With registrations running about 31 percent ahead of last year,
ReUnion is on pace to be one of the largest in the College's history, second
only to the Bicentennial event in 1995, according to Nick Famulare '92,
director of alumni relations.
“Between a record-high 100 alumni volunteers and a strong
and varied program, there is tremendous interest in this year's ReUnion,”
he said. “We have alumni from the Classes of 1935 through 2002 and from as far
away as Sweden
and Singapore.”
Famulare said his office expects well over 1,400 visitors
during ReUnion weekend, which runs Thursday, May 29,
through Sunday, June 1.
The weekend, which celebrates the College's traditions with barbecues, tours, class dinners, the alumni parade and convocation
Other highlights include the annual Alumni Golf Outing with
golf tips from Greg Midland '96, associate editor of Golf magazine (Friday, 8 a.m., Edison Club); “Forecasting the 2004
Presidential Election” with Prof. Richard Fox (Friday, 11:15 a.m., Becker Career
Center); “The American Locomotive Co. – A Centennial Remembrance” with Dick
Steinbrenner '58, who has written a book on ALCO (Friday, 3 p.m., Olin 106);
dedication of Abbe Hall, 1128 Lenox Rd., as the new Alumni Center and home of
College Relations; and the dedication of a memorial from the V-5/V-12 unit to
alumni lost in the Civil War (Saturday, 3 p.m., Memorial Chapel).
For more details, visit: http://www.union.edu/reunion