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Autumn 2007 | Volume 30, Number 2
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Homecoming ’08: January 24–26
Samuel Lin '65 chosen Alum of the Year
SPU swept the 2007 Homecoming doubleheader against SU. |
Forty-five years ago, gasoline cost 30 cents a gallon; TV’s “Beverly Hillbillies” led the Nielsen ratings; and 290 graduates became Seattle Pacific ’s Class of 1963. Forty years later, gasoline was nearing $2 a gallon; “American Idol” was TV’s most-watched show; and 1,007 graduates became SPU’s Class of 2003.
Times change, but there’s a tradition alumni of all ages have in common: Homecoming and Family Weekend, scheduled this year for January 24–26, 2008. And with each passing year, says Laila Sharpe, associate director of alumni and parent relations, more and more people join in the action-packed weekend.
“Everything keeps mushrooming,” she says, describing the popularity of events such as the Nursing Alumni Brunch, School of Business Breakfast, Alumni Choir, and “Row and Run” — a 3-mile race pitting runners against the crew team. “We had 500 people turn out for the tailgate party before the Thursday night basketball games last year!”
This year, reunions for the Class of 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003 will be held throughout the weekend. “Honk!” — a musical retelling of “The Ugly Duckling” — takes the stage in E.E. Bach Theatre, and basketball competition will fill Brougham Pavilion. At the President’s Luncheon, President Philip Eaton will brief alumni and families on SPU initiatives for the future.
Leading off the weekend is a celebration of 2008 Alumnus of the Year Samuel Lin ’65. Lin served as rear admiral and assistant surgeon general under U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. “He represents SPU’s commitment to engaging the culture through the sciences,” says Alumni Director Doug Taylor ’87. “He’s had a global impact on public health.”
For more information, call 206-281-ALUM, or visit www.spu.edu/homecoming.
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