1959 Home Page

Class of 1959 - 50th Reunion
May 28-31, 2009

 

Your class graduated from Gettysburg College on June 7, 1959.

Gettysburg Then and Now

	Then (1959)	Now (2008/2009)
President	Williard Paul	Janet Morgan Riggs '77
Enrollment	1477	2,600
Tuition	$930	$37,600

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1959 at a Glance

President of the United States:
Dwight Eisenhower

United States Population:
177,829,628

Price of a Gallon of Gas:
$.31

Best Picture Academy Award:
Gigi

Number One Song:
"The Battle of New Orleans" - Johnny Horton

Baseball - World Series:
Los Angeles Dodgers d. Chicago White Sox (4-2)

NCAA Basketball Championship:
California d. West Virginia (71-70)

NFL Championship:
Baltimore Colts d. New Work Giants (31-16)

Interesting Fact:
Alaska becomes the 49^th U.S. state followed by Hawaii becoming the 50^th state later that year.

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Reunion Committee

Howard Beagle
Lois Brobst Johnston
Guy Edmiston
Donald Gutekunst
Bruce Hamilton
Jack Hathaway (Chair)
Nancy Hood Young
Laurence Johnson
Carol Leatherman Sieck
Dorothy Lloyd Simpson
Benson Paull
Carol Reed Hamilton
Richard Royer
Carl Schoenborn
Richard Simpson
Bob Smith
Ronald Smith
William Steirer

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Contacts:

Please e-mail the 1959 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 Executive Director of Alumni Relations Campus Box 417 Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 337-6522 jlynch@gettysburg.edu Ben Rupp Associate Director of Annual Giving Campus Box 423 Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 337-6508 brupp@gettysburg.edu