Alumni

Local Chapters – Rainier

News and Events

Oral history training

Since 1999, Reed alumni have come together in preparation for the 2011 centennial, collecting stories of "Olde Reed" and documenting student life in days gone by. The Reed Oral History Project started with alumni from the 1920s and 1930s, and has moved into the 1970s, collecting almost 250 interviews from alumni around the country.

Now it's your turn to get involved as we continue documenting campus life in the turbulent, fascinating, and variable 1960s and 1970s. If you'd like to help interview Reedies, plan to join us on Saturday, October 18 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for an Oral History Project (OHP) workshop in Seattle (the exact location will be announced soon).

We'll spend the first half of the day covering the basics of Reed's OHP for new interviewers. In the afternoon, we'll tackle more advanced interview exercises, processing, and procedures. We expect veteran interviewers to join us in the afternoon to share their insights, and to hone their skills as well.

The Oral History Project is a great way to connect with the Reed community--and to develop skills you can use in other community and academic arenas. Come be a part of it. To register for this free workshop, contact Cynthia Lopez at reedoralhistory@gmail.com or call Barbara Radin '75 at 206/523-2484.

Thirsty Third Thursday

Share conversation and comestibles with fellow Reedies on Thirsty Third Thursday. Look for the pink table-top sign and the stuffed griffin at a pub/bar/restaurant near you.

RSVP to Chris Fast '90, fastcj@drizzle.com, or Jim McGill '70, mcgill@halcyon.com, or 206/634-3434

If you want to see where other Thirsty Third Thursday events are happening, check here.

Reading group

The reading group meetings start at 7:30 p.m. New participants are welcome. Please try to email or call the hosts at least two days before the meeting to let them know you expect to attend and to confirm the location (locations sometimes change).

September 17: The Penelopiad, by Margaret Atwood. We will meet at the home of Debbie Prince ’71. If you plan to attend, please let her know at seareedie@comcast.net or 206/782-5827.

Wednesday, October 15, we'll discuss Dreams for my Father, by Barack Obama. Please see our upcoming calendar and review past readings.

Questions about the reading group, or suggestions for future readings, may be addressed to Peter Greenfield '67 at petergreenfield@msn.com.

Listserve

The Rainier chapter has recently set up an email listserve to make it possible to arrange short notice get togethers with fellow Reedies. If you want to invite your fellow Reedies to join you for a concert, movie, drink, dinner or a hike, send an email to the list. However, it is an opt-in list, which means the only people who will see the announcements will be people who've gone to a web page to subscribe. This means you need to subscribe yourself so that you can see what other people want to do. There is an option to get all the messages combined in one message once a day or weekly. Subscribe yourself: https://www.lists.reed.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-rainier-network

If you have an idea for an event please contact the Rainier chapter. We'd love to hear your ideas.

Steering Committee

To contact the chapter send email to alumni-rainier-steering@lists.reed.edu or you can look up individual members using the alumni directory in IRIS.

Sally Snyder Brunette ’83

Ben Demboski ’02, chair
206/465-3110, demboskb@comcast.net

Ethel K. Katz ’46

Hana Levay ’99

John Neumaier ’83,

Barbara Carter Radin ’75

Erik Speckman ’91