Excerpts from our latest Class newsletter: Dear Classmates, Our newly elected Class Officers, as many of you know are: Class President, Alex Conroy (pictured), Co-Executive Vice Presidents, Barbara Russo Bravo (pictured), Douglas L. Cox, Sidney P. Rodbell and Administrative Vice President, Maria D. Mia Argentieri. To help us stay connected, Class President, Alex Conroy recently appointed Elsie Howard as Vice President and Chairwoman of Regional Development and Outreach and Michael Micky Neiditch to the position of Vice President and Chairman of Communications. Additional leadership positions will be filled going forward. To draw us closer together for the five years leading to our 50th reunion, a class newsletter will be published at least three times a year, or every four months. It will focus on information about PENN specifically relevant to the Class of ’68 to help you stay connected to PENN. The Admissions Office encourages the members of the Class of 1968 to talk to the younger members of their families about the benefits of a Penn undergraduate education. Turn directly to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to obtain materials about Penn, arrange for a visit to campus, and schedule a conversation with an alumni representatives living in their communities. The Class that will be admitted this spring, and arrive on campus in the autumn, will comprise the Class of 2018. They will graduate from Penn on the same weekend that we celebrate our class 50th anniversary! Be a part of the recruitment of Americas best students. Is there someone at home as bright as you? Become an Alumni Interviewer representing the Class of 1968! Interview Program Member Registration is available here: alumni.upenn.edu/interviews-memb Call for Photographs The Class of 1968 lived through four momentous years which we would like to recall at our 50th Reunion through an extensive exhibition of photographs that we took during those years of the campus and our friends, what we saw and experienced. Please begin now to send me the photographs that you took. This newsletter will succeed only if its readers invest a bit of themselves in the issues that follow this very modest first one. My hope is that many of us will want to contribution to a collection and eventual exhibition of the photographs we took between 1964 and 1968. Call for Class Notes We want to hear from you! In future e-newsletters we will include a section for class notes! Please send your stories, updates, announcements, and Penn photos to Michael Neiditch (upennclassof1968@gmail) or staff liaison Lisbeth Willis ([email protected]) with the subject: Class of 1968 notes. Please be sure to include the full names, schools, and class years of those mentioned in the submitted text. Submissions will only be published in our electronic class newsletter, but if you would also like to submit it to the Penn Gazette’s Alumni Notes, please copy [email protected]. The Mask and Wig Club presents, its 126th annual production: “Wishful Sinking” Friday, March 7, 2014 - San Francisco Victoria Theater 2961 16th St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Saturday, March 8, 2014 - Los Angeles The Beverly Vista Elementary School 200 S. Elm Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Friday, March 14, 2014 - New York Fashion Institute of Technology (Haft Auditorium) 227 W. 27th St. New York, NY 10001 Saturday, March 15, 2014 - Boston Dexter Southfield School (The Clay Center Auditorium) 20 Newton Street Brookline, MA 02445 Class of 1968 Scholarship Update The Class of 1968 Scholarship Fund was established in 1993 through gifts from Class members in honor of our twenty-fifth reunion, increased in 1997 in honor of our Class’s thirtieth reunion, and increased again in 2003 in honor of our thirty-fifth reunion. The purpose of the Fund is to provide renewable scholarships to freshmen with financial need. As a point of information, all undergraduate students at Penn who are eligible for financial aid receive grant based, loan-free aid packages. As of June 30, 2013, the Class’s Endowed Scholarship Fund had a market value of approximately $1.3 million with over $79,000 income available for distribution. The Class Scholarship Currently Supports Three Students Robert Kim, ENG’15, from Garnet, PA, who wants to attend medical school or graduate school. Kim feels the best advice that he received while at Penn has been to keep an open mind. “Penn has one of the most elite programs and with it a fantastic community. Meeting new people, learning about yourself, and developing as a human being, I believe are some of the most essential parts of living. Once again, I want to thank you with all my heart for your scholarship and help, without it I know I would not be the person I am now, nor grow up to the person I will become.” Marshall Pritt, EE’17, EN’17,from Aliquippa, PA who is also a Varsity football player, right tackle – sends his thanks to the class. “Penn is my dream school and I couldn’t afford it without your generous help. I appreciate the fact that this is an investment you’re making in my education and I want you to know that I will make the most out of it. Once again, my family and I couldn’t be more grateful.” Kyu Lee, C’17, from Cerritos, CA, Captain of Water Polo Varsity Team and Swim Team and wants to go to medical school and become a surgeon. He shared these thoughts: “The opportunity that you have given to study at one of the most prestigious universities in the world is truly a gift! So I am forever thankful to the people who made this possible. Your generosity will change my life forever”. H. Michael Micky Neiditch Class of 1968 Vice President and Chairman of Communications
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