How’s your body holding up? Hear what topnotch orthopedic surgeons and other specialists know about how to get through the day (and the long haul) with our bones and joints intact—and when it’s time to call the doctor!
Panelists include:
After the hour of panel discussion, stick around to ask questions and socialize. Contact: LoisNesbitt1@gmail.com
Continue readingHelp solve one of our nation’s biggest underlying problems—participate in The Civility Game trial. Led by Saul Perlmutter, Bonnie Bottoms, Steven Clark, Wilson Carroll, and Ruth Milkman. Learn more about The Civility Game. Contact: Ruth@HR1981.com
If you want to play along, register now.
At our last in-person reunion, a number of us classmates sat down to think about the then-visible problem that our society has split into at least two major groups that have a very difficult time discussing any societal issue productively enough to coherently develop solutions together. This fissure within our society is perhaps the most dangerous challenge of our times, underlying all of the other serious concerns, since it undercuts all attempts to solve any problem. In the years since the reunion we have zoom-met intermittently, but continuously, to discuss and develop approaches to this problem (and others), and most recently a subgroup has been exploring a “game” concept that we would like to introduce to our classmates.
The game starts with simple curiosity: how is it possible that such a huge fraction of the population, almost necessarily of comparable intelligence and comparable ethical stature, are convinced of political positions that appear to me clearly wrong? It would be fascinating if I could just talk to somebody who has that same question about my positions, just to understand what’s going on. The goal of the game then is to find out the answer to this simple question. Note that the goals is not to convince anybody else of anything, but just to find out what would I need to believe about the world or about my priorities to share the other person’s conclusions.
Classmates reflect on the impact of AIDS and COVID-19: a Glimpses session (personal narratives).
Speakers: Jeff Burack, Ann Stapleton, Neil Schluger, Russ Gershon, Janet Moos, Andrew Sellon, Mark Harrington, Ben Schatz, Peter Beilenson, Daphne de Marneffe, Jeff Galvin, Baird Smith Mallory, Jeffrey Saver, and Michael Stein. Moderator: Marilyn Butler, MWButler@gmail.com
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Climate change is a global – and local – challenge. Classmates are on the front lines. Each panelist will briefly discuss climate solutions on which they’re working, using a Pecha Kucha format. Topics will include technologies for reducing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, public policy for reducing emissions and for adaptation to climate change, building resilience to climate change, stakeholder engagement, and communicating about climate change.
Contact: Robert_Stowe@hks.harvard.edu
Participants, with links to bios:
Continue readingIt is indisputable that patients of color—irrespective of social class—receive inferior care in our country, whether it be the type of surgery they are offered, the amount of pain medications they are given, or how they are treated when victims of trauma. No more poignant example exists than the recent death from COVID-19 of Dr Susan Moore, a black doctor whose symptoms were discounted by a white doctor in Indiana.
Elsewhere in the globe, billions of people lack access to basic medical and surgical care. Whether it be treatment of childhood diseases and congenital anomalies, surgery for life-threatening or debilitating trauma, or medications for HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria—where you are born and how many resources you have determine how healthy you will be.
Grapple with these issues as we hear from classmates who have dedicated their careers to alleviating the social injustices in medicine. Moderated by Marilyn Butler, MWButler@gmail.com
Continue readingA panel discussion with classmates who chose to serve in the U.S. military. They will share stories of what they’ve learned as they fulfilled their roles in an organization that is so distinctively different than Harvard. And they will welcome your questions.
Speakers: General John Hyten, Cecile Scoon, Frank Haluska, Andy Burris, and Jim Cremins (moderator). Contact: CremJ59@gmail.com
Continue reading(From our 36th Reunion Chair, Joe Cortes.)
243 Classmates have already celebrated the first ever Harvard reunion of its kind, our 36th Worldwide (not so) Mini-Reunion, in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Paris, Berlin, and Puerto Vallarta.
CAMBRIDGE (ADAMS HOUSE) IN 3 DAYS! Register here→ 
June 9 – 11: Cambridge , the main event. See new detailed agenda
June 10: Seattle, Miami, and Tokyo.
Questions or comments? Please email me: 36thReunion@HR1981.com
Looking forward to seeing you at Harvard’s first Worldwide Class Reunion,
Joe Cortes, Chair, HR1981 36th Worldwide Mini-Reunion
(An UPDATE from our 36th Reunion Chair, Joe Cortes.)
Dear HR1981 Classmates:
Our 36th Reunion is off and running. Events already held in Berlin and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (both were impromptu). Our first major event, in New York City on Friday, May 19, was graciously hosted by Mimi Oka, and drew 58 classmates!
HR1981’s 36th Worldwide reunion’s SHIRT.
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Next up (This Weekend!):
Last weekend’s events:
See new details for each location, and please register now!
(Each city’s link goes to its agenda, with registration info.)
Questions or comments? Please email me: 36thReunion@HR1981.com
Looking forward to seeing you at Harvard’s first Worldwide Class Reunion,
Joe Cortes, Chair, HR1981 36th Worldwide Mini-Reunion
