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alumni weekend 2010
a weekend
to remember
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experience the energy…and see what the buzz is about.
These words from the 2010 Alumni Weekend materials hinted at the fun and excitement that awaited alumni who
signed up for the weekend April 9-11. And they didn’t overpromise. With beautiful spring weather in Chicago,
delicious dinners with lovely desserts, and plenty of time to visit with classmates and learn about what is new at their
alma mater, the 568 guests (alumni, faculty, staff, and students) dedicated themselves to the weekend’s activities.
Forty-one members of the Northwestern University School of Medicine’s Class of 1960 (see photo on page 20)
attended at least some of the weekend’s events. The Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement
Sciences joined in the celebration at the Reunion Ball with two of its own 50-year graduates in attendance.
As Roger Hurwitz, MD’60, told Ginny Darakjian, assistant dean of Alumni Relations, at the Reunion Ball on
Saturday, “I have looked forward to this 50-year class reunion for so long and I am enjoying it so much that I’m quite
sad that it is nearly over.” There were 30 events over 36 whirlwind hours on Friday and Saturday. Among the activities
enjoyed by alumni were: the State of the School from Dean J. Larry Jameson, vice president for medical affairs and
Lewis Landsberg Dean, and Jeffrey C. Miller, vice dean and chief operating officer of the medical school, who
retired from his position in June.
There was a medical school history tour by Ron Sims, special collections librarian from the Galter Health Sciences
Library, and a lecture, as well as a CME program, class dinners, receptions, luncheons and Jeff Miller’s talk
about health care reform, a scholarship brunch, and the Reunion Ball, a black-tie affair attended by a host of
alumni, along with Dr. Lewis Landsberg, dean emeritus of the medical school, Northwestern University President
Morton Schapiro, and Northwestern Memorial Hospital CEO Dean M. Harrison.
if you are interested in viewing
the state of the school or jeff
miller’s talk, “health care reform:
what happened?”,
visit wardroundsonline.com.
18 ward rounds summer 2010