54th Reunion

Thursday, May 28th to Sunday, May 31st   Chair: Peter Pettibone

Click here to see who was there

We are satellite to the major reunion Class of '60.  Their HQ is at the Holder-Hamilton Corridor. Our registration and wrist bands will be available in Alexander Hall. We may register one adult guest (over age 21) and minor children or grandchildren (under age 21) for free. Adult children or grandchildren, along with their adult child/grandchild’s respective spouse/partner, will cost $100 per person. The badge and wristband will allow admittance into all reunions.

Click here for the overall University reunion schedule.


Jim Lane, our class Planned Giving chair, recommends that anyone who would like to learn about the available programs attend a Saturday morning panel discussion.  Click here for the details.



Friday, May 29th class dinner is at the Nassau Club, hosted by Susan & Jim Blair.


The Nassau Club of Princeton      
6 Mercer St
Princeton, NJ 08540      

(609) 924-0580

see how to use google maps below*


The Nassau Club is located at the intersection of Mercer Street (Route 583) and Nassau Street (Route 27) in Princeton.

The driveway is marked with a sign "6 Mercer Street". Parking is located in the rear of the Club. Metered parking is available on Mercer and Nassau Streets as well as on University Place and alongside Trinity Church. A public parking garage is also located on Chambers St., one block northeast of the Club, off Nassau St.

Please park only in designated parking places on Club property.

DRESS: '61 reunion blazers preferred for classmates, but any orange & black will be acceptable, and for the women too.

Class dinner and evening program:

Agenda

6:00 pm - cocktails

7:00 pm - speaker, Jim Zirin: "Reinventing yourself 50 years after”
7:30 pm - dinner
8:30 pm - class meeting

9:15 pm - adjournment



Who was there?
Jim Adams
Amanda Berntsen '16
Len Berton
Susan & Jim Blair
Lee Blyler
Peter & Ellen Boer
George Brakeley & Tamara Kaspar
Esther Clovis '12
Jim Cole
Caroline Davidsen '14
Patrick & Diane Davidson
Chrissie & Tom Donnelly
Jon & Patty Hlafter
Suzanne & Justin Kimball
Maureen & Joe McGinity
VJ & Lorraine Menna
Neville & Ed Mulock
Stan Panosian + guest
Peter Pettibone
Ev & Joe Prather
Charles & Judith Reusch
Art Smith
Jim & Martha Wickenden
Taylor Williams '16
Carol Wojciechowicz
Jim Zirin & Marlene Hess

# = 41


CAMPUS BEDS: None available at this time.

HOUSING INFORMATION FROM PATRICK DAVIDSON FOR FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015


The major reunion classes have reserved large blocks of hotel rooms located largely on the Route 1 corridor several miles from the University. Shuttle buses connect these hotels to campus. They tend to be quite expensive and require a non-refundable prepayment for a minimum of a two to three night stay. Most of these hotels are sold out for the reunion and graduation periods.


PRINCETON AREA HOTELS AVAILABLE FOR ONE NIGHT ON FRIDAY MAY 29, 2015

The Princeton Office of Alumni Affairs has designated 25 Reunion Hotels for 2015 that will be linked by the Reunions Tiger Transit Shuttle Bus Service. The majority of these hotels are on US Route #1 within five or six miles of the Princeton  University Campus. The major reunion classes book blocks of rooms for two or three minimum night stays with room rates as high as $259-369 a night plus 15% in taxes. Most reservations are pre-paid with no cancellations after the end of March. Some of the room blocks expire at the end of March and occasionally rooms become available at high rates and with minimum multi-night stays.

 

If you are coming to Princeton for the Class of 1961 "off-year” 54-th reunion class dinner and wish to stay over on Friday night May 29, 2015, we suggest that you reserve a hotel that is outside of the Reunion Shuttle Bus Route, within 10-15 miles of campus, has a much lower room rate and has no minimum stay. Our suggestions include:

 

New Jersey Turnpike Exit 8A: Cranbury, Jamesburg, So. Brunswick, Monmouth Junction

·        Courtyard Cranbury-So. Brunswick, Forsgate  Drive (10 mi.)

·        Crown Plaza Monroe-So. Brunswick, Forsgate Drive (10 mi.)

·        Red Carpet Inn and Suites Monmouth Junction, Rt.#130 (8.8 mi.)

·        Residence Inn Cranbury-So. Brunswick, Rt. #130 (7.9 mi.)

New Jersey Turnpike Exit 8: Hightstown/East Windsor

·        Days Inn East Windsor/Hightstown (9.5 mi.)

·        Quality Inn East Windsor (9.0 mi.)

Hamilton, NJ (South-East of Princeton)

·        Homewood Suites by Hilton, Route # 130 (9.8 mi.)

·        Hilton Garden Inn, Route #130 (10.0 mi.)

Trenton-Mercer County Airport near Lawrenceville. No Availability as of 02/20/15

·        Element by Ewing Princeton

·        Courtyard by Marriot Ewing Princeton (12.6 mi. About 20 minutes.)

·        Springhill Suites Ewing township Princeton (Tiger Transit Shuttle)

 

Bordentown (NJ Turnpike/Route 206) 15 mi.South.  Seven Moderately Priced Hotels

Somerset, NJ (NJ Convention Center/Along Route #287) 14-15 mi. North.  14 Hotels.

East Brunswick (Route #18 Near NJ Turnpike Exit 9 New Brunswick) 15mi. 3 Hotels.

Hillsborough, NJ  (Route #206 13 mi. North. Days Inn.

Langhorn, PA (Off 95 16 mi.) Multiple Hotels.


 *HOW TO USE THE GOOGLE MAP: click View on Google Maps, then Directions. Enter your starting point (can be dragged to right spot)  and you get the route map, step-by-step directions, plus estimated distance & driving time. Use navigation buttons (NW corner of map) to move or zoom.  Or use mouse to drag map around, and the scrolling wheel can zoom it in & out.


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