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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Blind to the Powerful |
Oligarchy will be explored in a Zoom conversation hosted by the DC Oberlin Club on Wednesday, June 10, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM Eastern time.
The wealthy and powerful few have dominated the many throughout most of human history. Today with politicians bought and paid for across the political spectrum, the world is heading into an even deeper state of inequality. Strangely enough, for the first time in history, this domination is accomplished through democracy. Yet we aren’t in open revolt against the system. In fact, we seemingly keep voting to prop it up. Why?
In his just-released book The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracy, political scientist Jeffrey Winters of the Oberlin Class of 1982 delivers a timely, incisive account of how we reached this era of in-your-face oligarchy. But this period of shocking inequality is nevertheless an opportunity for change.
Dr. Winters is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies Program at Northwestern University. He specializes on Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. At Oberlin, Jeffrey majored in Government.
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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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