Save The Date - USMA 1970 50th Year Reunion 17-20 May 2020

The USMA Class of 1970 is beginning the planning process for our 50th Reunion.  Guidance from DAA/AOG – “Typically the 50th reunion class returns during Grad Week.  The dates in 2020 are 17-20 May.  Other classes that we expect will return during the same period are -- 1945, 1950, 1955, and 1965.  The average % of living grads that returned for the 50th reunion during the period 2009-2015 is 65%.”

 

Typical 50th Reunion Week (held at the beginning of our Affiliated Class of USMA 2020’s Graduation Week) Schedule is as follows:

 

Sunday 17 May 2020

• Registration

• Golf Outing

• USMA Band Concert (1400-1500, in Ike Theater)

• Ice Breaker

Monday 18 May 2020

• Registration

• Memorial Service

• Lunch

• Academy & WPAOG Update Briefing (1330-1445, in Ike Theater)

• Class Business Meeting

• West Point Tours

• Organ Recital (1515-1545, Cadet Chapel)

• Cocktails and Dinner

Tuesday 19 May 2020

• Alumni Exercises (1005, Graduates assemble near Ike Statue)

• Cadet Review (1100, the Plain)

• Alumni Luncheon (1215, Cadet Mess)

• Includes the Distinguished Graduate Award Presentation

• Cocktails and Dinner

 

Wednesday 20 May 2020 

• Class Departs

Joan Emmer once again will be our Reunion Coordinator, and Pat Thornton and Frank Monaco, advised by a class committee who volunteered during our 45th Reunion After Action Review, will lead the planning efforts. Note that the above schedule is tentative and subject to change!  Stay tuned to http://usma1970.com (and our Facebook Group and Class Blog) as well as our class email distribution list - send updates for email (and other contact information) to address@wpaog.org (please keep this up to date!)

Planning for 50th Reunion Gift to USMA – A “Heads Up” to the Class.  Initial planning for the “1970 Campaign for West Point” (the name approved for our Class gift effort) has begun.  First steps are the formation of a Gift Selection Committee which will recommend a monetary target and propose a slate of gifts from which our classmates will select the gift, and the reinstitution of our company representatives charged with communicating with their company mates as to progress and status.  The Chair of the Gift Selection Committee has been identified (Joe Reeder) and he is in the process of manning the committee.  Company Representatives will be an important part of this process in order to communicate with our classmates as to progress and to encourage maximum participation in the campaign.  If you have an interest in participating as your First Class Company representative, please contact Steve Strom, Class Giving Officer, to let him know at sstrom5373@aol.com.  More to follow.