 1960s help us understand today’s
Curated by Natalie Nixon ’91 and Suzi Hamill ’92 and sponsored by the struggles for peace and social justice.
AAVC Career Networking Committee. Rockefeller , Auditorium 300
The Barn at Vassar Ecological Preserve and Environmental Cooperative
3-4pm Jewish and Muslim Life at Vassar
1:30-2:30pm Tour the Ivan Turgenev Exhibition Meet Elizabeth Aeschlimann, Rachlin Director of Jewish Student Life, and
Explore the exhibition of works by Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian Nora Zaki, Advisor for Muslim Student Life, to learn about their work and
novelist, poet, playwright, translator, and popularizer of Russian literature current student experiences in both the Bayit and the recently opened
in the Western hemisphere. A substantial portion of Turgenev’s own Muslim Prayer space.
library was donated to Vassar in the early 20th century by the Class of Rockefeller Hall, Room 212
1882. A catalogue with essays by Vassar faculty will be available. Tour led
by Head of Special Collections and Adjunct Associate Professor of History 3-4pm Age Smart: Steps to Ensure That Happens
Ron Patkus. This tour is limited to 25 people. Panelists Sara Moody Allen ’64, Nan Askin Rothschild-Cooper ’59, and
Meet in the front lobby of Thompson Memorial Library. Peter J. Strauss (spouse of Joan Goldberg Strauss ’59) will share important
advice regarding advance planning and practical insights for health and
1:30-2:30pm Trustonomics well-being as we age.
What can behavioral economic models and experiments tell us about trust? Rockefeller Hall, Auditorium 200
Associate Professor of Economics Benjamin Ho will trace the history of
trust in the economy. He will also report on a recent experiment he ran 5:30-6:30pm Organ Concert by John Wolfe ’09
with 1.5 million Uber customers, showing how apologies can restore trust Experience music of Bach and Mendelssohn, as well as rarely heard music
when your ride is late. from the Renaissance and early Baroque eras, on the 2003 Paul Fritts Pipe
New England, Room 105 Organ at Skinner Hall, which incorporates 2,418 pipes and approximates
17th and 18th century German and Dutch organs. With introductions and
2:30-4pm Tour the Walkway Over the Hudson reflections on the life and legacy of Belle Skinner, Class of 1887, by Sarah
Take a bus from campus to the renovated Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge, Ransom Canino, Music Librarian.
now the longest elevated pedestrian walkway in the world at 1.28 miles. Skinner Hall, Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall
Bus departs from Main Circle.
Meet the bus on the Poughkeepsie side of the Walkway at 3:45pm to
return to campus.
10 11SATURDAY, JUNE 8th 3-4pm Changing Channels
1:45 — 4pm Panelists: Rebecca Eaton ’69 and Gerry Bond Laybourne ’69, P’93
discuss their pioneering roles in television. Eaton (Masterpiece,
1:45-2:45pm John McAndrew’s Modernist Vision: The Color PBS) helped turn so-called educational TV into an extraordinary
Palette of the Vassar College Art Library platform for drama and other arts. Laybourne (Nickelodeon, Oxygen
A talk by author Mardges Bacon, with introduction by Susan Donahue Media) revolutionized children’s programming and was one of the first to
Kuretsky ’63, Professor Emerita of Art. The vivid colors of the Art understand the power of cable. Moderator: Katrine Ames ’69.
Library interior, designed by John McAndrew (1935-37), offered a radical Taylor Hall, Auditorium 102
alternative to the neutral palette of the International Style as Philip
Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock had constructed that movement in
1932 for their Museum of Modern Art exhibition and accompanying book.
Together, we will examine how McAndrew challenged International Style
Vassar Haiti Project
orthodoxy through his deployment of color and thereby created new spatial
Haitian Art and Handcraft Sale
relationships in Vassar’s Art Library.
Taylor Hall, Room 203 Enter a world of beautiful, original art and handcrafts
(Note: There’s a related exhibition of John McAndrew’s work in the Art made by Haitian artisans and support Haitian art,
Library Reading Room today from 9am-5pm and Sunday from 10am-3pm.) education, health and sustainable development in
1:45-2:45pm Social Justice Work mountain communities in NW Haiti in the process.
Christine Robinson ’79, Lawler Kang ’89, Thomas Szymanski ’09, and Sale hours:
Rebecca Edwards, Professor of History on the Eloise Ellery Chair, share Friday, 9am - 5pm / Saturday, 9am - 7pm / Sunday, 9am -12pm
inspiring insights from the frontlines of social justice work.
