Alumni Weekend/Reunion – May 28-30, 2010 (Memorial Day Weekend)

Save the date for Alumni Weekend 2010! This year’s highlights include alumni panels, campus tours and opportunities to mingle with old friends while making new ones. Classes ending in 0’s and 5’s are celebrating a Reunion this year, but all alumni are welcome to return to campus.

Online registration opens April 1st. A special celebration of the life of Greg Kannerstein ’63 will be held on Saturday morning, May 29th. Many of you have asked about memorializing Greg through a gift to the College. Any gift to the Annual Fund may be made in memory or honor of someone. Simply check the “In honor of” or “In memory of” box on your reply form, or let us know when you call.  For more information, visit fords.haverford.edu.

“If I only knew then…”

How would you finish this sentence if you were given the chance to speak to Haverford’s Class of 2010? What do you wish someone had told you after you received your diploma?  Graduation is an exciting and uncertain time, and seniors can benefit from the wisdom of people who have already made the journey into life post-Haverford. Submit your advice and upload a photo of yourself.  We’ll compile your meaningful thoughts on careers, finances, friendship, and life into a slide show and present it to the seniors prior to graduation.

Alumni Connecting Through LinkedIn

Over 1,300 Haverford alumni are already members of our official LinkedIn group, Haverford College Worldwide Alumni! Join the group today to reconnect with classmates, network in your industry for career opportunities and more.

Online Community – fords.haverford.edu

Check out our new, enhanced online directory which can be used for everything from career networking and tracking down a former roommate to viewing photos from regional alumni events and RSVPing for the next Ford gathering in your area.

2010 Alumni Achievement Award Winners Selected

For Sustained Service to the College

Alumni Award: The Alumni Award, the most distinguished award given by the Association for alumni activities, honors an individual who, in a variety of ways, provides or has provided sustained service to Haverford.  It recognizes especially loyal and active support of the work of the College.

Robert M. Eisinger '87

For Outstanding Contributions in a Profession

Haverford College Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award: Established in 2007, this award is designed to recognize an individuals who has achieved personal success, made an outstanding contribution to his/her chosen field of endeavor, achieved recognition by his/her colleagues and brought honor to themselves and to Haverford College through their distinguished achievements.

Dr. Joseph S. Torg '57

For Service to Humanity

Haverford Award: The Haverford Award supports and demonstrates the College's expressed concern for the application of knowledge to socially useful ends.  It seeks to identify, reward and focus public attention on those alumni who best reflect Haverford's concern with the uses to which they put their knowledge, humanity, initiative and individuality.  Neither age nor service to the College is a consideration in granting the award.

Seth M. Phillips '85

For Accomplishments in Leadership

Haverford College Young Alumni Award: Established in 2007, this award is designed to recognize established and future leaders among Haverford College’s young alumni, defined as those who have been an alum for 15 years or fewer.  Nominees will have shown great promise and accomplishment in their chosen profession and/or community, public or humanitarian service, demonstrated leadership capability and substantial commitment to the mission of the College.

Andrew A. Garza '08

Awards will be presented during Alumni Weekend on Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the Calvin J. Gooding '84 Arena of the Gardner Athletic Center.

We hope spring is in the air, wherever you are!