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Congratulations! Did you know that one of the rights and privileges conferred upon you at graduation is a life time membership in the Hamilton alumni community?  Membership is currently just over 15,000 people. Connecting with alumni from other classes and staying connected with your classmates is about to become more complicated. The Office of Alumni Programs helps simplify this process by providing you with some tools, the most powerful tool of which is www.hamilton.edu/alumni - the Hamilton On Line Alumni Community (HOLAC).

Reunions 2004 will reverberate with echoes of the past, celebrate the present and provide a vision of what the future holds for the people who comprise Hamilton College.   Alumni in class years celebrating Reunion (1944, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994 and 1999) have received their registration materials. All other class years are invited , and all can register through May 25 online in the Reunion web site. This year you can also see who has registered to attend from you class in the “Who’s Attending” section of the web site.

You are cordially invited to join members of the Metropolitan New York Alumni Association for an Alumni College Lecture Series featuring Robert Simon, professor of philosophy. Bob's topic is “The Internal Values of Sport: Resolving Ethical Controversies in Sport” His presentation is Thursday, March 25 at The Williams Club on 24 East 39th Street between Park and Madison Avenues. A reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. with a lecture to follow at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $19 per person ($15 for the Classes of 1999-2003) Professor Simon will raise the following questions of controversy: Is it unethical for athletes to use performance enhancing drugs? Is breaking the rules of the game to gain an advantage really permissible? What is sportsmanship? What are the moral obligations of participants in competitive athletics to their opponents? While some writers argue that whatever values are found in sport only reflect the values found throughout the broader culture, application of theories found in jurisprudence and philosophy of law suggest that there are defensible values internal to sport which can help resolve ethical controversies that arise in the world of sport. Professor Simon will develop this thesis and defend it against both those who argue that there is no universal understanding of “sport” and that values only reflect the conventions of particular communities or cultural perspectives. Register HERE

On Saturday, Nov. 1, the Hamilton Continentals football team will do battle on the gridiron with the Middlebury Panthers in Middlebury, Vt., to bring home the coveted "Rocking Chair."  All alumni and friends are invited to attend a pre-game brunch and post-game reception sponsored by the College.  Speaking before the game will be President Joan Stewart, football coach Pete Alvanos, Mac Bristol '43, Greg Hoogkamp '82 and Will Anthony '85.  More than 100 alumni and friends have already pledged their support for the team and will cheer the Continentals to victory.  Come out for a great fall day, and meet up with old friends! 

Hamilton's annual Fallcoming weekend will be highlighted this year by Inauguration festivities honoring President Joan Stewart. Trustees and Alumni Council members gather on Thursday evening, and the weekend begins in earnest on Friday with Alumni Association and pre-inaugural programming. The inauguration of Hamilton’s nineteenth president, Joan Stewart, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 10:30 a.m. in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. The weekend also features Continental sports, academic presentations, a multicultural career panel, celebratory gatherings and jazz in the evenings. Join us for this festive and historic occasion. Alumni interested in arriving early may attend a Sacerdote Great Names at Hamilton performance by noted comedian Bill Cosby on Wednesday, Oct. 15.  A complete schedule of events follows:  

To support President Stewart, our Alumni Association is hosting a series of receptions through out the year.  

Reunions 2003 will reverberate with echoes of the past, ring out with celebrations of the present and provide a sense of what the future holds for the people who comprise Hamilton College. Opportunities to strengthen your ties with your alma mater are at their best during Reunions 2003. Join us and renew old friendships, enhance existing relationships nurtured since graduation and develop new relationships that will last a lifetime. Hamilton College will welcome back more than 500 alumni, as well as their guests, when we host our annual Reunion Weekend Thursday through Sunday, June 5-8. Highlights of this year's reunion will include a fourteen Alumni Colleges, the Alumni All-Star Jazz Band, various affinity group receptions, the Annual Alumni Association Meeting and the Sunday Service of Remembrance.

Please join members of the Hamilton family for what we know will be a wonderful Alumni College on August 4-8 on Monhegan Island, Maine. As you may know, the Emerson Gallery will host a summer exhibition featuring the work of 100 artists titled Monhegan Island Artists: A 150-Year Tradition. The Monhegan Alumni College will include ample opportunities for intellectual stimulation, engaging discussion, intimate access to artists and their work, discoveries while on private tours at the Farnsworth and Monhegan Museums, relaxation, and gourmet and casual summer dining - all in a superb locale. As important, there will be time for enhancing existing friendships and forming new ones.

Hamilton's Seventh Annual Summer Alumni College, "Fame, Faith and the Founding Fathers," will be held on campus, Thursday, July 24, through Sunday, July 27. This year, Douglas Ambrose, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor of History, is the facilitator. Ambrose, a member of the Hamilton faculty since 1990, is a recipient of the Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award. When Ambrose was named the Wertimer Professor last summer, President Tobin said of him, "From the very first day that he stepped into a Hamilton classroom, Doug Ambrose has earned his students' and colleagues’ respect and admiration for his integrity, sensitivity and openness. In the tradition of Sidney Wertimer, scores of Hamilton graduates have learned from Doug in ways that will shape their lives for years to come."

Join the Atlanta Alumni Association for an evening at the High Museum of Art. Thursday, May 1 6 - 8:30 p.m. 1280 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA $45 per person ($40 for the Classes of 1998-2002) *Price includes ticket to the exhibit, open bar and hors d'oeuvre buffet. Please RSVP by April 21 by calling the Office of Alumni Programs toll-free at (866) 729-0314 or emailing Jackie Thompson at jdthomps@hamilton.edu. Schedule of Events: 6 p.m.- Join Hamilton and Kirkland alumni for a reception in the Boardroom. 7 p.m.-Hear an update on the visual arts at Hamilton by David Nathans '72, acting director of the Emerson Gallery and enjoy an introduction to the exhibition by Michael Shapiro '71, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director, High Museum of Art. 7:30 p.m.- View the exhibition: Old Masters, Impressionists and Moderns: French Masterworks from the State Pushkin Museum, Moscow. Location: High Museum of Art; Atlanta, GA Cost: $45 Contact: Kerri Page '98 kpage@hamilton.edu (866) 729-0314