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Your class graduated from Gettysburg College on May 31, 1953

 

Gettysburg Then and Now

	Then (1953)	Now (2008/2009)
President	Walter Langsam	Janet Morgan Riggs '77
Enrollment	1,164	2,600
Tuition	$1,154	$37,600

1953 at a Glance

President of the United States:
Dwight Eisenhower

United States Population:
160,184,192

Price of a Gallon of Gas:
$0.28

Best Picture Academy Award:
From Here to Eternity

Number One Song:
Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau Sans Maître (The Hammer Without a Master)

Baseball - World Series:
NY Yankees d. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-2)

NCAA Basketball Championship:
Indiana d. Kansas (69-68) 

NFL Championship:
Detroit Lions d. Cleveland Browns (17-16)

Interesting Fact:
First successful open-heart surgery is performed in Philadelphia.

Contacts:

Please e-mail the 1953 Reunion Committee at alumni@gettysburg.edu if you have any questions, suggestions or would like to join the committee.

Your College Liaisons:

Joe Lynch '85 Director of Alumni Relations Campus Box 417 Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 337-6522 jlynch@gettysburg.edu John Hiner  Director of Planned Giving Campus Box 423 Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 337-6546 jhiner@gettysburg.edu