May 23 - 26, 2024

Class Headquarters Open2:00 PM

When you arrive in New Haven, check in at our class headquarters in Jonathan Edwards to receive reunion schedules, wristbands, name tags, campus access cards, and class souvenirs.

5Y9 | Welcome Reception 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Join us in the JE Courtyard for a Welcome Reception to kick off the weekend.

5Y9 | Reunion Friday Breakfast7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

A bagel breakfast featuring an assortment of Bruegger’s bagels, lox, fresh sliced tomato and cucumber, hummus, fresh fruit, build-your-own yogurt parfait, gourmet coffee, teas, coffee, and fruit juices.

Class Headquarters Open8:00 AM

When you arrive in New Haven, check in at our class headquarters in Jonathan Edwards to receive reunion schedules, wristbands, name tags, campus access cards, and class souvenirs.

YAA | Friday Lectures & Tours9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Lectures by distinguished Yale faculty members and tours of campus highlights and new facilities. Sessions will be offered at 9:30 am and 11 am.

See listings here

YAA | Friday Lectures & Tours 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Lectures by distinguished Yale faculty members and tours of campus highlights and new facilities. Sessions will be offered at 9:30 am and 11 am.

See listings here

5Y9 | Reunion Friday Lunch12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Enjoy delicious soups, salads, and sandwiches and the happy harmony of the Enhanced ’59 Whiffenpoofs. Don't forget to leave room for dessert.

5Y9 | Guido Calabresi, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law.2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

“Fireside chat” with Professor Calabresi, former Dean of Yale Law School, considered along with Ronald Coarse and Richard Posner ’59, a founder of the field of law and economics, and teacher of many of our classmates.

5Y9 | “Fireside chat” with Anne Applebaum3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Anne Applebaum ’86 is a columnist for The Atlantic, Pulitzer-prize winning historian (2004), author Twilight of Democracy (2020), daughter of Harvey Applebaum, ’59.

Moderator: Robert Semple ’59

Native American Cultural Center Reception3:00 PM - 5:00 PMThe Native American Cultural Center (NACC) invites all alumni to our reunion reception. Please come see the center, meet with our staff, and chat with other alumni! You will also have a chance to hear about our current programs and events.
La Casa Cultural Reception3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

La Casa Cultural de Julia de Burgos invites alumni and guests to (re)visit La Casa, connect with current students, and enjoy each other’s company.

Afro-American Cultural Center Reception3:00 PM - 5:00 PMWelcome home! Join us at the Afro-American Cultural Center (“The House”) for our annual reception with alumni and guests. Meet our new Assistant Director, catch up with old friends, chat with current students, and see what The House has been up to since your last visit. We look forward to welcoming you back to The House!
Office of LGBTQ Resources Open House3:00 PM - 5:00 PMThe Office of LGBTQ Resources welcomes all alumni to join us at our open house/reception. Meet the Director of LGBTQ Resources, tour our community center, and hear about programming and initiatives supporting the LGBTQ+ community at Yale.
Asian American Cultural Center Reception3:00 PM - 5:00 PMJoin us at the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) for our annual alumni reception. The AACC staff look forward to welcoming fellow alumni and friends to enjoy light refreshments, learn about updates made throughout the Center and ways to stay involved throughout the year.
Yale Veterans Reunion Reception3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

All alumni and guests are cordially invited to join us for complimentary refreshments at this reception hosted by the Yale Veterans Association and Yale ROTC. Hear about the latest activities and developments in the Yale veteran community and with the Naval ROTC and Air Force ROTC units. Learn more about the Yale Veterans Association, an alumni organization dedicated to supporting and uplifting the Yale veteran community, improving US civil-military relations, addressing salient issues facing veterans and the military, and reaffirming Yale’s highest traditions of leadership and service to the nation.

YAA | Schwarzman Center Open House4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Connect with alumni from multiple reunion classes while exploring spaces old and new throughout the Schwarzman Center!

5Y9 | Class of 1959 Memorial Service4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Join us immediately following the Fireside Chats for a memorial service to honor classmates who are no longer with us.

5Y9 | Class Cocktail Hour6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Come join your classmates for cocktails under the tent.

Shabbat Dinner at Slifka Center7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Enjoy a meal at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale in their newly renovated Kosher Kitchen. You may select this option instead of dinner with your class when registering, at no additional charge.

5Y9 | Friday Dinner7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Enjoy a buffet dinner which will include panzanella salad, rosemary focaccia, roasted salmon, chimichurri chicken, pasta al forno, broccoli rabe, & smashed potatoes.

5Y9 | Reunion Saturday Breakfast7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Start the day with a seasonal melon salad, steel-cut oats, farm fresh hard-boiled eggs, tea cakes, croissants, bakery breads with fresh fruit spreads, fair trade coffee, an assortment of teas, and fruit juices.

Class Headquarters Open8:00 AM

When you arrive in New Haven, check in at our class headquarters in Jonathan Edwards to receive reunion schedules, wristbands, name tags, campus access cards, and class souvenirs.

YAA | Morning at Yale9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Choose among faculty lectures, tours of campus highlights such as Newberry Organ and new facilities, and family-friendly activities. Sessions will be offered at 9:30 am and 11 am.

Check back for a list of offerings. 

YAA | Morning at Yale 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Choose among faculty lectures, tours of campus highlights such as Newberry Organ and new facilities, and family-friendly activities. Sessions will be offered at 9:30 am and 11 am.

