MBA Reunions
Class of 1960 — 50th
Thursday, June 3–Sunday, June 6, 2010
REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULE INFORMATION
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Schedule of Events
Information below is subject to change. Additional details can be found under Social Events and Reunion Presentations.
- Thursday, June 3
3:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Charles Hotel, Hotel Lobby
Reunion Registration and Check-in6:30 pm – 10:30 pm | Harvard Faculty Club
Thursday Night Section Parties6:00 pm
Buses depart Charles Hotel for the Harvard Faculty Club - Friday, June 4
7:15 am – 8:00 am
Buses depart Charles Hotel for HBS, at regular intervals7:30 am – 3:30 pm | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Reunion Check-In7:30 am – 8:15 am | Shad Tent
Continental Breakfast8:30 am – 9:45 am | Burden Auditorium
A Conversation with Dean Jay O. Light10:00 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 | Spangler Center, Williams Room
Class Lunch2:15 pm – 3:30 pm | HBS Classrooms
Ideas that Matter: Presentations from the HBS Faculty III*3:30 pm (at the conclusion of the program)
Buses depart HBS for Charles Hotel5:30 pm
Buses depart The Charles Hotel and HBS Spangler Center parking lot for Symphony Hall6:00 – 10:00 | Symphony Hall
Dinner and Boston Pops Performance10:00 pm
Buses depart Symphony Hall* Please note: All returning reunion classes attend HBS faculty presentations, and seating is first-come, first-served.
- Saturday, June 5
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Buses depart Charles Hotel for HBS every 30 minutes8:30 am – 3:00 pm | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Reunion Check-In8:30 am | Shad Tent
Continental Breakfast8:00 am – 8:45 am | McCulloch Lounge
Ladies Breakfast Hosted by Barbara Wootten9:00 am – 9:45 am | Kresge Boardroom
Class of 1960 Memorial Service10:00 am – 11:15 am | Kresge Boardroom
Class of 1960 Program Presentation and Discussion
Professor Rakesh Khurana
"The Failure of Business Education in the 20th Century: Implications for Business, Leadership and the 21st Century". Professor Khurana will speak about the state of business education, locating it in a discussion of the current economic and financial crisis and examining what role and responsibility, if any, business schools have played in it.11:45 am – 1:00 pm | Kresge Boardroom
Class of 1960 Program Presentation and Discussion
Professor Carl Sloane
"Class of 1960 Panel Discussion: Our Lives, Our Loves, Our Legacies". The world's largest panel discussion (a potential Guinness World Record setter ), in which all Class of 1960 Reunion attendees serve as panelists and classmate Carl Sloane serves as moderator in a discussion of issues in our lives, in the body politic and in the world at-large.11:45 am – 1:00 pm | HBS Classrooms
HBS Topical Presentations1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Kresge Boardroom
Class Lunch2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Buses depart HBS for Charles Hotel every 30 minutes2:00 pm| Harvard Square
Optional Harvard University Museum Tours
See class program for full details5:30 pm
Buses depart Charles Hotel for Museum of Fine Arts6:30 pm – 10:30 pm | Museum of Fine Arts
Saturday Night Gala Evening10:30 pm
Buses depart MFA for Charles Hotel - Sunday, June 6
9:00 am – 11:00 am | Charles Hotel, Kennedy Room
Farewell Brunch
- Thursday, June 3
REUNION PRESENTATIONS
- Faculty Presentations
More than 50 HBS faculty members and other experts gave presentations during the 2010 Spring Reunion. Click on the link below to read the presentation abstracts, view a video, or find links to related articles, cases, and other resources. Additional content will be added over the next few weeks.
- Career Counseling
Alumni Career Services will hold one-on-one career counseling sessions in Spangler during the reunion. An e-mail announcing online registration for these appointments will be sent in the Spring 2010. For questions, please e-mail career_advisors@hbs.edu or call 617.495.1433.
QUESTIONS?
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Contact Information
If you have questions about the reunion program or would like to volunteer on the committee, please contact your Class of 1960 Reunion Chairs, Neil Olken, Bob Palter or your HBS Reunion Liaison:
Kelly Sailhamer
Assistant Director, Alumni Relations
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163Phone: 617.495.0872
Fax: 617.496.3844
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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.
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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 02163Phone: 617.496.8749
Fax: 617.495.9292
E-mail: snye@hbs.eduIf you have questions about the reunion program, please contact your HBS Reunion Liaison, Kelly Sailhamer at 617.495.0872 or by e-mail at ksailhamer@hbs.edu.

