Wellesley '57

Initial Plans for our 55th Reunion

The following notes were compiled from a Reunion Committee meeting in May at Toni Murphey Harkness’ Wisconsin home on Lake Geneva.

Reunion Committee

We hope as many class members as possible will be involved in Reunion planning. To volunteer contact any member of the Committee. Their email address and phone numbers can be found on our class website. Volunteer opportunities include serving as House Hostesses who welcome attendees at Claflin, Reunion Dorm Reps who encourage their dorm members to attend the Reunion, and Reunion Annual Giving Dorm Reps, who help Ann Volz solicit funds for our class gift. Members to date and their responsibilities are listed below. An asterisk indicates those who attended the May meeting.

*Toni Murphey Harkness, Co-chair
*Jan Reddig Coggeshall, Co-chair
*Pat McMonigle Bartels, Memorial Service
Lolly Penick Burgin, Questionnaire
Nancy Clark Curtin, Clam Bake
Jane Bindley, Green Fund
Pam Bushnell Ellis, Cape Extension
*Mopsy Beall Keller, Disability Arrangements
Toni Latham Kelley, Class Secretary
Didi DeHaven Lovett, Cape Extension
*Kitty Kiewitt Mollman, Saturday Morning Program
*Jane Douglas Moore, Flowers and Saturday Dinner
*Anne Mitchell Morgan, Class Vice President
*Peggy Flowers Norwood, Class Treasurer
*Ann Jackson O'Sullivan, Class President
*Sue Davenport Peirce, Clam Bake
Susie Berger Philpott, Saturday Morning Program
*Ellen Seagle Polaner, Memorial Service, Green Fund
*Betsy Rauch Rainoff, Website and Record Book
*Audrey Zabriskie Robb, Cape Extension
*Martha Stanton, Reunion Fellowships, Scribe
Barbara Teare Swift, Special Gifts
*Ann Harried Volz, Annual Giving
Diane Alwine Wilbur, Special Gifts

Housing Locations

Claflin is Reunion Headquarters. The Crown Plaza is the recommended hotel for those who choose not to stay in Claflin. Contact information is 1360 Worcester Street, Natick, MA 01760 (508) 653-8800. The College also uses the Marriott in Newton, but there will be no van service from there.

Transportation

There will be van transportation from Claflin and from the Crown Plaza to various events on campus. Transportation to Logan Express in Framingham will be provided Sunday afternoon.

Disability Accommodations

We will ask the College to include disability access points on the reunion map. There will be no vans with elevator platforms, due to the additional rental cost.

Activities

Friday activities include Registration, which begins at 1 PM on Friday, June 1 in Claflin, Step Singing Friday evening, followed by a Clam Bake (casual dress) and an after dinner night cap in the Claflin living room. Saturday morning events will feature our class meeting , panels of classmates’ reflections, and a lecture program for spouses . Kitty Mollman would welcome your ideas and suggestions for the panel. Saturday Lunch will be in Claflin, organized by “dorm tables.” There will Saturday afternoon tours and activities on campus. Late Saturday afternoon we will hold a Memorial Service in the chapel for classmates we have lost over the years. David Ferry has agreed to read a selection of his poetry at the service. Saturday night we will have cocktails and dinner at the College Club (dressy), followed by light entertainment. Send any suggestions for the latter to Toni or Jan. Our Class Treasury will underwrite the dinner cost for classmates. Our class insignia for Sunday morning’s alumnae parade is a bright green umbrella, which will come in handy, rain or shine. Following the Alumnae Association Annual Meeting in the newly refurbished Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall, there will be a box lunch in the art museum courtyard, before we head off to the Cape or the airport.

Reunion Fellowships

Fellowships will be available again this year, using the same guidelines as those used for our 50th Reunion. Details will be published in our Class Notes, our written communications and on the Website. Confidentiality is a priority.

Class Gift

The Committee recommends we give a class gift to the 1957 Green Fund.

Cape Extension

A few days on the Cape will top off our reunion gathering. Future mailings will include a map, hotel/motel recommendations, and transportation options.