Hard to believe, but our 31st Reunion has come and gone. With apologies to those of our classmates our class secretary Connie Buchanan and I did not catch at Reunions, I am glad to say that we had both wonderful turnout and wonderful weather for our 31st. The high points were no doubt the lovely brunch John and Susan Pittenger gave at their home for us, the toast we drank at the brunch to Paul Fishman in absentia for his Presidential nomination to become the next United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and the P-Rade. I don't know whether we set a 31st Reunions record, but there sure were a lot of tigers leaping out of palm trees and various other pieces of our costumes past, including Allen Jackson's stunning 15th Reunion reprieve, around campus.


On the costume front, I am pleased to say that 1984 continued the trend we started with our jacket lining. Like the intervening classed, they lined their 25th Reunion blazer with their names. Perpetual thanks to Matt Gourlay's wife, Pat, for her wonderful idea that we adapt the class of 1968's blazer (the one with all of the classmates' names on the outside) as a lining when we were designing ours. Thanks, also, to Paul Laud, who had the idea of adding a wine tote (transformed into a purse by some of us) to our kit last year. Apparently, '79 liked it enough to make one for their 30th, too! They, however, only gave them out to the first 100 classmates to have registered.

Between the sign-in book, who came to the brunch, whom we saw around campus, and who massed for the P-Rade, the '78'ers whom we sighted were:


David Addams Karen Ali Dorothy Bedford Ken Bernhard Barry Breen John & Cary Breustle Connie Buchanan Steve Chanock Keith Corbett David Corbin Tim Corica Connie Crawford Mary Ellen Curtin Greg Dash Meg Davis Dori Deland Dave DeNunzio Linda Fan Gwen Feder Frank Ferrugia Frank Fitzgerald Rob Forman

Inezita Gay Deborah Goldsmith John Hart Scott Hayworth Abby Potter Hutchinson Bobby Isom Norm Itskowitz Allen Jackson Rich (Jake) Jacobson Tim James & Liz Schollenberger BJ Katen-Narvell Peter Kellogg Bob Klein Richard Lambert Abby Laufer Ken Levinson Robb & Liz Maass Cindy McCollum Bob McKillip Chris & Katie Milly Walter Morgan Margery Lampson Mott

Merrell Noden Fabrizia Pignatelli John Pittenger Carla Volpe Porter Dave & Roz Frith Preston Rich Rizutto Gene Rodda Susan Saltrick Barb Schottenfeld Stuart & Celia Gelernter Sealfon Paul Sleven Pete Slevin Frank Sowinski Glenn Synders Leesy Taggert Nancy Ughetta Thomas Robert Turecamo Frank Vuono Elissa Weiss Bob West Frank Williams Grace Williams Tom Wood

Special kudos to Fabrizia Pignatelli and Inezita Gay for coming back to their first Reunion, to Inezita for rejoining our class, and to Norm Itskowitz, our first honorary classmate to join us in the P-Rade. Congratulations, too, to Fabrizia, Abby Laufer, Liz and Robb Maass, Dave and Roz Preston, and Glenn Synders for their graduating seniors. 

Hearty thanks, as always, to our chief Locomotivist Leesy Taggert who did her usual spectacular job of leading us in the Princeton etiquette of properly saluting other classes! Special thanks, too, to Frank Sowinski who presented the parents of our newest honorary classmate, Lorin Maurer, with a certificate making her h'78 official. The presentation was at a ceremony at the boathouse naming a shell after her. The boat now reads "Lorin Maurer h'78."

Finally, a locomotive for Abby and Susie Mott, and Eleanor Goldgar. Margery Lampson Mott's daughters and Mary Ellen Curtin's daughter did a great job of carrying our class banner in the P-Rade!

Gwen

The Class of 1978 would like to invite you to share your photos from our 31th Reunion with the rest of the class.  To view the album and/or upload your Reunions photo(s), click the button at right.  If you have not logged in, you will be prompted to do so before you are able to view the album or upload your photo(s).

 

The Class of '78 was immortalized on October 21, 2008 -- the 34th anniversary to the day of the Prince original appearance of the first Oval with Points cartoon --  by the installation of its "Ivy Stone" in the west wall of Nassau Hall.  The stone was dedicated on October 25. CHECK OUT THE SLIDE SHOW (OR LOG IN AND GO TO THE PHOTO ALBUM) TO SEE THE EXCAVATION OF NASSAU HALL, THE INSTALLATION OF OUR IVY STONE AND ITS STAINLESS STEEL LINER, AND THE CEREMONY WHERE WE DEDICATED BOTH!

 

While you're looking around the site, take few minutes to check out your online profile, shared with the other members of the Class of '78.  Your personal online profile has been pre-populated with information from Tigernet, however this site also captures information notfound anywhere on Tigernet, such as your family information, a personal essay, and photos to share with the Class!  It only takes a few minutes to update your profile, so click the button at right to begin!

 

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