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AlumniThe NetworkReunion 2007Reunion 2007 was held May10–12. The first major event wasthe 50th Class Reunion Breakfastin the Ben H. Parker StudentCenter on Thursday morning.Speaking of the many changes theworld has seen in the precedinghalf century, President Scogginsexpressed appreciation for thegroup’s many accomplishments.The Graduation and AlumniBanquet, a new event taking theplace of the All-Alumni Banquetand the pre-commencementdinner at Green Gables, wasvery popular, with 550 people inattendance. Read more about this festive occasion in the featurearticle on Commencement 2007 (page 24). Alumni AssociationAwards were presented at this event. (Details of the recipients canbe found on page 32.) In addition to this dinner, returning alumnihad a variety of activities to choose from throughout the threedays. Tours were offered of the new Geology Museum; ArthurLakes Library; the National Earthquake Information Center; thedepartments of Mining Engineering, Petroleum Engineering andMetallurgical Engineering; and the new Student Recreation Center.Students offered guided tours of campus, and the ever-popularGeology Trail walk was led by Professor Emeritus Bob Weimer.Other events included a lecture by Mahdi Obeidi ’67, who headedup Saddam Hussein’s nuclear weapons program during its mostactive years; two faculty symposia; several departmental receptions;a barbeque on Kafadar Commons; and live comedy on Saturdayevening.Class dinners took place on Friday evening at locations aroundGolden. For the first time the Mines Alumni Association invited“neighboring classes” to attend Reunion 2007, which gave alumnion either side of the “anchor class” an opportunity to reunite withcontemporaries they hadn’t seen in a while. Neighboring classes areagain invited to Reunion 2008. Make your plans now—Reunion2008 will be held May 8-10.Class of 1957(All names left to right)Back Row: Charles “Scottie” Bruce, Jim Classen,Louis M. Bonnefond, Allen Spelman, Alex Chisholm,Tim Thompson, Robert Oliver, Ellis Herrington,John Munn, John Litz, Charles Wilderson. Row 4:Walt Tyler, Ed Van Dell, Gordon Taylor, John Coats,Cecil Craft, Bruce Eberhard, Robert Johnson, JimSpeck, Charles Hinrichs, Will Smith. Row 3: GeorgeBlake (with portrait of Dean Burger), Stan Beitscher,Rodney Smith, Buddy Ratcliff, Jim Sundquist,Robert Beckman, Leroy Brown, Ron Briggs, RalphAvellanet, Roland Pohler, Jerry Tuttle. Row 2:Curtis Bryan, Bill Thompson, Michael E. Carr, JackBarney, Gill Schoonveld, Bill Jackson, Dave Smink,Henry Gruver, Jim Petersen, Paul E. Kloberdanz.Front Row: Kai Ravnborg, Donald Thistlewood, MoeOrofino, Leroy Bovey, Anton Pegis, Donald Johnson,Charles Threewit.28 Fall 2007