Can you believe 50 years have passed since we were at HBS? We're glad we'll have a chance to connect with all of you again this spring when we come together to celebrate our 50th reunion in Boston, May 28–31, 2009.

• Register Online
• Reunion Registration Form (pdf)
• Schedule of Events

• Registration Info

  Your reunion registration fee will include attendance at the Thursday Night Section Parties, Friday Night Dinner at Symphony Hall followed by a performance by the Boston Pops, Saturday Night Gala, Sunday brunch and a reunion favor. You are the School's guest for all campus meals, faculty presentations and other campus events. Additionally, HBS will provide you with transportation to and from the host hotel and the School.

  • Registration Fee: $450
  • Register Online
  • Reunion Registration Form (Printable version - PDF)
• Who's Coming?
  • Attendance List: List of Attendees as of 5/28/2009 (pdf)
  • Lost Alumni: Help us find these classmates who we have lost touch with. E-mail alumni_records@hbs.edu with any updates.
• Contact Information

  If you have questions about the reunion program or would like to volunteer on the committee, please contact your Class of 1959 Reunion Chair, Dick Holbrook or your HBS Reunion Liaison:

  Holly Taylor
  Associate Director, Alumni Relations
  Harvard Business School
  Soldiers Field
  Boston, MA 02163

  Phone: 617.495.6888
  Fax: 617.496.3844
  E-mail: htaylor@hbs.edu

• Family Childcare Programs

  During the 2009 spring reunion festivities, alumni children and grandchildren are invited to participate in wonderful daytime and evening programs that are designed especially for them! There are a variety of activities: active games; arts and crafts; unique toys and imaginative play; and, for older children, a chance to take part in an HBS case discussion. Visit the Family Programs pages for more information and to register.

• Campus Highlights

  Career Counseling
  Alumni Career Services will hold one-on-one career counseling sessions in Spangler during the reunion. Online registration for these appointments will open on Friday, May 1st. For questions, please e-mail career_advisors@hbs.edu or call 617.495.1433.

  Charting Your Course
  HBS Alumnae: Jump start your Reunion with a focus on your career! Charting Your Course, May 27–28, 2009 is a two-day program helping women develop a strategy for blending career and personal life.

  HBS Merchandise
  The HBS Coop will be open to alumni during reunion weekend.

  Shad Fitness Center
  During the reunion, your nametag will allow you to use Shad Hall Fitness Center. Towels, lockers, and equipment are available.

  Call ahead to 617.495.6060 to arrange use of basketball, volleyball, badminton, squash, racquetball, and tennis courts. A fitness room, indoor track, sauna, and whirlpool are also available. The fitness area is limited to people over age 18.

  Internet Access
  Computers with Internet access are available in Aldrich and Hawes Hall corridors, and Spangler Center common rooms on Friday and Saturday.

• Faculty Presentations

  Please note: All returning reunion classes attend HBS faculty presentations, and seating is first-come, first-served.

• Section Parties/Boston Pops/Saturday Gala

  Thursday, May 28, 2009
  Section Parties
  

  Sections A & D
  6:00 pm
  Host: Charles Waite
  Location: The Algonquin Club
  217 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
  617.266.2400

  Sections B, F & G
  6:30 pm
  Hosts: Ed Grossman & John Horvitz
  Location: Harvard Faculty Club
  20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
  617.495.5758

  Section C
  7:00 pm
  Host: Richard Menschel & John McArthur
  Location: Dean's House, HBS Campus
  Western Avenue, Boston

  Section E
  7:00 pm
  Host: Dozier Gardner
  Location: The Country Club
  191 Clyde Street, Brookline

  Friday, May 29, 2009
  Dinner and Boston Pops Performance
  6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  Location: Symphony Hall
  301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston

  Saturday, May 30, 2009
  Saturday Night Gala Evening
  6:30 pm - 10:30 pm
  Location: Museum of Fine Arts
  Avenue of the Arts
  465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
  Attire: Cocktail

• Host Hotel Info

  Charles Hotel
  One Bennett Street
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  800.882.1818 (US)
  617.864.1200

  Rate: $329 per night, single or double occupancy.

  Hotel Information

  Reservations: To take advantage of the special negotiated rate, please call the hotel directly and identify yourself as a member of the HBS Class of 1959. Reservations must be guaranteed by credit card or personal check. Cut-off date: Space at the hotel is guaranteed until April 1, 2009 or when the block of rooms is full, whichever occurs first. You are encouraged call the hotel as soon as possible to secure a room.

  Transportation: HBS will provide you with transportation between the Charles Hotel and the School.

  Please note, we will also be providing some less expensive premiere hotel options in the January mailing that will also provide bus transportation to HBS and other reunion venues.

