WELCOME to the CLASS of 1980's 25th Reunion home page. Homecoming & Reunion Weekend is October 21-23, 2005.

 Reunion Planning Committee

 Party Details

 Reunion-Related Events

 Look Who's Coming

 Class of 1980 Postcard (pdf)

 Class of 1980 Letter (pdf)

 Fun Facts from 1980

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 and Reunion Weekend

 Class Notes

 In Memoriam 

 Homecoming Home Page

 Homecoming Schedule

 SING! 

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 alumni@southwestern.edu

 1-800-960-6363

Co-Chairs: Janice (Richmond) Valdez and Mark McPhail

Committee: Kathleen (Slaughter) Chaney; Bretna (Smith) Hackert; Debbie (Wiemers) Hemphill; Julie (Williams) McIntyre; Karen (Lambert) Reeves; Bryan Russ; Laura Russ; Gwen (Griffin) Sherman; Raymond Simmons; Mark Smith; Judy (Schmoeller) Smith; Sally (Suh) Vardy; Greg Willis

Date: Saturday, October 22, 2005

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: F.W. Olin Building Lobby & Patio, Southwestern University

View Map:  Click here (campus map)

Price: $25 per person

Attire: Dressy Casual

Event: Alumni University

Title: Rituals of Reunion

Guest Speaker: Gwen Kennedy Neville, Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Anthropology; former holder of the Elizabeth Root Paden Chair in Sociology.

Date: Saturday, October 22, 2005

Time: 2 - 2:50 p.m.

Location: F.W. Olin Building, Room 323

Event: Book Signing by Gwen Kennedy Neville

Details: Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Anthropology Gwen Kennedy Neville signs purchased copies of Kinship and Pilgrimage: Rituals of Reunion in American Protestant Culture now in paperback.

Date: Saturday, October 22, 2005

Time: 3 - 3:50 p.m.

Location: Bookstore, Red and Charline McCombs Campus Center

Message Board:
Post messages to Class of 1980 classmates on our reunion message board.  It will be located in the Red and Charline McCombs Campus Center near the registration table.

View who will be attending Homecoming & Reunion Weekend from your class!  Click here.

In the News

Election 1980

1980 Flashback

Chart Topping Songs of 1980

Sports Year 1980

Experience "A Taste of Southwestern" by attending Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 2005. Peruse the schedule. We've cooked up a weekend that melds all the great flavors of Southwestern. Visit campus and have a taste for yourself.

Secure Online Registration has closed for Southwestern's 2005 Homecoming & Reunion Weekend.  For more information on registration and this weekend's events, please contact the Alumni Office by phone at 800-960-6363.

View what some of our classmates have submitted to Southwestern.

Mark McPhail                       
Gwen Griffin Sherman
Paris Permenter Bigley         
Rebecca Bendiksen Adams
Kathleen Slaughter Chaney
Rebecca Burkhardt

To submit your own class note, click here.

A tribute to those who have left us.

Grace Bernhardt                  
Kathy Cantwell-Rackley
Cindy (Pope) Dennis            
Franklin Devine
William Harlow                    
Sherry Lynn Maros
Dennis Reynolds                 
Timothy Scholl
G. Marie Cunningham Schroff
Christopher Shungu
Mark Warren                       
Lori Wimmer