Reunions
LBGTQ Students, Supporters Addressed Homophobia
The 1988-1989 school year was marked by a series of controversies over queer issues, which ranged from an alleged assault of a gay student to a renewed debate over ROTC on campus.
A Debate on Housing
Starting in 1988, Harvard’s administrators debated a major alteration to the University’s House system. Originally created in the 1920s and later tweaked in the 1960s, the housing system was leading to “preppy ghettos” and racially imbalanced communities by 1988-1989.
Amid Tensions, University Battled Gender, Racial Issues
Harvard students rallied behind movements demanding change on campus, sparking a wave of dialogue and discussion over the treatment of minorities and women at the College.
HUCTW Praised First Contract
When the Harvard Union for Clerical and Technical Workers won recognition in 1988 after 17 years of efforts, many were uncertain about what relationship the University would have with the new union.
Kenneth C. Griffin
Kenneth C. Griffin ’89, pictured on Commencement Day, has become a successful financier and prolific University donor.
Kenneth C. Griffin
Kenneth C. Griffin ’89 donated $150 million to Harvard in February 2014, the largest gift in the history of the College.
1989 Hockey
The Harvard men’s hockey team celebrates its first and only NCAA Championship after beating Minnesota, 4-3, on April 1, 1989.
HUCTW Anniversary
The Harvard Union for Clerical and Technical Workers first organized in 1988 and immediately set out to negotiate its first contract with Harvard.
John W. Perdew ‘64 and The Rise of Civil Rights Involvement
With the threat of the death penalty looming over him, John W. Perdew ’64 found himself sitting in a jail cell in Americus, Georgia the summer after his junior year at the College.
The Great Harvard Sex Scandal of 1964
Though students saw the ensuing campus uproar as an isolated event, decades later the 1960s would come to be known as a period of sexual revolution that launched not just Harvard, but the nation, into new moral standards.
The Beatles and Music in the Square: When I’m '64
Students crowded around televisions, and some even turned down dates, to catch a glimpse of a British quartet’s first performance on American television on February 9, 1964
Justice Stephen G. Breyer, HLS '64: Supreme Court Justice and Former Law Professor
"Law requires both a heart and a head," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, a member of the Harvard Law School class of 1964 said during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 1994.
Barbara Hackman Franklin HBS '64, Former Secretary of Commerce
Until the Dean of Women at Penn State University nominated her to go to Harvard Business School her senior year of college, Barbara Hackman Franklin, a member of the Business School class of 1964, had not seriously considered going into business.
Kennedy Family and Administration Sought to Establish Memorial at Harvard
In the months that followed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, realizing the late President’s wish that his national memorial consist of three parts—a museum, a library, and a political institute—and that it stand next to the Harvard campus.
Sheila S. Jasanoff '64, Professor at Harvard Kennedy School
Although Jasanoff said that her career trajectory has been propelled by the “accidental convergence” of opportunities, her friends and family credit her personal and professional success to her kind, pragmatic personality and her creative, adaptive mind.
Dr. Andrew T. Weil ‘63-’64, Pioneer of Integrative Medicine
Weil’s successful career in promoting integrative medicine, a field he helped found, would come later. At the College, Weil enjoyed the camaraderie, creativity, and hijinks of extracurricular activity.
How-To: Reunions at Yale
Harvard-Yale provides Harvard students a number of unique opportunities: the chance to show school spirit at a sporting event (or even attend a sporting event), the one good reason to ever visit New Haven, and of course, the occasion to meet up with Yalies. From friends from home to summer camp acquaintances, there can be quite the range of people to reconnect with. Here’s Flyby’s advice for how to deal with each of them.