CSS 50th Celebrations,

Homecoming Weekend, November 6^th - 8^th, 2009

 

 

Friday, November 6th  

On Friday evening, November 6th, at 8 p.m., there will be a Public Lecture by John Goldberg (CSS 1983, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School).  His talk is entitled “John Locke on Tort Reform (Really!): A CSS Parable.”  John Goldberg will be introduced by Brian Fay, and Richie Adelstein will give a response following the lecture.  Note new venue: Center for the Arts Hall (Old Cinema). 

Almost Beer and Bull, Daniel Family Commons, top floor of the Usdan Center, following the Public Lecture.

  

Saturday, November 7th 

On Saturday, November 7th, there will be two Alum Speaker Panels, in PAC 002, from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon.  The first Panel will be on CSS Entrepreneurs.  This Panel, from 9:00-10:15, will be chaired by Peter Kilby, and the panelists will be Steve Torok (CSS 1973), Donald Zilkha (CSS 1973), Lincoln Frank (CSS 1979), and Jonathan Bush (CSS 1993).  The second Panel, from 10:45-12:00 noon, will be on International Affairs.  Andrew Crawford (CSS 1997) will be the chair, and the panelists will be Bob Hunter (CSS 1962), John Stremlau (CSS 1966), and Carl Robichaud (CSS 1999). 

Following the Alum Panels, in PAC 002, at noon, there will be a Champagne Book Party honoring Bill Barber and the latest publication of his book, A History of Economic Thought (1967, 2009).  Alan Gayer (CSS 1964) will speak at this event.  David Morgan will be the MC for these morning/early afternoon sessions.  

Meeting for Friends of Rob Nottingham (CSS 1983), PAC 411, 2:30 p.m.

There will be a CSS Alum Reception, in the CSS Lounge, PAC Fourth Floor, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. that afternoon (as we do the day before Graduation every year).  

Then there will be a Joint Reception with COL, in the Daniel Family Commons, top floor of the Usdan Center, at 5:30 p.m.  This event will begin at 5:30 with a Slideshow and Talk by Suzy Taraba (COL 1977), Head of Special Collections and University Archivist.  Her talk is entitled "The College Plan: The Early Years."

Vans will be available on Wyllys Avenue, starting at 7:00 p.m., outside the Usdan Center, to take CSS'ers to the CSS Banquet, at the Inn at Middletown on Main Street.

The CSS Banquet will be at the Inn at Middletown, 70 Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457, at 7:30 p.m.  Drinks and Dinner, followed by a program arranged by CSS alums, tutors, and current students, from 1959-2012.  Alas, the Banquet is now fully booked, and no more tickets are available.

 

Sunday, November 8th

Coffee Meeting for Alums/Current CSS Students, CSS Lounge, 11:00 a.m.-noon. 

  

CSS Tutors

In addition to the past and present CSS tutors noted above, many others plan to be at the CSS 50th as well, including Don Moon, Peter Rutland, Joyce Jacobsen, Gil Skillman, and Erik Grimmer-Solem.

  

Housing

The Inn at Middletown is booked for this weekend, and, in the midst of the semester, there are no rooms available on campus.  There is, however, availability at many other hotels near Middletown, including the following:

Crowne Plaza, 100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, CT 06416  860 635-2000 http://www.crowneplaza.com

Rocky Hill Marriott, 100 Capital Blvd, Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill, CT  800 228-9290 or 860 257-6000  http://www.marriott.com

University Relations has booked a block of rooms at a reasonable price at the Marriott.  You need to mention that you are asking for a room in the block of rooms for “Wesleyan Homecoming.”  Last date to make reservations with discount: October 23, 2009.

See the Wesleyan website at http://www.wesleyan.edu/about/lodging.html for additional information on many more area hotels.

  

Contacts

Check the Homecoming Events page on the Wesleyan webpage, http://www.wesleyan.edu/hcfw/2009, and the CSS website: http://www.wesleyan.edu/css/events/events.html, for locations and the latest details on the CSS 50th. 

Do continue to let Ben Oppenheim (CSS 2002), at ben.oppenheim@gmail.com, and/or me, at cmiller@wesleyan.edu, know if you have any additional ideas or suggestions for the CSS 50th.

Thank you to the many CSS’ers helping to plan this Celebration!

With warm wishes.

Cheers.

Cecilia Miller
CSS Co-Chair