Welcome! Members of the Oberlin classes of 1967, 1968, and 1969 have reconnected on this website for our 55-year Cluster Reunion which took place on campus during Homecoming weekend, September 29 through October 1, 2023.
If you graduated during those years but haven’t already checked out this website, it’s not too late. Click the blue Sign In button and find your name listed under your year in the Classmate Profiles.
Here you can greet one another, fill in your personal details, share recent and not-so-recent life adventures, and add stories and photographs. And you can start looking forward to our next Cluster Reunion to be held in October of 2028.
Speaking of photographs, check out the Scrapbook section for some highlights of the 2023 get-together.
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Working-Class Blues |
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A Zoom Conversation with Les Leopold ’69 |
Les Leopold co-founded and currently directs the Labor Institute, a non-profit organization that designs research and educational programs on occupational safety and health, the environment and economics for unions, workers centers and community organizations. Les says, "Working people, who do the hard work that makes our country run, have suffered fifty years of stagnant wages and a declining standard of living. They know the system is rigged against them and they blame the political establishment for failing to do anything about it."
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In his new book The Billionaires Have Two Parties, We Need a Party of Our Own, Les offers a novel approach: build a new working-class political organization that concentrates on Red America. He argues that this is needed if we are to move the country away from demagogues. And he contends this can be done without weakening the Democrats in November and in 2028.
The Oberlin Club of Washington, D.C. shares its programs with those outside our region to encourage the participation of Obies wherever they reside. Your attendance at our Zoom programs elevates the discussions through your questions and comments and provides opportunities to enjoy the company of fellow Obies and reconnect with cohorts. Join us as the DC Club continues to examine the elections of 2026.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
6:00-7:00 p.m. (US Eastern)
~~REGISTER HERE~~
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2028 Cluster Reunion
This announcement duplicates one on the Class of 1968 website.
For those of us who are daring enough to plan ahead at this stage of our lives, I am offering a slightly vague "Save the Date" announcement about our 60th reunion.
Yes, there will be a 60th reunion.
Yes, the reunion will include the classes of '67-'69.
Yes, it will be in the Fall of 2028, either the last weekend or the next to the last weekend in October (27-29 or 20-22). See what I mean by slightly vague?
Maybe some of the activities wiil be streamed.
No, there will probably not be on campus lodging. We will work on finding our own
Yes, there will be accomodations for accessibility needs, that you can remind the yet-to-be-formed planning committtee to consider.
I hope this helps somewhat in planning something for the future.
Paul Safyan
PROFILE UPDATES
| • | Lee Cooprider (1969) 3/28 |
| • | John McKee (1969) 3/26 |
| • | Ralf Hotchkiss (1969) 3/25 |
| • | Liz Ryan (Cole) (1968) 3/14 |
| • | Richard Zitrin (1968) 2/8 |
| • | Thomas Gregory (1967) 1/15 |
| • | Jonathan Dreger (Dreger) (1969) 1/13 |
| • | M. Susan Rogers (Rose) (1969) 12/23 |
| • | Ross Bailey (1969) 11/20 |
| • | Paul Safyan (1968) 11/6 |
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