Rockefeller Hall, Auditorium 300
1:45-2:45pm Learning How to Bounce Back
Resilience and healthy coping mechanisms are keys to happiness in
life. Vassar Professor of Psychological Science Michele Tugade ’95 has
dedicated much of her professional life to studying and examining how At the James W. Palmer Ill ’90 Gallery, in the College Center
people confront and respond to stressful situations. She will spend this
hour sharing what she’s learned through studies that spanned from NASA
Back to the Future:
astronauts to Vassar students. Andrew Tallon’s Vision
Rockefeller Hall, Auditorium 200 This exhibition is in memory of Andrew Tallon, Professor of Art
1:45-2:45pm The Evolution of Science Facilities at Vassar at Vassar College (2007–2018). The photographs on view were
Tour the Bridge for Laboratory Sciences and other spaces that have been made to illustrate the book John McAndrew’s Modernist Vision:
renovated to enhance the teaching and learning of science at Vassar— From the Vassar College Art Library to the Museum of Modern
indoor and out. Led by Joseph Tanski ’95 Professor and Chair of Chemistry Art in New York, edited by Mardges Bacon with contributions
on the Matthew Vassar, Jr. Chair by Molly Nesbit, Susan Donahue Kuretsky ’63, Thomas E. Hill,
Meet in North Atrium of the Bridge Building Tobias Armborst, and Elizabeth Nogrady ’99.
12 13Need Assistance?
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Reunion Information Center
Open Hours
(Main Building Lobby) Need a parking pass or campus map? Have a
Athletic and Fitness Center Vassar College Store
question about the schedule? Need to register a guest or classmate? Lost
Thursday 6am –7:30pm Raymond Ave. at
or found something? Stop by the Reunion Information Center for all
Pool hours 10 –1 and 3 –6 Collegeview Ave.
your Reunion questions. Or call: 845-437-7601.
Friday 6am –7:30pm Friday 10am – 6pm
Pool hours 10 –1 and 3 – 6 Saturday 11am – 5pm
Guest Services Coordinators
Saturday 6am – 6pm Sunday 9am
(Davison Lobby, 845-451-3004) Student Guest Services coordinators
Pool hours 12 – 4
will be supporting your class throughout Reunion weekend. They are
Sunday 7am – 6pm Alcoholics Anonymous
responsible for distributing and collecting room keys (for those staying
in Davison) and arranging golf cart service. They also have access to and Al-Anon Meetings
extra linens, clothes hangers, and a limited number of window fans and Thompson Memorial President’s Conference Room
soap. They have been trained to find answers to your questions about Library and Art Library Main Building 2nd Floor
all things Reunion. Friday 8:30am – 4:30pm Friday 4 – 5pm
Saturday 9am – 4pm Saturday 4 – 5pm
Staff Liaisons and Class Assistants Sunday 9am – 12pm
Professional Staff Liaisons and student Class Assistants have been Shabbat Service
assigned to serve as your cruise directors and support team throughout Music Library The Bayit
the weekend. They will partner with your Class Reunion volunteers, Friday 1pm – 4pm 51 Collegeview Avenue,
manage your registration tables, and ensure that you have plenty of Saturday 10am – 4pm across from North Gate
helpers to negotiate the robust schedule of activities for your 50th Friday 5:45 – 7pm
Reunion Celebration. Retreat in College Center
Friday 8:30am – 7:30pm Frances Lehman Loeb
Saturday 8:30am – 7:30pm Art Center
Family-Friendly Activities Sunday 10am – 2pm Thursday 10am – 9pm
and 5 – 7:30pm Friday 10am – 7pm
Saturday 9am – 5pm
1pm-5 pm Bouncy Castles & Face Painting Quad Lawn;
rain location: Noyes Tents Sunday 9am – 5pm
A. Scott Warthin Museum
1:30-3:30 pm Admissions Session and Tour for Teens Kautz Admission House of Geology & Natural
History in Ely Hall James W. Palmer III ’90
Soccer Clinic Joss Beach Lawn Gallery
Thursday 10am – 5pm
Ultimate Frisbee Clinic Noyes Circle Friday 10am – 5pm
Friday 10am – 5pm
Saturday 9am – 8pm
Field Day Games Quad Lawn Saturday 2 – 4pm
Sunday 9am – Noon
1:30-4 pm Vassar Devil & Angel Ice Cream Tent Library Lawn
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