Reunion 2012 in pictures
Posted by admin on 7/12/12 • Categorized as Summer 2012Alumni traveled from far and wide to take part in the college’s first summer Reunion, June 8-12, 2012. Beloit College Magazine was there to capture the event. (Click on any of the thumbnails below to view the photos in a slideshow format.)
Danika Stochosky’02 pretends to drink from the attendance cup the class of 2002 won for the highest attendance at Reunion. Classmate Alex Armour’02 is in the foreground. (Photo by Jeff Woods)
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- Ernie’62 (right) and Karen Lucas Strauch’62 had two big reasons to celebrate at Reunion: In addition to marking their 50th class reunion, the couple observed their golden wedding anniversary and had the good fortune of being joined by their best man, Stu Ahrens’62. Ernie and Karen were married in Eaton Chapel on June 3, 1962. (Photo by Mary Langenfeld)
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- A warm summer day brought out the brats and beer at Reunion. (Photo by Jeff Woods)
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- Charlie Hetzel’67 convened a civil rights panel, which drew a large crowd to Richardson Auditorium. Panelist Melanie Donovan Hodge’62 is at Charlie’s right. (Photo by Susan Kasten)
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- Danika Stochosky’02 pretends to drink from the attendance cup the class of 2002 won for the highest attendance at Reunion. Classmate Alex Armour’02 is in the foreground. (Photo by Jeff Woods)
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- Dance Professor Chris Johnson leads a jazz dance class for alumni in the Hendricks Center for the Arts’ dance studio. Reunion attendees could choose from six special classes on Friday afternoon. (Photo by Mary Langenfeld)
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- Five alumni were recognized when the Alumni Association awarded its most prestigious honors: Distinguished Service Citations and the Young Alumni Award. From left are Distinguished Service Citation award recipients Ronald Orndorff’57, Ben Galloway’62, and Arthur Thexton’72. President Bierman is in the center. To Bierman’s left is Young Alumni Award recipient Christina Gorczynski’02 and Distinguished Service Citation recipient Alison Fry’87. (Photo by Jeff Woods)
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- Greg’97 and Jill Vargason Ehrendreich’98 are shown with daughter Lucy, 2, and 3-week-old baby, Sam, the youngest attendee at Reunion 2012. (Photo by Mary Langenfeld)
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- Former Beloit College roommates Marjorie Espersen Thornton’52 (left) and Virginia Hammond Fossum’52 roomed together again on campus in a Moore Townhouse suite over Reunion weekend. The longtime friends were celebrating their 60th reunion year. About 180 people stayed on campus during the weekend. (Photo by Greg Anderson)
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- Looking at mugbooks and yearbooks is always a popular Reunion activity. Shown are Mykel Board’72 and Pamela Cokeley Henstell’72. (Photo by Greg Anderson)
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- Susan Rice, assistant professor of music, directs the alumni choir during a rehearsal in Eaton Chapel. (Photo by Mary Langenfeld)
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- The shady lawn behind Eaton Chapel offered a welcome respite from unseasonably warm temperatures over Reunion weekend. Aaron Bauhs’05 (left) and Tom Shanabruch’00 are shown at the alumni picnic. (Photo by Jeff Woods)
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- Wearing their newly minted golden hoods, a mark of distinction bestowed on 50th reunion celebrants, the class of 1962 gets ready to march toward Eaton Chapel for the alumni assembly. (Photo by Jeff Woods)
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- Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride (right) became an honorary Beloit alumnus at Reunion 2012, where he was celebrated, toasted, and roasted by former students. Carrying a few of the many gifts he received from Beloiters, he is shown with former student and friend Tom Hurster’74 at the all-class dinner. To read an open letter to McBride from former student Meredith Hatcher’02 in honor of the occasion (or to post your own tribute), go to the online Letters section of the magazine. (Photo by Nicholas Mischler)
