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Reunion Years
| 70th |
1938 |
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55th |
1953 |
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40th |
1968 |
| 65th |
1943 |
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50th |
1958 |
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35th |
1973 |
| 60th |
1948 |
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45th |
1963 |
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30th |
1978 |
SPECIAL REUNION: chemistry majors & minors, chemical engineers in celebration of Geneva's 50th anniversary of approved status by the American Chemical Society (ACS).
To register, call 724-847-6520 or events@geneva.edu.
Friday, April 18
6:30 p.m. - Presidential Dinner for the Class of 1958
Alexander Hall - President's Dining Room
$15 per person
A special dinner in a special room for a special reunion. Members of the class of 1958 and their guests are invited to join President Ken Smith for dinner in the Presidents Dining Room in Alexander Hall for your 50th reunion celebration.
Saturday, April 19, 2008 Alumni Activities
9-11 a.m. - Registration
Old Main Lobby
Pick up name tags, tickets, and schedules.
9:30 a.m. - Campus Tours
Old Main Lobby
Student guides will serve as hosts for the tours. See the campus through their eyes and share your Geneva experience with them.
11 a.m. - Reunion Brunch
Benedum Room/Alexander Hall
$8 per person
All reunion classes will join together for brunch. Share memories and boast about your job, retirement, grandchildren. Class pictures will be taken.
12:15 p.m. - Carillon Prelude
McCartney Library
The carillon is made up of 14 bells cast by the McShane Bell Foundry in Baltimore. This beautiful asset will be featured in the prelude prior to the memorial service.
12:30 p.m. - Memorial Service
McCartney Library – West Reading Room
This service memorializes classmates who are deceased. “New Song” will sing.
2:00 p.m. - Lecture - Humanities: at the core of a Geneva’s Curriculum
McCartney Library – West Reading Room
Presenter: Elizabeth Asche Douglas, Professor Emerita
An historical perspective of the humanities program will be presented by one of the founding faculty developers of these core courses.
SEE COMBINED EVENTS FOR SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW ACS SCHEDULE
Saturday, April 19 - Chemistry Reunion
50th Anniversary of ACS approval
9-11 a.m. - Old Main Lobby
Registration
9:30 a.m. - Northwood 013
Chemistry Symposium Presenters:
- Topic: Chemistry at Geneva: Past, Present and Future
Presenter: Dr. John W. Stahl ’79
Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry
Geneva College
- Topic: Synergistic Actions of Halocarbons on Nerve Growth – Implications for Autism (from a recent EPA-funded study on three common drinking water pollutants)
Presenter: Dr. Raymond E. Stephens CHM ’62
Professor Emeritus
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.
- Topic: Multivariate spectroscopy applied to systems ranging from molecular biology to energy production
Presenter: Dr. Jerilyn (Pezzuti CHE ’95) Timlin
Research Associate
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M.
- Topic: Modeling and Simulation of Nanocomposites
Presenter: Dr. Sarah-Jane Frankland CHM ’91
Senior Research Scientist
National Institute of Aerospace
Hampton, Va.
12 p.m. - Chemistry alumni box lunch
Northwood lower lobby & 013
$8 per person
1:30 p.m. - Poster Session
Science & Engineering Lobby
Alumni, current students, and faculty will present research or career work from their field of interest. Alumni, guests and students are invited to this informal presentation time. Networking encouraged so bring your business cards. Those wishing to participate should contact Dr. John Stahl, jwstahl@geneva.edu or 724-847-6705.
Combined Alumni Day events
3 p.m. - Featured Presentation - Chocolate: food for the gods
McCartney Library
Presenter: Dr. Howard Peters CHM ’62
Retired Partner: Peters Verny LLP, Palo Alto, Calif.
ACS Director-at-Large from 2005-2007
Howard Peters has a passion for chocolate. Besides covering the history of chocolate, he’ll cover the chemistry and biochemistry of cocoa, the health aspects, and trivia. You’ll even receive have an opportunity sample some chocolate and maybe win even 10lbs. of chocolate! This will be a sweet lecture.
6 p.m. - Annual Alumni Dinner followed by a chocolate dessert reception
Alexander Commons/Benedum Room
$20 per person
The annual alumni dinner will be a culmination of the alumni activities and the ACS celebration. The Life G and Distinguish Service Awards will be presented. The evening will conclude with a ceremony, bringing the flame from Northwood, Ohio to the Geneva College campus symbolizing our 160th year anniversary.
Additional information:
- No tickets will be mailed. Please pick them up prior to the Presidents Dinner (class of 1958) in Alexander Hall or at the registration area in Old Main lobby.
- Campus store hours: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- McCartney Library hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
To volunteer for a reunion committee, please contact Ginny Caldwell or call the office of alumni relations at 724-847-6525.
