Reunions 2001: Many alumni came to college to play and learn this year, which made reunions constantly fun and surprising, given the nature of Reedies. Alumni College was a great success, with professors Evgenii Bershtein, Ülker Gökberk, Laura Hendrickson, and David Schiff leading discussions on decadence in opera, film, painting, and literature at the turn of the last century. |
 Events
open to all attendees included a bus tour of Columbia Gorge; walking
tours of downtown Portland, the campus, the Douglas F. Cooley Art
Gallery, and the rare book collection in the library; faculty lectures
by professors David Griffiths, Albyn Jones, Roger Porter, and Janis
Shampay; the Reed authors’ reception at the bookstore; and the
creative Midnight Theatre in chapel, where talent and spontaneity
were mixed to perfection. |
 Class
events included a tour of Clear Creek Distillery in northwest Portland,
“pitch and putt” at Edgefield Golf Course, a tour of Eric
Lemelson’s winery in Newberg, and two film screenings.Special activities for children included a scavenger hunt, a trip to the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, and an outdoor biology laboratory designed by students in the Reed biology outreach program. |
Events culminated with the all-class parade
marching from the old library steps to the barbecue in the Gray Center
quad. Dancing, café bistro, and music and dancing in the student
union concluded a lively and eventful evening. Alumni, launching toward
parts known on Sunday, marked their charts for converging again in
June 2002.  |
