Get Back 4.5 Post-Reunion News
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UPCOMING EVENTS
We are halfway between our 45th and 50th Get Back Reunions. Do you miss the stimulation of gathering with classmates now that our reunion is over? There are lots of ways to Get Back and engage with classmates, as we move forward through our Next Chapters and on toward our 50th Reunion, June 1-5, 2027. Why not start now?
All-Class Zoom Opportunities
Writing Our Lives — April 15, 2025 and November 3, 2025
Join our classmates Gish Jen and Megan Marshall discussing Writing Our Lives, in which they discuss their recent books which have turned toward the personal and reflective in a way many of us may recognize.
In an enormously rich event last April, much appreciated by all, Gish and Megan spoke about Megan’s sui generis After Lives: On Biography And The Mysteries Of The Human Heart. In the book’s six essays, Megan looks back at crisis points in her family’s history, the shaping of vocation, the loss of a beloved partner, the meaning of—and challenges created by--treasured possessions, and more. Click HERE to view the recorded video from this Part 1 Zoom.
On November 3, the pair took up Gish’s greatly anticipated new novel, BAD BAD GIRL. The recipient of a record four starred pre-publication reviews, BAD BAD GIRL portrays two bad girls—Gish and her mother-- locked in a struggle author Junot Diaz has called “the mother-daughter epic of our new century.” This discussion provided an inside view on the book, its writing, and its import to a writer facing the same life stage as the rest of us. Gish and Megan also discuss their lives as writers and answer any writing-related questions you might have. Click HERE to view the recorded video from this Part 2 November 3 Zoom.
If you have other ideas for book topics, email joanssoble.ed@gmail.com.
CLASSMATE UPDATES
A BRAVA for Pamela Hogan, Director of Cliffe Notes: Stories from the Radcliffe Class of 1975
Our Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Pamela Hogan ’77 directed Cliffe Notes: Stories from the Radcliffe Class of 1975, an acclaimed documentary created in collaboration with the leaders of the Radcliffe ’75 Oral History Project.
The film captures the unique experience of HR75 women at a pivotal moment in the Harvard–Radcliffe merger. They were the last class of women to live together in the Radcliffe Quad freshman year, among the first to live in Harvard housing thereafter, and the last under the 4:1 men-to-women quota.
Weaving together archival footage with excerpts from more than 100 classmate-conducted Zoom interviews, Cliffe Notes premiered at HR75’s 50th reunion in June 2025.
It is now screening for Harvard and Radcliffe alumni worldwide (check with your local Harvard Club), and starting this fall will be a permanent part of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women’s digital collection. As we move closer to our own 50th Reunion in June 2027, we’ll schedule a Zoom Gathering with Pam, including clips of the film!
A Hearty HR77 Chicago Cheer for Alan Garber
On September 15, 2025, our classmate and Harvard President Alan Garber joined the Harvard Club of Chicago and the Harvard Alumni Association for a moderated conversation, celebrating among other things his return to his birth state of Illinois (Alan was born in Rock Island). Our Chicago classmates proudly raised the HR77 banner in his honor!
Left to right in photo: Jeff Kang, Tom Manning, President Garber, Chuck Bergen, Jim Thomas, Eric Larson, John Challenger.
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SAVE THE DATE
Get Back 5.0, June 1-4, 2027
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Want other ways to engage in HR77 Get Back activities as we move toward our 50th reunion?
- Continue to visit our HR77 website for updates and announcements.
- View Zoom Gathering recordings of pre-reunion or Saturday, June 4th sessions you missed.
- Visit Stories 4.5 Vimeo Showcase to reflect on the ways our classmates express themselves creatively. And please consider adding your own video about what motivates you
- Under the Program tab, follow topic-specific webpages of Next Chapters in our Society — for continued engagement opportunities.
- Visit our HR77 Get Back 4.5 Photo Booth to see a collection of classmate pictures from the Reunion, sorted by event. You will need your Harvard Key to access it (for assistance https://key.harvard.edu/).
- Join our Get Social HR 77 Facebook page for classmate news.
- Look back at the June 2-5, 2022 reunion schedule and events.
HAVE fun!
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- Bookmark us at https://1977.classes.harvard.edu/ for all the latest Get Back 4.5 news.
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- Any questions - please contact Andrew Vincent and our HAA Reunion Team at 45thReunion_HAA@Harvard.edu or by phone at 617-496-7001 (9AM-5PM Eastern).