The more than 1,400 alumni and guests returning to campus
for ReUnion this weekend will find something new: a home
of their own at 1128 Lenox Rd.
The College will dedicate the historic Parker-Rice estate as
Abbe Hall, the new Alumni Center
and home of College Relations. Built in 1900 by Edwin W. Rice, former president
of General Electric Co. and trustee of the College from 1906 to 1935, the
building was donated to the College by the Parker-Rice family in 1976. The
restoration was made possible by a gift from Robert T. '49 and Virginia O.
Abbe.
The building dedication will be Friday, May 30, at 4:30 p.m.
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.”
The weekend, which celebrates the traditions of the College,
will have some of the traditional events: 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); 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