Reunion Registration Letter

August 5, 2000

Dear Classmate:

The time has come to register for our long anticipated 40^th Reunion. It is two months until the day we meet on Thursday, October 5 in the Ropes and Gray Room of the Law School’s Pound Hall. This will be a great event! But you must take steps soon to assure it will not be missed. Because this is not a major reunion, housing and financial support are not provided by Harvard. Early October is color leaf season in New England, and most hotels are already booked. We are holding rooms now, but they will disappear on September 5, 2000. Make your reservations NOW. Remember that rooms are available with classmates as well if you prefer. Everyone, even those who have already expressed their intent to come, must register on the attached form or by downloading the form from our class website and filling it in and returning it in with your payment. Register by Sept. 5 and save money with the "early-bird" special rate.

In the preliminary events leading up to the reunion, the class fund raising under the leadership of Paul Buttenwieser, Joe Pellegrino and Peter Solomon has surpassed its goal, and the class participation percentage in the Harvard Fund, lead by Ron Goodman and Hank Keohane, also surpassed its goal. These efforts are to be congratulated. Now it’s up to the rest of us to make the reunion an equal success.

Early on, the committee reviewed the results and feedback from the 30^th and 35^th reunions, identifying those aspects of the past events that were most successful. In addition, the committee made a conscious decision to collaborate with our Radcliffe classmates for the reunion. At this point, the committee is almost evenly divided between Harvard and Radcliffe. By our count, there are more than 75 classmates involved in some manner with the reunion planning, fund raising, seminars, and memorial service. Close to 200 classmates, both Harvard and Radcliffe, have indicated interest in coming to the reunion. Adding their spouses and companions we may top 350 participants. Our paraphernalia committee has selected remembrances for everyone as a gift. Other opportunities for purchases will be available.

We have heard from one of our Radcliffe classmates working on the committee who wrote: "Those of us who attended the June Radcliffe Reunion know how rewarding it is to reconnect with old friends and to make new ones among those we previously knew only slightly or not at all. This fall’s reunion will be another opportunity for those kinds of gatherings and relationships on a broader scale. We [Radcliffe classmates] are sure that this event will not only continue the camaraderie of the past reunion joint events but will foster even greater friendship and be more enjoyable. We appreciate that the reunion events will involve both male and female classmates, but we also appreciate that some opportunities exist to reminisce among ourselves in a more informal way." The whole committee concurs with the sentiments expressed here. We want this to foster greater friendship and be more enjoyable, but we need all of you there to make this come to pass.

Please respond now, not in September, to assure your accommodations and by September 5 to receive the early-bird discount. Final deadline for sign-up is September 22.

With Best Regards,

Rod Hardy Tare Newbury Tom Oleson Diana Townsend-Butterworth

Thursday Evening, October 5, 2000, Ropes and Gray Room, Pound Hall, Law School 6:30 — 11:00p.m. Chairs: Dev Barker, Bart Dunbar, Joe Hurd, Frances Webb, Pauline Maier. [Plan A and B]

Meet and greet our classmates. Food courts will provide a variety of foods and opportunity to meet and greet your friends. Bartle Bull will roast the Harvard classmates and Susan Diamond the Radcliffe classmates. Don’t miss this opportunity to agree or disagree.

Hotels and Housing Co-chairs: Ron Goodman, Hank Keohane, Tare Newbury The rooms and the prices will be held until Sept. 5, 2000. Please make your own reservations directly with the hotels. When you call the hotel tell them you are with the Class of 1960, 40^th Reunion to get the discount. [There are several concurrent reunions.] After September 5, we cannot guarantee the availability of rooms or the price. (225 rooms available)

HOTELS and MOTELS

HOUSING WITH BOSTON AREA CLASSMATES (Indicate your desire on registration form)

Please contact co-chairs Joan Peters O'Connor ( [email protected]) or Hale Sturges

([email protected]) if:

1. you are interested in offering housing to a classmate (and spouse). We also encourage you to contact any classmate whom you would like to see again. Try to persuade them to come to the reunion and stay at your house.
2. you would like to stay with a Boston area classmate but don't know with whom.

October in Cambridge is a Jekyll and Hyde situation. Some days are summer-like, others like late November. Bring appropriate dress to cover the spectrum. All events will be casual except Friday evening when a dress, business suit or blazer and slacks with tie will be most appropriate. Saturday evening dress will be the same as you wore to the football game, unless there is a driving rain, in which case you are free to get out of wet clothes.

The permanent registration office will be in the Information Center on the first floor of Holyoke Center. However, registration or sign-in will be at each major event. Thursday evening it will be in Pound Hall at the Law School. Friday morning registration will be at Holyoke Center. Friday evening registration will be at the Harvard Club of Boston downtown clubhouse, 38^th floor, 1 Federal Street. Saturday luncheon we will have a check-off list for late arrivals. If you cannot register when you arrive, register at the first opportunity at Holyoke Center. Registration expenses and paraphernalia may be put on either Master Card or VISA. Paraphernalia will incur a $3 transaction fee.

Harvard’s Disability Coordinator will provide special transportation to those requiring such help. Please indicate such need on your registration form. You will be contacted by a member of the Harvard staff once your registration is received. Those requesting kosher food or vegetarian diet must indicate this on the registration form. Identify yourself and make your request known to the service staff at each meal. Harvard Medical Services will be available for emergencies.