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Class of 1963



 

50th Reunion   
May 30 – June 2, 2013

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Reunion Committee

Class Gift

Who's Returning

College Liaisons



Your class graduated from Gettysburg College on June 2, 1963.


50th Reunion Schedule of Events

Thursday, May 30                                            

7:00 p.m.
Class of 1963 Dinner

Café Saint-Amand, 48 Baltimore Street


Friday, May 31

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Class of 1963 Social

The Attic, West Building


Saturday, June 1

8:45 a.m.
Class of 1963 Breakfast
with President Riggs ‘77
Gettysburg Hotel
Shuttle provided to/from Hotel at College Union Building (CUB/SUB). 

10:30 a.m.
Presidential Address and Alumni Awards
Ballroom, College Union Building

12:00 noon
Class Picture

Pennsylvania Hall (Old Dorm) Steps
Rain: Bream Gym

12:00 p.m. -2:30 p.m.
Alumni Picnic Buffet

Memorial Field Tent

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Class of 1963 Special Collections Tour
4th Floor, Musselman Library

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Class of 1963 Gettysburg College Civil War Tour

Starts in Joseph Theater, Breidenbaugh Hall

Join John Rudy '07 on a walking tour of the campus that reveals the College's Civil War history. This tour was developed by John, a history major and Civil War Era studies minor, as an independent study project when he was a Gettysburg College student.

6:30 p.m.
Class of 1963 50th Reunion Dinner

Location TBA


 

Remember When...

View past issues of the Gettysburgian


1963 at a Glance

President of the United States:
John F. Kennedy

United States Population:
189,241,798

Price of a Gallon of Gas:
$0.30

Best Picture Academy Award:
Tom Jones

Number One Song:
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Glimmer & the Fireballs

Baseball - World Series:
LA Dodgers d. NY Yankees (4-0)

NCAA Basketball Championship:
Loyola-IL d. Cincinnati (60-58 OT)

NFL Championship:
Chicago Bears d. New York Giants (14-10)

Interesting Fact:
Michael E. De Bakey implants artificial heart in human for first time at Houston hospital.

Reunion Committee

Brian Bennett
Carol Dunlap Billings
Gary Bootay
Don Burden
Ron Couchman
Susan Cunningham Euker
Jay Kappmeier
Russ Klauk
B.J. Platt Klauk
Lane Kneedler
Walt Maust
Dick Pendleton
Joanne Thomas Robinson
Oz Sanborn
Peggy Jaeger Shreiner
Bruce Stuckel
Jim Vinson


Who is Returning

The following members of the Class of 1963 are planning to return for the 50th Reunion. If you would like to add your name to this list please email alumni@gettysburg.edu.  Please remember to officially register in the spring.

Sorted by maiden name

Bonnie Anderson Edwards*
Ronald Bailey*
Barbara Baker Happer*
John Baxter*
Carol Bellamy*
Brian Bennett*
Bruce Beuchler*
Gary Bootay*
Diana Brandt Jones*
Becky Brown Senft*
Don Burden*
Nan Clifford*
Christine Conley Pappas*
Ron Couchman*
Maureen Cronan Brumbauch*
Susan Cunningham Euker*
Elizabeth Davies Gilbert*
Nancy Dilcher*
MaryAlice Dress Baumgardner*
Carol Dunlap Billings*
Virginia Elting Foley*
Marjorie Evans Rios*
Jane Fillmore Wargo*
Alice Fleming Seidel*
Robert Garten*
Bettye Gilbert Kramer*
Tracy Goodrick Salter*
Charles Gross
Linda Giulino Snyder*
Dave Hamilton*
William Harding
Jeff Harfst*
Gail Henrie Fisher*
Paul Henry*
Jim Hoke
Robert Hopple*
Biff Houldin*
Fred Huestis*
Philip Hutchison*
Peggy Jaeger Shreiner*
Bob Jakober*
Elizabeth Jordan Battersby*
Jay Kappmeier*
Kirby Kiick*
Russ Klauk*
Anne Knecht Pericich
Lane Kneedler*
Janet Kratavil Hathorn*
Barbara Levering Blank*
Connie Mann Detrick*
Frank Martin
George Mass*
Walt Maust*
Ken McCluskey*
Claire Meier Bowden*
Carol Menge Gates*
Evelyn Miller Swarts*
George Miller*
Phyllis Mills Kerr*
Andrea Noyes*
James Papoutsis*
George Pappas*
Russell Paul*
Dick Pendleton*
B.J. Platt Klauk*
Paul Phencie
Phil Prim*
Emilie Pontius Christensen*
Larry Rankin*
David Rhoads*
James Riccobono*
William Richardson*
Jerry Robertson*
Mary Rogers Lemke*
Oz Sanborn*
Jack Schaffer
Chris Shenk*
Bob Schiek
Carol Seibel Hendrix*
Joe Sharrah*
John Sheaffer*
Elizabeth Sherwood*
Marianne Smith Thoman*
Jerry Spinelli*
Bruce Stuckel*
Connie Suttles McKeen*
Doris Taylor Schwarz*
Robert Taylor
Joanne Thomas Robinson*
William Trakat*
Ray Truex*
Ginger Vallery Lenihan
Valerie Vild Neher*
Jim Vinson*
Fred Voneiff
Wayne Wagner
Dorice Walley Bernard*
Linda Weaver Brown*
Marilyn Winter Garten*
Penn Yeatman*
Frank Young*
Frederic Von Eiff*
Wayne Zajac*

*Officially registered as of 5/22/2013  


 

College Liaisons

Jen Brennan '01
Associate Director of Alumni Relations
Campus Box 417
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 337-6510
jbrennan@gettysburg.edu

Jacquie Temple
Associate Director of Annual Giving
Campus Box 423
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 337-6512
jrtemple@gettysburg.edu

John Hiner
Associate Director of Major & Planned Giving
Campus Box 423
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 337-6546
jhiner@gettysburg.edu