Vassar Quarterly - Summer 2018 - 35

Beyond Vassar

REUNION HIGHLIGHTS
Vassar's reunion 2018 brought more than 1,800 alumnae/i and guests to campus!
Photos by Buck Lewis, Karl Rabe, Samuel Stuart, and Stockton Photo, Inc.

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any alumnae/i say that coming to Vassar is like
coming home. There's something about the familiar
sights of campus and the familiar faces of classmates
that takes you back in time. Reunion 2018, held June
7-10, brought more than 1,800 alumnae/i and friends to campus
to renew their bonds and reminisce about their days at the college,
while enjoying dozens of events from the annual parade to receptions,
tours, and lectures!
About 140 members of the class of 1968-the 50th reunion class-
arrived June 7, to engage in a full day of events before other alumnae/i
started to arrive. Many attended a class of 1968 lunch presentation,
"The Feminine Mystique-50 Years Later," with speakers Antoinette
Chwastyk Wills '68 and Lucinda Franks Morgenthau '68, and
professors Miriam Cohen and Barbara Olsen.

Missie Rennie Taylor '68, whose 50th Reunion coincided with
her final days as AAVC President (a new slate was ratified over the
weekend), says Reunion did not disappoint. "I thought it was a major
endorsement of the incredible experience my class had in the '60s,"
she says. Some classmates, she noted, had not returned to campus in
50 years. "The bonding we experienced in four days of being together
was really profound-and fun."
As always, the parade and Celebrate Vassar program afterward
were highlights of Reunion. Led by more than 40 alumnae from the
classes of 1948/49 and 1953, the parade ended at the Athletics and
Fitness Center, where the celebration continued with the announcements of class gifts. The 50th Reunion class raised more than $5.65
million for the college, and the total Reunion gift from all classes in
attendance amounted to an amazing $51.65 million!
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