May 20 - 22, 2009
Thanks to everyone for coming and making the Old Guard event successful. See you next year!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20
- 10:30 am
Optional: Golf on your own
Pete Dye River Course
Additional fee - 3:00 – 7:00 pm
Reunion Registration and Information
Holtzman Alumni Center (HAC), Gallery, 2nd floor
Hospitality Center
HAC Grand Hall, 1st floor and HAC Gallery, 2nd floor - 5:30 pm
Special Anniversary Class Reception featuring guitar soloist, Stevan Jackson
Latham Ballroom (SCC) - 6:30 pm
Special Anniversary Class Dinners
Class of 1954 Anniversary Dinner with special guest James I. Robertson Jr.
Latham Ballroom (SCC)
Combined Classes of 1939, 1944 and 1949 Anniversary Dinner
with special guest Richard Benson, Dean of Engineering
Latham Ballroom (SCC)
THURSDAY, MAY 21
- 7:00 am – 12:00 pm
Reunion Registration and Information
(HAC Gallery), 2nd floor
Hospitality Center
HAC Grand Hall, 1st floor and HAC Gallery, 2nd floor - 8:00 - 9:00 am
Hosted College Breakfasts - 9:30 am
The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Presentation with Major General Jerry Allen and Colonel Rock Roszak
Latham Ballroom (SCC) - 11:30 am
Lunch
College of Architecture and Urban Studies' Cowgill Hall - 1:15 pm
Special Presentation
“International Opportunities for Today’s Students” with Dr. John Dooley, Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs
Hancock Lecture Hall - 2:30 pm
Time on your own
Optional tours of the Corps Museum at Brodie Hall - 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Registration Reopens - 5:30 pm
Old Guard Reception with Host Bar
The Lawn (Weather permitting)
(Rain Location Latham Ballroom SCC) - 6:30 pm
Old Guard Banquet* with special guest University President
Charles W. Steger and music and dancing featuring special entertainment by "The Sway Katz"
Latham Ballroom (SCC)
* Also Banquet only registration available
FRIDAY, MAY 22
- 7:00 am
Hospitality Center
HAC Grand Hall, 1st floor and HAC Gallery, 2nd floor - 8:00 am
Breakfast Buffet
Special Guest Speakers - Dr. Terry Papillon, Director of University Honors Program
- Scot Thomas, Head Coach for Virginia Tech Women's Softball
- Kim Beisecker, Director of Cranwell International Center
- Major General Jerry Allen, Commandant, Corps of Cadets
- Old Guard Business Meeting
Election of 2009-2010 Old Guard Officers and Advisory Board
also announcements and adjournment
Latham Ballroom (SCC) - 9:30 am
Concludes Formal Reunion Program (Hospitality Center remains open)