Welcome from your 50th reunion co-chairs, Joan Soble and Peter Lerangis

 

We’re already working to make this the event of a lifetime with the help of substantial donations from generous alums. We can rock the joint like never before and make it possible for everyone to attend. Dates: June 1-4, 2027! Please consider being there from Tuesday until Friday! 

 

Our goals: 

●        Joy. It’s that simple. To provide a place of welcome and community among old friends and kindred spirits.

●        Inclusion. No matter who you are, what stage of life you’re in, everyone is welcome - and will be able to come, due to our generous funding.*

●        Opportunity. Great food, entertainment, and dancing. Fantastic symposia and programming. Quiet moments to reconnect and share stories with friends.

●        Discovery: Time and again, we’re told how many new friendships emerge at reunions. “How did I not know you?” is a common refrain. We entered our class 1,600 strong. During our four years, we only scratched the surface of getting to know one another.

  

If you’ve been to other Get Back reunions, you know what great times they are. But if you haven’t been, or haven’t in a while, or think you’re too late, or too old, or too scared, this is our message:  Come. It will exhilarate you. Shed decades with renewed friendships. Share college memories and life stories. Engage with people who experienced a time that shaped us at a key moment in life. In 1973, we were brought together as kids. By 2027, we’ve been through a lot. And we need each other.

  

*As for those funds! Our amazing donors, in addition to helping make this reunion unforgettable, plan to cover HAA reunion fees and some travel money. We’ll follow up with details of how they will be distributed to everyone.

  

Here’s how you can help us get the word out:

●        Is your postal address up to date?

●        Do you have contact information for any of our 300 classmates for whom we have none?

To review your information and learn who’s missing, click here.

  

Feel free to contact us with ideas and concerns at lerangis@gmail.com and/or joanssoble.ed@gmail.com. We’ll update you about registration and pre-reunion events and post them here on our on our HR77 class website. 

  

All the best,

50th Reunion Co-Chairs

Peter Lerangis and Joan Soble 

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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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