Class of 1955 65th Reunion - Program & Schedule - 1955

Saturday 6/1/19

• Tour of the New Residential Colleges

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 11:15AM

  Current Yale students stand ready to guide you through the two new residential colleges – Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray – with their spectacular towers, elegant dining halls and fine stone carvings and gates. Tours run continually to 11:15 am.

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  Current Yale students stand ready to guide you through the two new residential colleges – Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray – with their spectacular towers, elegant dining halls and fine stone carvings and gates. Tours run continually to 11:15 am.

  

• Morning at Yale

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 11:30AM

  Reunion attendees from all classes will have their choice of a number of stimulating faculty lectures; tours of the gym and the Newberry organ; a singing workshop; and children's activities at Yale's museums.

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  Reunion attendees from all classes will have their choice of a number of stimulating faculty lectures; tours of the gym and the Newberry organ; a singing workshop; and children's activities at Yale's museums.

• Newberry Organ Tour

  Jun 1

  9:00AM – 11:30AM

  Woolsey Hall — 500 College Street

  With its 142 stops, 197 ranks, 12,641 pipes, 30,000 pneumatic valves, 1,000 pneumatic motors and 2 turbines, the Newberry Organ is one of the most magnificent orchestral organs in the world and a monument to the state-of-the-art technology of 1928! Come hear this "king of instruments" and take a walking tour behind the pipes, courtesy of University Organist Thomas Murray and Organ Curators Joe Dzeda and Nicholas Thomson-Allen.

  Session runs continually to 11:30 am

  Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T09:00:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York Newberry Organ Tour

  With its 142 stops, 197 ranks, 12,641 pipes, 30,000 pneumatic valves, 1,000 pneumatic motors and 2 turbines, the Newberry Organ is one of the most magnificent orchestral organs in the world and a monument to the state-of-the-art technology of 1928! Come hear this "king of instruments" and take a walking tour behind the pipes, courtesy of University Organist Thomas Murray and Organ Curators Joe Dzeda and Nicholas Thomson-Allen.

  Session runs continually to 11:30 am

  Woolsey Hall — 500 College Street

  

• Coffee Service Under the Tent

  Jun 1

  9:30AM – 12:00PM

  Branford College | Room: Courtyard — 74 High Street

  Coffee will be available under the tent throughout the morning.

   

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  Coffee will be available under the tent throughout the morning.

   

  Branford College | Room: Courtyard — 74 High Street

• 1969 50th Reunion Authors Exhibit

  Jun 1

  10:00AM – 4:45PM

  Sterling Memorial Library | Room: Nave & L&B — 120 High Street

  See description for Thursday.

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  See description for Thursday.

  Sterling Memorial Library | Room: Nave & L&B — 120 High Street

• Britain in the World: Reflections on the Yale Center for British Art

  Jun 1

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Yale Center for British Art | Room: Auditorium — 1080 Chapel Street

  Amy Meyers, '85 PhD, Director, Yale Center for British Art

  In 2016, the Yale Center for British Art completed a major project to conserve its iconic building, designed by Louis I. Kahn. Within its refurbished spaces, the Center’s renowned collections were reinstalled and reimagined to present the complex story of the development of British art from the time of the Protestant Reformation to the present, seen within a wider global context. Since its reopening, the Center has been testing its new installation, as well as its exhibitions, and has begun to rethink how the institution’s program might be conceptualized into the future. On the eve of her retirement, Amy Meyers will reflect on the reinstallation project as it was originally conceived, and will discuss how the Center has been reformulating its program as new insights have begun to emerge. Time will be left to explore the galleries during non-public hours.

   

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  Amy Meyers, '85 PhD, Director, Yale Center for British Art

  In 2016, the Yale Center for British Art completed a major project to conserve its iconic building, designed by Louis I. Kahn. Within its refurbished spaces, the Center’s renowned collections were reinstalled and reimagined to present the complex story of the development of British art from the time of the Protestant Reformation to the present, seen within a wider global context. Since its reopening, the Center has been testing its new installation, as well as its exhibitions, and has begun to rethink how the institution’s program might be conceptualized into the future. On the eve of her retirement, Amy Meyers will reflect on the reinstallation project as it was originally conceived, and will discuss how the Center has been reformulating its program as new insights have begun to emerge. Time will be left to explore the galleries during non-public hours.

   

  Yale Center for British Art | Room: Auditorium — 1080 Chapel Street

  

• Constitutional Issues in the Age of Trump

  Jun 1

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Sterling Law Building | Room: Levinson Auditorium — 127 Wall Street

  Akhil Reed Amar '80, '84 Law, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science

  From George Washington forward, America’s presidents have occupied center stage in the nation’s public life; and the present moment is no exception. Also, at no previous era in American history has the presidency been more tightly intertwined with the Ivy League: six of America’s eight most recent chief executives have been Ivy Leaguers – including four Yalies (Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush). In this reunion session – more an open-ended conversation with alums than a highly structured lecture – Professor Amar will discuss several of the biggest constitutional questions in today’s headlines, with special emphasis on the presidency in general and President Trump in particular. Come prepared to ask questions and offer your opinions – on the electoral college; the Mueller investigation; presidential veto, pardon, nomination, and removal powers; the presidential impeachment process; the Wall; the current presidential succession statute; the Twenty-fifth Amendment; and so on. 

  Professor Amar is a Yale Alumni Association Howard R. Lamar Faculty Award recipient for 2017.

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  Akhil Reed Amar '80, '84 Law, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science

  From George Washington forward, America’s presidents have occupied center stage in the nation’s public life; and the present moment is no exception. Also, at no previous era in American history has the presidency been more tightly intertwined with the Ivy League: six of America’s eight most recent chief executives have been Ivy Leaguers – including four Yalies (Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush). In this reunion session – more an open-ended conversation with alums than a highly structured lecture – Professor Amar will discuss several of the biggest constitutional questions in today’s headlines, with special emphasis on the presidency in general and President Trump in particular. Come prepared to ask questions and offer your opinions – on the electoral college; the Mueller investigation; presidential veto, pardon, nomination, and removal powers; the presidential impeachment process; the Wall; the current presidential succession statute; the Twenty-fifth Amendment; and so on. 

  Professor Amar is a Yale Alumni Association Howard R. Lamar Faculty Award recipient for 2017.

  Sterling Law Building | Room: Levinson Auditorium — 127 Wall Street

  

• Constructing Coeducation: Yale Before and After

  Jun 1

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Loria Center | Room: 351 — 190 York St.

  Laura Wexler, Professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

  Professor Wexler will give an overview of the process that led to Yale admitting its first women undergraduates in 1969, a review of the triumphs and difficulties encountered, and a preview of some of the issues likely to be engaged by Yale women today.

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  Laura Wexler, Professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

  Professor Wexler will give an overview of the process that led to Yale admitting its first women undergraduates in 1969, a review of the triumphs and difficulties encountered, and a preview of some of the issues likely to be engaged by Yale women today.

  Loria Center | Room: 351 — 190 York St.

  

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Roundtable

  Jun 1

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Sterling Law Building | Room: 127 — 127 Wall Street

  Please join us for a special roundtable with faculty and members of the University administration to discuss the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus and throughout the Yale community.

  Add to Calendar 2019-06-01T10:30:00 2019-06-01T11:30:00 America/New_York Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Roundtable

  Please join us for a special roundtable with faculty and members of the University administration to discuss the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus and throughout the Yale community.

  Sterling Law Building | Room: 127 — 127 Wall Street