Reunions
And They’re Back
More than 1,000 Carolina alumni and
friends reclaimed their campus in May
— climbing the Bell Tower, going to class,
touring old stomping grounds and enjoying companionship of former classmates.
More about reunions, including a photo
gallery and the Class of 1957 banquet
video, is at alumni.unc.edu/reunions.
Bright Beginnings
“It is interesting to reflect on the
many phenomena flourishing today
that had their inception coincidentally
with the beginning
of our adulthood,
traceable to our
Carolina Days and
the Carolina Way.”
Jim Exum Jr. ’ 57
Class President
SARAH MCCART Y ’ 96
Friday afternoon kicked
off a busy Reunion
Weekend. Returning
alumni spent the day
attending enrichment
classes and catching
up with classmates.
Below, left, more than
600 attended the Old
Students Club luncheon
Friday, representing
class years ’ 35 to ’ 57.
Campus walking tours,
below, and bus tours
showed alumni what
they’ve missed in their
years away from UNC.
■ The seed of
globalization was first planted when
Malcolm McLean organized the first
container ship that set sail in 1956.
SARAH MCCART Y ’ 96
SARAH MCCART Y ’ 96
■ Space exploration began with Sputnik in 1957.
SARAH MCCART Y ’ 96
■ Brown v. Board of Education set the
stage for the elimination of racial
discrimination by law.
GORDON PALMER ’ 82
■ The Euro and Western Europe’s economic unification was planted in the
European Common Market Treaty
signed in 1957.
■ Women, who now in Western
democracies proliferate in leadership
positions in all walks, public and private, were first allowed to sit in the
House of Lords in 1957.
Above, classmates mingled on the patio at Rams Head during Friday Frolic.
At left, alumni consulted their guide on the walking tour.
GORDON PALMER ’ 82
GORDON PALMER ’ 82
■ Today’s college basketball craze
began when the 1957 Tar Heels won
the NCAA championship in the first
nationally televised college game.
From the Class of 1957 50th
Anniversary Yackety Yack
After Friday Frolic, alumni watched the men’s baseball team
play at Boshamer Stadium. A fireworks display followed, sponsored by the GAA in honor of the graduating seniors.
