Enjoy our Reunion Program Online!
Classmates,
Our 60th class program videos are currently being prepared so that you will be able to watch them on our website, www.yale1961.org. Please stay tuned!
Your 60th Reunion Chair – Wilford Welch
REUNION SCHEDULE
Friday, June 4
2:00 pm: 60th Reunion Welcome | Our Reunion Chair, Wilford Welch, will outline the program for Friday and Saturday; Paul Downey, our Reunion Class Gift Chair, will make an announcement about our gifts; and Ed Cantor will announce the Yale Cancer Center Fund results.
2:30 pm: The Future of Healthcare - The Next Decade | Led by classmate Dr. Ron St. John and three experts, our panel will cover advances in the detection of various cancers and their treatment; the increasing global threat of organisms resistant to antimicrobial agents; and how changes in the climate are reverberating in the health of the planet's populations.
3:45 pm: Trivial Pursuits | Frosty Smith, Ed Cantor and Jamie McLane will describe little-known escapades of many of our classmates while at Yale and over the past 60 years. Your job is to guess who these classmates are!
4:30 pm: Break
5:00 pm: Class Cocktails | Bartenders from Hey Bartender will create, with your participation, an intriguing alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktail to be enjoyed during the special entertainment that follows.
5:45 pm: Bright College Broadway 1961 | Mike and his Broadway star daughter, Melissa, return to entertain us with songs from Broadway shows that opened during our time at Yale, such as West Side Story, Gypsy, Camelot, and The Fantasticks.
Saturday, June 5
2:00 pm: Yale '61 Classmates' Intergenerational Climate Initiative | Yale Professor Dan Esty, Director of Yale’s Center for Environmental Law and Policy, will speak, followed by a panel including classmates Jim Tripp and Wilford Welch, climate activist Nancy Alderman, and moderator Colin Bradford. They will explore the interest of classmates in taking specific actions over the decade to assure that the lives of our children and grandchildren will not be severely diminished by advancing global warming and climate change. They will encourage other members of their families to participate.
3:15 pm: U.S. Economy at the Crossroads | Nobel Laureate classmate Peter Diamond, MIT Professor of Economics, and classmate Bill Bardel will explore if the COVID relief bill is too big or too small; if the current Federal Reserve policy is sound; and what the long-term economic impact of the pandemic will be.
5:00 pm: Class Memorial Service | Led by Alan Blanchard.
5:45 pm: Class Meeting | Special class awards, election of class officers, and "next steps for 1961."
6:10 pm: Class Cocktails | Hey Bartender will show us how to create both alcoholic and non-alcoholic "Green Cups."
6:40 pm: The Yale 1961 Whiffenpoofs & "Bright College Years" | After our Whiffs perform, we will all join in the singing of our alma mater. Be sure to bring your white handkerchiefs!
