Impressions of Oxford by Williams ’68 Wives June 2017 Webmaster’s note: Tom Pierce has served as editor of our Recent Events section since our site began. To capture the Oxford 2017 experience, he’s taken a new tack, giving voice to several classmates’ wives. Special thanks to the women whose reflections appear here. Talks and Tours of […]
Read articleWilliams ’68 in Oxford June 19-26 2017
For thirty years, Williams has organized lectures, tours, food, and fellowship for 50th reunion classes, scheduled one year before The Big Five-O. In past years, the maximum number who could attend, including spouses, was 50 people. This year, our ’68 class leaders corralled and cajoled Williams leaders into stretching the max to at least 70 […]
Read articleMini-Reunion Sept 30 – Oct 02 2016
Forty-seven participants – classmates, spouses, and significants – from the competitive Class of 1968 trounced the numbers from ’66, ’67, ’69, and ’70. That’s one of several leading indicators that attendance at our 50th Reunion — June 7-10, 2018 — would set a record. Here follows an executive summary of what you enjoyed, or what […]
Read articleClass of 1968 Presidential Forum April 7-10 2016
Ned Perry prepares to offer our 25th Reunion Classbook to President Adam Falk Every year, Williams hosts the Presidential Forum, a four-day event exclusively for the class whose 50th reunion is two years away. President Adam Falk spoke with—and listened to—the Class of 1968’s participants at breakfast Friday morning, at dinner Friday night, and during […]
Read articleWilliamstown Mini-Reunion October 2015
Williams created its annual fall Mini-Reunion primarily for classes approaching their 50th, but any alum can attend the excellent presentations scattered throughout this fall football weekend. (Williams 16, Bates 14. For classmates more familiar with golf than football…Williams won.)
Read articleChicago Regional Gathering October 2015
Three Chicagoland Davids—Eblen, Allen, and Schulte—welcomed classmates and spouses to a whirlwindy weekend of stunning architecture and superb dining. The city literally opened it doors to the Williams ‘68 visitors, and to tens of thousands of visitors to Chicago Architecture Foundation’s (CAF) OpenHouse Chicago. Early arrivals Ned Perry and Cynthia Wood, John and Judy Oppenheimer, […]
Read articleMaine Regional Gathering August 2015
Punctuated by meals from country cooking near Waterville to a lobster feast and Sunday brunch in Harpswell, classmates and spouses toured the new Colby College Museum of Art on August 1, and set sail with skipper Tom Nicholson for six adventurous hours on August 2. Here’s how Bob Heiss painted Saturday’s education: “After a great […]
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