Class of 1982 40th Reunion - Program & Schedule - 1982

Saturday 6/11/22

• What is American Cuisine?

  Jun 11

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Yale University Art Gallery | Room: McNeil Lecture Hall — 1111 Chapel Street

  Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History

  Professor Freedman, author of American Cuisine and How It Got This Way, looks at the question, "What is American Cuisine?" The distinctive things about American food are its regional traditions, their erosion by processed food which dominated the twentieth century,and a love of variety. Choice and options (twelve different Rice-a-Roni flavors) compensate for the blandness of factory-made food. Now the popularity of industrially-made food has waned, gradually supplanted if not completely replaced by a return to primary tastes, freshness, and to some degree seasonal and local dining.This talk identifies the 1970s as a turning point.

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  Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History

  Professor Freedman, author of American Cuisine and How It Got This Way, looks at the question, "What is American Cuisine?" The distinctive things about American food are its regional traditions, their erosion by processed food which dominated the twentieth century,and a love of variety. Choice and options (twelve different Rice-a-Roni flavors) compensate for the blandness of factory-made food. Now the popularity of industrially-made food has waned, gradually supplanted if not completely replaced by a return to primary tastes, freshness, and to some degree seasonal and local dining.This talk identifies the 1970s as a turning point.

  Yale University Art Gallery | Room: McNeil Lecture Hall — 1111 Chapel Street

• Writing "The Invisible Kingdom:" Reimagining Chronic Illness

  Jun 11

  10:30AM – 11:30AM

  Loria Center | Room: 351 — 190 York St.

  Meghan O'Rourke '97, Editor of The Yale Review

  Why do stories matter in an age of research? What is the role of long form reporting in an age of quick takes? Meghan O'Rourke '97, author of The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness, has been writing about autoimmune and long COVID for a decade, based on her firsthand experience of living with poorly understood chronic conditions. She will talk about what the silent epidemic of chronic illness reveals about how we think about disease and our responsibility to others, as well as what it's like to make a life as a writer and poet and using personal narratives to illuminate the ways we are implicated in larger social realities.

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  Meghan O'Rourke '97, Editor of The Yale Review

  Why do stories matter in an age of research? What is the role of long form reporting in an age of quick takes? Meghan O'Rourke '97, author of The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness, has been writing about autoimmune and long COVID for a decade, based on her firsthand experience of living with poorly understood chronic conditions. She will talk about what the silent epidemic of chronic illness reveals about how we think about disease and our responsibility to others, as well as what it's like to make a life as a writer and poet and using personal narratives to illuminate the ways we are implicated in larger social realities.

  Loria Center | Room: 351 — 190 York St.

• 1982 | Bistro Lunch Buffet

  Jun 11

  12:00PM – 1:30PM

  Pierson College — 236 York St.

  Enjoy a variety of delicious sandwiches, soups, salads, cookies and fruit.

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  Enjoy a variety of delicious sandwiches, soups, salads, cookies and fruit.

  Pierson College — 236 York St.

• Yale Veterans Reunion Reception at Yale ROTC

  Jun 11

  2:00PM – 3:30PM

  55 Whitney Ave. : 4th Floor

  All reunion alumni and guests are cordially invited to join us for complimentary refreshments at this reception hosted by the Yale Veterans Association and Yale ROTC. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the restoration of ROTC back on campus!  Hear about the latest activities and developments in the Yale veteran community and our Naval ROTC and Air Force ROTC units. Learn more about the Yale Veterans Association, an alumni organization dedicated to supporting and uplifting the Yale veteran community, improving US civil-military relations, addressing salient issues facing veterans and the military, and reaffirming Yale’s highest traditions of leadership and service to the nation.

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  All reunion alumni and guests are cordially invited to join us for complimentary refreshments at this reception hosted by the Yale Veterans Association and Yale ROTC. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the restoration of ROTC back on campus!  Hear about the latest activities and developments in the Yale veteran community and our Naval ROTC and Air Force ROTC units. Learn more about the Yale Veterans Association, an alumni organization dedicated to supporting and uplifting the Yale veteran community, improving US civil-military relations, addressing salient issues facing veterans and the military, and reaffirming Yale’s highest traditions of leadership and service to the nation.

• 1982 | Where are we Going?

  Jun 11

  2:00PM – 4:00PM

  Yale University Art Gallery | Room: McNeil Lecture Hall — 1111 Chapel Street

  Do you remember those those existential dining hall discussions where everyone had an opinion and there were no right or wrong answers? Well we're bringing that back for the panel discussion on June 11 as we discuss where are we heading as a country/people/society/world. The panelists who are going to lead the discussion (and based on my discussions with them really make us think) are Paul Butler, Lisa Cortes, and Dave Stebenne.

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  Do you remember those those existential dining hall discussions where everyone had an opinion and there were no right or wrong answers? Well we're bringing that back for the panel discussion on June 11 as we discuss where are we heading as a country/people/society/world. The panelists who are going to lead the discussion (and based on my discussions with them really make us think) are Paul Butler, Lisa Cortes, and Dave Stebenne.

  Yale University Art Gallery | Room: McNeil Lecture Hall — 1111 Chapel Street

• YAA Shared Interest Groups Reception

  Jun 11

  3:00PM – 4:30PM

  Schwarzman Center | Room: Underground — 168 Grove Street

  Join the YAA's Shared Interest Groups staff and SIG alumni leaders from reunion classes to celebrate all of our participating SIGS. Take a moment to learn how you can get engaged with groups representing a broad spectrum of alumni interest, careers, and identities.

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  Join the YAA's Shared Interest Groups staff and SIG alumni leaders from reunion classes to celebrate all of our participating SIGS. Take a moment to learn how you can get engaged with groups representing a broad spectrum of alumni interest, careers, and identities.

  Schwarzman Center | Room: Underground — 168 Grove Street

• President's University Update

  Jun 11

  5:00PM – 5:45PM

  Woolsey Hall — 500 College Street

  Peter Salovey '86 PhD offers his annual review and outlook for Yale.

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  Peter Salovey '86 PhD offers his annual review and outlook for Yale.

  Woolsey Hall — 500 College Street

• 1982 | Cocktails in the Courtyard

  Jun 11

  6:30PM – 7:30PM

  Pierson College — 236 York St.

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• 1982 | Traditional Class Dinner Local Favorites Buffet

  Jun 11

  7:30PM – 9:30PM

  Pierson College — 236 York St.

  The Class of 1982 Class Dinner served under the tent. The Local Favorites Buffet dinner stations will feature herb roasted chicken, cedar plank salmon, stuffed piquante, polenta bar, delicious lobster tails and an assortment of sides and sweets. Gentleman, please leave your jacket and ties at home, and ladies dress accordingly! 

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  The Class of 1982 Class Dinner served under the tent. The Local Favorites Buffet dinner stations will feature herb roasted chicken, cedar plank salmon, stuffed piquante, polenta bar, delicious lobster tails and an assortment of sides and sweets. Gentleman, please leave your jacket and ties at home, and ladies dress accordingly! 

  Pierson College — 236 York St.