Welcome to our Class Website!
It's here to keep us connected and in a purple mountain
state of mind!
Please log in to view the ever-growing treasure trove that can be linked to from our 50th Reunion Recap page!
If you haven't done so already, register (click Register button at left) for your own user name and password, then come back frequently and log in to the site to explore it fully -- there are MANY pages that are "protected" until login, including the Classmate Communication page.
Photo Gallery Note:
There are many photo galleries on this site, most secure and visible only after login. Each gallery has a front page, and if you click on that front page, you'll see a grid of thumbnails which you can scroll along. When you click on any thumbnail, you are taken to a solo "lightbox" version with a caption if there is one, and from there you can move forward or backward within the gallery. Another click on the lightbox version brings you back to the thumbnails. (If you are browsing past reunion photos and see yourself or anyone you know identified with a "?" in the caption PLEASE email David Webster or Harry Kangis with the missing information.)
Classmate Search Note:
Once you're logged in to the site, you can browse classmates by first name in the bio section, or by last name in the index, where all classmates and honorary classmates are included, even those who've passed and whose information is found in the In Memoriam section of our site. If you want to find a specific classmate quickly, type the last name in the "Search a Classmate" field in the left sidebar and enjoy a more immediate connection.
THIS JUST IN...
The March 28, 2024 issue of The Boston Globe featured Paul Grogan's upcoming memoir in an article titled "Paul Grogan looks back at an estimable career — and forward to the nonprofit future: The former Boston Foundation president hopes his memoir will inspire idealistic young people to work in the community-service sector." Read the article here.
On September 14, 2023, the New Jersey Globe featured an article about Bob Gordon's joining the NJ lobbying firm Stevens & Lee Public Affairs as a vice president. Read the article here.
Check out photos from the '72 Women of Williams mini-reunion held when ten classmates attended the Women of Williams Conference in May, celebrating 50+ years of co-education.
On May 18, 2023, at the Williamstown annual meeting, our classmate Jim Kolesar was awarded the Scarborough Salomon Flynt Community Service Award. The presentation read “You have a long history of public service in Williamstown and throughout the region. While at the College, your passion extended far beyond what was necessary to discharge your duties. You believed that a stronger community meant a stronger Williams. You were both a quiet advisor and a public advocate for the town.” Congratulations Jim! The Class of ‘72’s proud tradition of public and community service continues to grow!
On May 4, 2023, we held a "Meet the Interns" webinar. Check it out here to learn how four remarkable Williams students benefited from the Class of '72 Summer Internship Fund.
A March 22, 2023, story on WTOP News, featured classmate and Virginia Representative Don Beyer, and the fact that he is returning to school more than 50 years after college graduation (for a graduate degree in computer science with emphasis on machine learning). Link to the article here.
On February 28, 2023, a new novel by John Sayles, Jamie MacGillivray, was lauded by the New York Times book review as a “first rate historical novel told with wit, verve and a subtle understanding of the mechanics of the genre.” Click here to read the entire review on the NYTimes website, or here to download a pdf of the article.
The recently published Williams College 2022 Report on '72 Internships
is available here.
View a recording of our January 27, 2023, webinar on
Staying Healthy as We Age, here.
Bob Gordon shared a treasure trove of photos he just had digitized, from our years at Williams, as well as from several of the past reunions (15th, 20th and 25th). Check out the photo galleries (Galleries by Entry/House; Activities; Student Strike) by using the Photo Gallery dropdown menu above, and the Past Reunions button, also above. Then think about passing along (email the webmaster) digitized photos YOU may have, so we can share them with everyone!
On Saturday, March 6, 2021, nearly a quarter of our class attended a Zoom-enabled program on the question, “Can American Democracy Survive?” The program featured moderator, Prof. George Marcus, and our four deeply experienced ’72 legislator–panelists, Congressman Don Beyer; former Senator Mark Udall; Maryland State Senator Chris West; and Commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities & former NJ State Senator Bob Gordon. Click here to watch a recording of the program.
The Williams Record, responding to the mid-semester disruption due to COVID-19, published an article harkening back to our own mid-semester disruption in the Spring of 1970. Link to the article here.
We also created a new gallery called Classmate Connections. Intended to be our own version of the college's "people" gallery, this section needs your content contributions! Please email photos (with captions) to the webmaster.
Have a Contribution for the Website?
Email it to myhawgood@gmail.com.