• Volunteer Committee

  The Reunion Committee is comprised of volunteers from your class who work with the School and your assigned HBS Reunion Liaison to plan social and class-specific reunion activities. Additional volunteers are welcome.

  Reunion Program Chair: Dick Holbrook

  Treasurer: Jack Hesse

  Attendance: Morgan Palmer

  Profile Book: John Ryan

  Thursday Welcome Committee: Morgan Palmer and John Ryan

  Thursday Section Party Hosts:
  Sections A & D: Charles Waite
  Sections B, F & G: Ed Grossman & John Horvitz
  Section C: Dick Menschel
  Section E: Dozier Gardner

  Saturday Class Program Sub-Committee: Ed Grossman, John McArthur & John Ryan

  Saturday Night Gala Host: Frank Wezniak

  Sunday Brunch Host: Jim Killough

  Favors Coordinators: Ed Grossman and John Horvitz

• Class Gift Campaign

  Reunion Gift Committee
  The Reunion Gift Committee is comprised of volunteers from your class who work with the School to encourage classmates to participate in the 50th Reunion Gift Campaign.

  Questions
  If you have questions about reunion fundraising or would like to volunteer on the committee, please contact your HBS Development Liaison:

  Stefanie Nye
  Harvard Business School
  Teele Hall
  Soldiers Field
  Boston, MA 02163

  Phone: 617.496.8749
  Fax: 617.495.9292
  E-mail: snye@hbs.edu

  If you have questions about the reunion program, please contact your HBS Reunion Liaison, Holly Taylor at 617.495.6888 or by e-mail at htaylor@hbs.edu.

Tentative Reunion Schedule

All information below is subject to change. Confirmed details can also be found under Host Hotel Info, Faculty Presentations, and Section Parties/Boston Pops/Saturday Gala, above.

• Thursday, May 28

  4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Charles Hotel
  Reunion Registration and Check-in

  6:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Various Venues around Boston
  Thursday Night Section Parties

  Sections A & D
  Host: Charles Waite
  Location: The Algonquin Club
  217 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
  617.266.2400

  Sections B, F & G
  Hosts: Ed Grossman & John Horvitz
  Location: Harvard Faculty Club
  20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
  617.495.5758

  Section C
  Host: Dick Menschel
  Location: Dean's House, HBS Campus
  Western Avenue, Boston

  Section E
  Host: Dozier Gardner
  Location: Somerset Club
  42 Beacon Street, Boston
  617.227.1731

• Friday, May 29

  7:00 am - 8:00 am
  Buses depart the Charles Hotel for HBS, at regular intervals

  7:30 am - 3:30 pm | Burden Lobby
  Reunion Check-In

  7:30 am - 8:15 am | HBS Campus
  Continental Breakfast

  8:30 am - 9:30 am | Burden Auditorium
  Alumni Welcome and State of the School

  10:00 am - 11:15 am | HBS Classrooms
  Ideas that Matter: Presentations from the HBS Faculty I*

  11:45 am - 1:00 pm | HBS Classrooms
  Ideas that Matter: Presentations from the HBS Faculty II*

  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | HBS Campus
  Class Lunch

  2:15 pm - 3:30 pm | HBS Classrooms
  Ideas that Matter: Presentations from the HBS Faculty III*

  3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
  Buses depart HBS for Charles Hotel

  5:30 pm
  Buses depart HBS and Charles Hotel for Boston Pops

  6:00 - 10:00 | Symphony Hall
  Dinner and Boston Pops Performance

  * Please note: All returning reunion classes attend HBS faculty presentations, and seating is first-come, first-served.

• Saturday, May 30

  8:15 am - 9:30 am
  Buses depart the Charles Hotel for HBS every 30 minutes

  8:30 am - 3:00 pm | Burden Lower Lobby
  Reunion Check-In

  8:30 am - 9:30 am | HBS Tents
  Continental Breakfast

  10:00 am - 1:00 pm | Kresge Boardroom
  Class of 1959 Program

  10:00 am - 1:00 pm | HBS Classrooms
  HBS Topical Presentations

  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | HBS Campus
  Class Lunch

  2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  Buses depart HBS for the Charles Hotel

  2:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Harvard Square
  Optional Harvard University Museum Tours

  5:30 pm
  Buses depart Charles Hotel for Museum of Fine Arts

  6:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Museum of Fine Arts
  Saturday Night Gala Evening

  10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
  Buses depart MFA for Charles Hotel

• Sunday, May 31

  10:00 am - 10:30 am | HBS Class of 1959 Chapel
  Musical Service of Remembrance

  10:30 am - 12:30 pm | Spangler Williams Room
  Farewell Brunch