45th Reunion: June 4 – 7, 2026 in Cambridge!

Registration for housing in the dorms is LIMITED, and starts VERY SOON. Watch your email; you’ll want to act fast. More info. FAQ.

Required for reunion registration: your “HarvardKey” (alumni sign-on to harvard.edu). Get it here. If you’ve ANY problems, just call IT Help: +1-617-495-7777, or HAA Help: 617-496-0559. They can also help with password recovery. This is a once-only fuss; it’s worth it.

Please have a look at the HR1981 memorial board. Thanks to the classmates who’ve contributed. (It’s easy to do so.)

Our reunion schedule: More details are coming very soon, but here’s an incomplete rough schedule. NOTE that we’ll have (unofficial) events from Thursday morning through Sunday afternoon. (Friday is Alumni Day.)

Registration pricing was subsidized by generous classmates. If you can’t afford the registration, we have ‘scholarships’. Because we want to see you there!

Regional pre-reunion events. Consider organizing a pre-reunion event. Bob Cashion is organizing one in Brooklyn; Vivian Reifberg & Byrne Murphy in DC; and, Danguole Spakevicius in Houston. For funding, you can ask classmates to pay their own way, or you can pass the hat, or even self-fund. Contact Barbara Watson.

HAA reunion webinars (for all reunion classes) are regularly updated. This month: Harvard College Dean Deming (Mar. 12) and Harvard President Garber (Mar. 24).

  • Your Reunion Co-Chairs:  Barbara Watson (Chair), Steven Clark, Dan Scherlis, Kate Scherlis, and Patric Verrone.
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Upcoming Events: HR1981 Community

All our events are on the HR1981 class calendar.

March

Saturday, Mar. 21, 3:30-5:00pm ET, Drop-In Social
Register now
. Drop-in socializing, hosted by Jeanne Heifetz. Join us at any time. Contact: Jeanne Heifetz

Tuesday, Mar. 24, 3:30-4:30pm ET, 45th Reunion Committee
Register now. We want to include you in our 45th Reunion Planning, so please join your Reunion Committee. We are looking for volunteers for pre-reunion events, including Zoom events and local/regional in-person events. And we’ll hear from the various teams. (See also the Reunion Programming meetings, below.) Contact: Barbara Watson

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Upcoming Events: HR1981 Community


Past HR1981 Events

(Archived here for your reference, for your fond memories, and for your proof that, yes, the list is this long.)

See the list of our future events, also visible on our front page, and in our Calendar.

Continue reading

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Past HR1981 Events


Recording available for poetry reading

In case you missed today’s poetry reading & discussion with classmate Elise Paschen, you can enjoy the recording (for classmates only).

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Recording available for poetry reading


Bay Area Mini-Reunion: May 2 – 5, 2025

An unofficial mini-reunion in the San Francisco Bay Area is being planned by a committee of your classmates.

The program is filling out rapidly, and includes receptions at classmate homes and visits to some beautiful Bay Area spots.

Check out the agenda (still in progress).

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Bay Area Mini-Reunion: May 2 – 5, 2025


HR1981 and the Los Angeles Fires

Our hearts go out to the many classmates who have been caught up in the unfolding disaster in the greater Los Angeles area. We do not yet know the extent of their losses, nor what form of help they may need in the coming weeks and months, but as a class we stand ready to offer support. If anyone knows of classmates with specific needs, please contact Joe McDonough so we can get the word out.

In the meantime, to offer immediate help to the affected communities, you can donate to any of the charities suggested and vetted by NBC Los Angeles.

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HR1981 and the Los Angeles Fires


HR1981 Cambridge Gathering! (May 3–5, 2024)

We can’t believe it’s almost here! Please CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE by paying today, via the below links. The cut off for the Harvard Club is Wednesday, May 1. We need to confirm all venues, so please purchase tickets to all events now. Thanks!

We have new events, so do check out the weekend’s events and other details.

Two steps to sign up:
Step 1:  Fill out the survey.
Step 2:  Pay the special event fees on Eventbrite:

There’s no fee for the (many) other events!
Some events have limited capacity, so don’t snooze.
Much gratitude to our generous hosts and organizers!!

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HR1981 Cambridge Gathering! (May 3–5, 2024)


Recording available for The Good Life

If you missed the Oct. 14 author discussion with Marc Schultz, co-author of The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness (The Harvard Study), or simply want to revisit the event, the recording is now in our collection.

(Harvard Key required, so that this can be restricted to classmates only. If that’s a problem for you, let me know.)

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Recording available for The Good Life