Check back for a list of offerings. 

5Y9 | Reunion Saturday Lunch12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

North Carolina pulled pork, Mexican street-style corn salad, grass-fed burgers, red lentil cakes, pulled pork, an assortment of savory sides, salads, apple pie and cookies.

5Y9 | Theater Revue: AboutTime2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

“About time” selections from new works by the award-winning writer/musician team of Richard Maltby ’59 and David Shire ’59.

Open to all reunion classes
 

 

YAA| Shared Interest Groups Reception2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Explore Yale’s diverse domestic and global network of over forty Shared Interest and Identity Groups! Join fellow alumni as we celebrate affiliations, professions, and shared identities. Meet with YAA SIG staff and volunteer alumni leaders to learn about these groups that welcome all Yale alumni.

YAA | President’s University Update4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Yale's President offers their review and outlook for Yale.

YAA | Celebration of Yale Singing5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

Singers from all classes will perform selections celebrating Yale’s incredible musical tradition. Whiffenpoof and Whim ’n Rhythm alumni groups will lead off the program, followed by Glee Club alumni performing Yale songs and a rousing rendition of “Bright College Years.” 

5Y9 | Cocktail Hour6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Come join your classmates for cocktails under the tent.

5Y9 | 65th Reunion Class Dinner7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 
Class Headquarters Open7:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Class headquarters will be open to assist with departures and to answer questions.

5Y9 | Reunion Sunday Breakfast7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

A farewell breakfast buffet that includes fruit, stone-ground grits, scrambled eggs, chicken sausage, French toast casserole, smashed & herbed potatoes, baked goods, coffee, an assortment of teas and fruit juices.

University Church Worship10:30 AM

Join Yale's ecumenical Christian community for Sunday worship, which will include prayers for alumni who have passed, wonderful music, and liturgy.

Reunion Weekend Ends1:00 PM 
Kent Adams
Guest of the class
Amanda Adams
Guest of the class
Anne Applebaum
Guest
Allan G Atherton
Classmate
Margaret Atherton
Guest
Douglas H. Banker
Classmate
Sarah Banker
Guest
Mark Weld Blackburn
Classmate
Ed Bloomberg
Classmate
christie Bloomberg
Guest
Ingrid Bortner
Guest
Alexander Robert Mills Boyle
Classmate
Elizabeth Roberts Boyle
Guest
larken bradley
Guest
Edward James Brown
Classmate
Margaret Maud Brown
Guest
Henry Hewett Brown
Classmate
Sue Brown
Guest
Josephine Anas Buchanan
Widow/ Widower
Richard Celeste
Classmate
Harry Combs
Classmate
Didi Conn
Guest
Jim Cowperthwait
Classmate
Chris Cowperthwait
Guest
William Cutter
Classmate
N. Victor Dial
Classmate
Alexander Tonio Ercklentz
Classmate
Margild I Ercklentz
Guest
Miles P Fischer
Classmate
Mary Kate Fischer
Guest
Thomas A Freiberg
Classmate
Brenda R. Freiberg
Guest
John Stark Gardenier
Classmate
Teri K Gardenier
Guest
Edward Jay Greenberg
Classmate
Susan M. Greenberg
Guest
Charles Bradley Griffith
Classmate
Barbara Griffith
Guest
Elizabeth Telfer Harbison
Widow/ Widower
Ward Forrest Hardman
Classmate

Dear ’59 Classmates, class widows and friends:

Join us on May 23-26, 2024 for our 65th Reunion of all Reunions!

A weekend to share old and new times, visit old haunts and new campus scenes, with special Class of 1959 program events not to be missed including "Fireside chats” with Prof. Guido Calabresi and Anne Applebaum on Friday afternoon, followed by the class memorial service, and a Dick Maltby/David Shire Revue on Saturday afternoon. Yale Dining Service will provide delicious meal offerings throughout the weekend. Widows are invited to be our special guests and to share in our class memorial following the “Fireside Chats” on Friday afternoon .

To make your reunion planning go smoothly:

Reunion Registration is open NOW!
• You will be able to register for our reunion
right here.

On campus May 23-26
• Our 65th reunion headquarters will be at Jonathan Edwards College (JE).  You may pick up your Reunion packet (with a swipe card giving access to all reunion events) starting on Thursday at 2pm.
• Special Class of 1959 events are planned within walking distance of JE, following lunches on Friday and Saturday. Shuttle busses will be available at all times serving hotels, JE and other campus events.  See the Weekend Schedule on the next tab for the latest listing of the Reunion Schedule, including Class of 1959 special events. 

Authors 
• Authors are invited to donate one book for display and perusal on a book table featured the entry hall of JE. Even if you are not able to attend the reunion, we would still like to see your latest oeuvre. Send a signed copy to Don Watson, 54 Larkspur Dr., Trumbull CT 06611 and it will be proudly displayed. After the reunion, all books will be donated to JE Library.

Our 65th is a time of celebration, to reengage with campus, to reflect and be grateful for the Yale experiences that we have shared. We look forward to welcoming you back to campus.

Sincerely,
Class of 1959 65th Reunion Planning Committee 
Don Watson, Al Atherton, Ed Greenberg, Charlie Nolan, Randy Ney, Bob Semple

 

65th Reunion Fees

Classmates $200

Widows - Free

 

Anyone needing financial assistance can contact Jeannie Daniel for a confidential conversation

Questions? Visit our What You Need to Know page or contact us at reunions@yale.edu or 203-432-2110.