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
Updated May 28, 2017: Improved logo.
And including Berlin & Puerto Vallarta. Eleven cities and counting!
The first-edition official running shirt of HR1981’s 36th: Harvard’s first worldwide class reunion.
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This long-sleeve running shirt is wicking and breathable, just in time for summer. The front has the Veritas logo, with the reunion’s worldwide cities on the back.Order yours today!
Shipping charges are our expected cost. (Or, to pick yours up at the Cambridge reunion, order by May 25.)
Details at Charles River Apparel.
(Sizing chart is on the “specs” tab.)
Bonus: The same form provides an opportunity to donate to the reunion.
(A letter from our 36th Reunion Chair, Joe Cortes.)
Last updated May 19, 2017 — DRS
Dear HR1981 Classmates:
Your classmates have worked very hard, with no help from Harvard, to arrange this multi-venue extravaganza! Continue re-connecting and connecting with classmates, and enjoy stimulating programmed discussions, added to the socializing. Attend our 36th in any or all of these locations, because there won’t be another until, possibly, our 38th!
See new details for each location, and please register now!
(Each city’s link goes to its agenda, with registration info.)
Any 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
