Class Events
Mini-Reunion in Chicago 2006
Sep. 28 - Oct. 1, 2006
Below is information about our minireunion in Chicago in September, 2006. By the time you read this, it will have happened. See 15 photos of classmates from the reunion.
April 2006
Dear Classmates and Friends of 1964,
The date is set for our mini-reunion in Chicago. It's from Thursday,
September 28 to Sunday, October 1, 2006.
Our headquarters will be the Whitehall Hotel, named "one of the eight
great small hotels of the U.S." by Fortune Magazine. A block of
40 (31 king bed and 9 twin bed) rooms has been reserved at this Chicago
landmark which is located at 105 East Delaware Place near many of
Chicago's attractions and the Magnificent Mile shopping area nearby.
Please call 800-948-4255 (within Illinois call 312-944-6300) between
7:00am and 6:00pm to reserve your room. When making your reservation
refer to the "Yale 1964 Mini Reunion" block. The room rate is $230.00
per night for a king bed and $270.00 per night for twin beds (these
rooms were recently upgraded) plus taxes. All rooms are on a first-come
first-served basis and the block is being held until June 30, 2006.
Thereafter, or once we have filled our block, rooms will be on an "if
available" basis.
The anchor event for the mini-reunion will be the "King Tutankhamun:
Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibit at The Field Museum. It has received
rave reviews from the Egyptology community and will only be exhibited in
Los Angeles, Ft. Lauderdale, Chicago and Philadelphia. This special
evening will start off with an overview of the exhibit by one of the
Museum's curators followed by our private viewing of the exhibit. There
is an excellent article on the exhibit in the June 2005 issue of the
National Geographic magazine and more information can be found on
the
Field Museum's website.
After the exhibit we will have a cocktail reception and dinner in the
Field Museum's Rice Hall amongst displays of the Museum's permanent
collection.
On Friday morning we will have a private tour of highlights in The Art
Institute of Chicago's permanent collection. Prior to the tour an AIC
docent will give us a brief talk on what we will be seeing. The AIC was
founded in 1879 as a museum and school. Its highly regarded collection
now encompasses 5,000 years of human expression and houses more than
300,000 works of art. For more information you can visit their
website.
The AIC is located next to Chicago's
Millennium Park.
This award-winning 25-acre park features the work of world-renowned
architects, park planners and artists and is regarded as one of the
finest modem city parks in the USA.
On Saturday morning, Tom Beebe will give a talk on Chicago architecture
followed by a tour of some of the City's hallmark structures. Tom is a
former Dean of Yale's School of Architecture and is a highly regarded
practicing Chicago architect. In 1989 Tom and his firm, Hammond Beebe &
Babka, won the design competition for the Harold Washington Library
which has earned numerous awards.
Below is a complete schedule of the
weekend's events. We have provided for open afternoons on Friday and
Saturday for visiting other Chicago sites (a list of sites will be
emailed to participants), shopping and/or resting. We were warned by
several sources not to schedule activities on a cheek-to-jowl basis! We
have also enclosed a
registration form. Please complete and return it by June 15, 2006.
The cost will be $600.00 per person plus your travel expenses to
Chicago, lodging and optional event costs. For cancellations received by
July 31, 2006 the fee will be reimbursed less $50.00 per person to cover
administrative costs. For cancellations after July 31,2006, fee refunds
will be based on the class' recoverable costs.
Weather in Chicago in late-September is usually cool in the evening,
moderate
during the day and dry. Having said that, be cautioned that Chicago's
weather is unpredictable.
If you have any questions, call Barbara Burt at 203-432-8016 or
barbara.burt@yale.edu. You
can also call Chip Brennan at 847-680-1195 or
chip@cmb3.com.
The Committee (Chip Brennan, George Covington, Harry Howell, Bill
Moeller and Bob Reum)
Official Program for Chicago Mini-Reunion
| Thursday, September 28, 2006: | ||
| Afternoon check-in at The Whitehall Hotel | ||
| 7:00pm | Optional dinner at The Parthenon in Greek Town Transportation will be provided | |
| Friday, September 29, 2006: | ||
| 9:00am | Informal class meeting at the Whitehall Hotel | |
| 10:30am | The Art Institute of Chicago lecture on and tour of their permanent collection by museum docent | |
| Afternoon | Open | |
| 4:45pm | Bus departs Whitehall for Field Museum | |
| 5:00pm | Field Museum for lecture on and viewing of the "King Tutankhumun: Golden Age of the Pharaohs" Exhibit | |
| 7:30pm | Reception and dinner in the Field Museum's Rice Hall | |
| Saturday, September 30, 2006: | ||
| 10:00am | Architecture lecture on and tour of Chicago's significant architecture by Thomas Beebe, former Dean of the Yale School of Architecture | |
| Afternoon | Open | |
| 6:00pm | Cocktails at the top of the John Hancock Building | |
| 7:30pm | Dinner at the Casino Club located across the Street | |
| Sunday, October 1, 2006: | ||
| Optional continental breakfast at The Whitehall Hotel | ||
| Departure | ||
Other Attractions
A list of other attractions in Chicago will be emailed to participants and also posted here.
Attendees (45)
Balser, Paul, and Paula Del Nunzio
Barton, Jim and Nancy
Brennan, Chip and Mary
Clay, Richard
Covington, George, and Barbara Trentham
Francis, Sam and Bobbie
Franklin, Frank and Cindy
Griggs, Douglas*
Haas, Ray*
Hallenbeck, Gary and Marilynn
Hannah, Bob and Susan
Hershey, Doug and Bronwyn Bateman
Heyke, Rick
Howell, Harry and Barbara
Knoblauch, Loring
Lauritzen, Andy and Raquel
Levitch, Joel*
Lewis, Vic and Jayne
Massey, Ed and Anne
Meyers, Robert and Anne
Moeller, William and Kitty
Mosso, Curt
Odell, George
Pollack, Dan and Nancy
Reum, Bob and Sherry
Van Doren, Don*
Wishcamper, Joe
Witherspoon, John
* Intend to come, but have not yet registered