708 registered
alumni,partners, kids, faculty, and staff (plus other alumni who lurked, strolling onto
campus through the balloon-laden Sallyport to enjoy the festivities)
1,000 bright blue, silver, and gold kazoos for the all-class
parade led by Mike Teskey, director of alumni relations, who simultaneously directed traffic
with megaphone in one hand and drove a golf cart with the other hand (multitasking at its
best!)
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52 fans scattered throughout campus when
it soared to the high 80s on Friday night (just in time for the 12 class dinners for alumni
from 2004, 1999, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1979, 1974, 1969, 1964, 1959, 1954, 1949, 1944, Pre-Meteorology,
1939, and 1934)
422 guests at the all-class Northwest salmon bake who
sampled 250 pounds of wild salmon in commons when the weather dropped into the 60s on Saturday
night and rain pounded the city just in time for the Rose Festival Starlight Parade
43 Alumni College participants studying the role of
probability in life—so is it better to be lucky or good?
12 different class photos completed in exactly the record
time of one hour and 45 minutes with the help of 29 staff, two photographers, and many a
paper plate
6 kegs of beer consumed over the course of the weekend’s
revelry |
154 guests in the residence halls, enjoying
their college days again in Anna Mann, Old Dorm Block, Bragdon Hall, and Steele West
56 people who ventured off campus to the Crystal Springs
Rhododendron Garden to enjoy the flowers in bloom
39 oral history transcripts, from classes ranging from
1925 to 1952, presented to President Colin Diver at the Foster-Scholz Club annual luncheon
18 multicolored flags waving around the quad, which
helped to herald a wonderful weekend full of countless conversations between alumni of all
ages, dancing galore, late nights, and early mornings . . .
7,650 miles traveled by Michael Humphreys ’64,
who came from Australia for his 40th reunion, and .2 miles traveled by Robin Tovey ’97,
assistant director of communications and information |
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100 different events and meals arranged, from the class
of 1954’s The Pirates of Penzance Sound Experiment to the class of 1994’s croquet
and mint juleps on the front lawn
1,310 email messages sent and received in six months
for the planning of Reunions Week |
