Welcome, Class of ’72!

The College has announced that we will have an in-person reunion this spring! The classes of 1970 and 1971 will be joining us, since their 50^th reunions were impacted by the pandemic. Each class has its own reunion committee that is planning its own events, though some events will be open to all three classes.

Check out these two important websites:

50^th Reunion: https://www.oberlin.edu/alumni-association/50th-reunion

Reunion Accommodations: https://www.oberlin.edu/alumni-association/reunion/2022-spring-reunion-accommodations

In addition, the website that you’re reading right now is our own Class of 1972 site where we can begin to get back in touch with each other, whether we think we will make it to the reunion or not. 

Please create your profile—click “First Time Visitors” for instructions. Once you have a profile you will be able to read other classmates’ profiles and contact them through the site; your real-world contact information will not be visible.

The photos that people have posted to “Photos From Back Then” are amazing—please keep those coming!

Kathy Schlivek Diamond, Class of 1972 Website Administrator

Welcome from the 50^th Reunion Committee

The Class of 1972 50^th Reunion Committee welcomes you to this private, password-protected Class of 1972 website. Here is where you can find updates on potential reunion events, read news about and see photos of classmates, send private messages to classmates, follow discussion threads, and spend time to remember classmates who have passed on. In your profile you can post what you have done during the past years since we all left Oberlin, as well as information about your family if you wish.  

The Committee is planning our 50^th Reunion for June 3–5, 2022.  We are planning for our reunion to be fully in-person. We will be closely watching the results of the national vaccination campaign on the health of the nation and on the safety of travel and large gatherings in Northeast Ohio, as we get closer to spring 2022. You can follow the ongoing status at Oberlin at www.Oberlin.edu/news/corona-virus-updates.

It has been terrific to see how thoughtfully and creatively Oberlin has responded to the challenges of resuming an on-campus educational experience for the 2020–2021 and 2021–22 academic years. Last academic year’s three-semester approach, utilizing the summer months of 2021 for a third semester, allowed de-densification of the campus. This, coupled with excellent adherence to safety requirements as well as extensive testing and contact tracing, has resulted in the campus remaining healthy overall. The 2021–22 academic year is off to a safe start with resumption of the more traditional two-semester schedule. Safety measures are in place and the campus has had a remarkably low caseload of infections.

Another responsibility of 50^th Reunion Committee members is to reach out to each of you to encourage your contributions to our 50th Reunion Class Gift, which is the signature gift for us to “give back” for those students coming after us. Oberlin needs our support. We hope that you will welcome our outreach and that you will consider giving generously to ensure that current and future Oberlin students have the same high-quality level of education that we received.

Please do establish your profile on this website through the First Time Visitors page, and use the Contact Us button for suggestions for the website itself and suggestions for the 50th Reunion Committee. We greatly look forward to seeing you in person or virtually at our 50th Reunion in spring 2022.

      Stay safe and well!

      Bruce Breslauer, ’72 Class President

      Dave Tempest,  50th Reunion Committee Chair

     (We are grateful to Patricia (Domres) Kapur for serving as Committee Chair during the initial year of the planning process.)