Barnard
Alumnae Reunion 2001, June 1-3
New
York, N.Y.-- More than 850 Barnard College Alumnae
are expected to return to Morningside Heights
and Barnard for the 2001 reunion, which will take
place Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3 at
Barnard College. The event will feature an address
by President Judith Shapiro, a performance by
Suzanne Vega '81, a talk by former president Ellen
V. Futter '71, and a memorial service for Millicent
Carey McIntosh, Barnard's first president.
[For
a full listing of events, visit the Alumnae
Affairs web site.]
President
Judith Shapiro, in her State of the College Address,
will welcome the alumnae, families, and friends
to a three-day-long "Odyssey," as the reunion
is titled this year, featuring wide-ranging panel
discussions, extensive campus tours and introductions
to Barnard programs, as well as celebrations of
what it means to be a Barnard alumna.
Dr.
Linda Rappaport Ferber '66, Andrew W. Mellon Curator
of American Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and
Ellen "Pucky" M. Violett '46, Television Dramatist,
will be receiving the Distinguished Alumna Award.
Dr. Helene Gayle '76, Director, National Center
for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease
Control Prevention, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, will be honored with the Woman
of Achievement Award.
Some
of the highlights of the program include an alumnae
showcase on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., featuring an
address by Futter, President of the American Museum
of Natural History, and a performance by celebrated
singer and songwriter Suzanne Vega. On Sunday
at 1 p.m., the program will conclude with a memorial
service for Millicent Carey McIntosh, the first
President of Barnard, who passed away this year.
Panel discussions will be held on Friday and Saturday,
in which prominent alumnae and faculty will explore
the theme of "space."
June
1, 2:30 p.m.: Reunion guests can choose between
two concurrent panels. Panel I: Living Space,
Crowded Space, Open Space, will feature Barbara
Ballinger Buchholz '71, co-author, The Apartment
Living Book and co-editor, The New Homeowner's
Handbook: What to do after you move in; Owen
Gutfreund, Director of the Barnard/Columbia Urban
Studies Program; Joanne Witty '71, President,
Brooklyn Bridge Parks Development Corporation;
Jessica Bennett Wilkinson '91, Senior Science
and Policy Analyst, Environmental Law Institute;
and moderator Carole Lewis Rifkind '56, author
of A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture.
The
second panel, Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Image
Vs. Identity, will include Rose Arce '86,
Producer, CNN; Bonnie Sherr Klein '61, Filmmaker
and Author Out of the Blue: One Woman's Story
of Stroke, Love and Survival; Sharon Kleinbaum
'81, Rabbi, Congregation Beth Simchat Torah; Fay
Chew Matsuda '71, Executive Director, Museum of
Chinese in the Americas; and moderator Karla Spurlock-Evans
'71, Dean of Multicultural Affairs and Affirmative
Action, Trinity College.
June 2, 11 a.m.: Guests will have the opportunity
to attend panels III and IV, The Space Between:
Feminist Conversations Across Generations
or The Political Landscape in 2001: Is There
Space For Politics in Our Lives. The Space
Between features Gloria Gadsden '90, Assistant
Professor of Sociology, Farleigh Dickinson University;
Susan Harris Ginseburg '51, Ed.D., Editor and
Publisher, Work & Family Life; Vivien M.
Labaton '96, Director, Third Wave Foundation;
Nancy Kipnis Miller '31, Distinguished Professor
of English & Comparative Literature, Lehman College,
City University of New York; and moderator Janet
Jakobsen, Director, Barnard Center for Research
on Women.
The
Political Landscape in 2001 will include Elaine
Bernstein Bloom '57, Former Florida State Representative
and current candidate for mayor of Miami Beach;
Ronnie Myers Eldridge '52, Member, New York City
Council; Connie Hess Williams '66, Member, Pennsylvania
House of Representatives; Polly Trottenbeg '86,
Legislative Director, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer;
and moderator Liz Abzug, Adjunct Professor of
Urban Studies, Barnard College.
All
alumnae are welcome, and members of the class
of 2000 will be guests of the College for all
Reunion events. The reunion is not open to the
public, except for the memorial service for the
late Millicent Carey McIntosh. For further information,
please call (212) 854-2005.
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Contact:
Petra Tuomi, Public Affairs, 212-854-7907
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