“ The Great ’68” 50th class reunion is almost here! Mark your calendars for a weekend of renewed friendships under the Dome, May 31 to June 3 and reflect upon your personal and family experiences as part of the exceptional group known as “The Great ’68”.

Register now at reunion.nd.edu .

We plan a very personal 50th reunion, including Rocky Bleier’s “ The Play ,” Friday and Saturday class dinners at Duncan Student Center overlooking “the House that Rockne Built,” a ceremony honoring the military of The Great ’68, a speakers bureau featuring interesting, “out of the box” classmates, a Saturday night tribute to The Great ’68 / Notre Dame by Lou Holtz and President Tom Weyer, and much more.

Here is a lineup of events for our weekend Reunion:

FRIDAY AGENDA

• ●  TBD – Class of 1968 Golf Scramble at Burke Golf Course
• ●  6:30am – Breakfast at Dining Halls (until 10am)
• ●  9:00am – 10:30am – Flag Raising/Vietnam Commemoration with reception in front of the Dome
• ●  10:30am – ND Perspectives (ND faculty offering an insightful discussion) at Washington Hall
• ●  11:00am – Lunch at South Dining Hall with the Dining Hall Queens (until 1pm)
• ●  1:30pm – University Leaders Forum at Washington Hall with John Affleck-Graves
• ●  3:00pm – Rocky Bleier “The Play” , Decio Theater
• ●  5:00pm – 1968 & 50 Year Club Mass at Basilica of Sacred Heart

○ Presiders: Fr. John Sheehan ‘68 & Fr. John Pearson ‘68

• ●  6:00pm – Cocktail Reception at the new Dahnke Ballroom at the ND Stadium with views

  overlooking the field

• ●  7:00pm – Dinner at Dahnke Ballroom (until 1am)
• ●  9:00pm – Neverly Brothers (a great Chicago band!) performance at Dahnke Ballroom (until 1am)

  SATURDAY AGENDA

• ●  6:30am – Breakfast at Dining Halls (until 10am)
• ●  9:00am – Seminar for Class of 1968
  • ○  Featuring the following speakers:
  • ○  John O’Conner “The Voice of Deep Throat”
  • ○  Ralph Neas “When America Works Again”
• ●  10:00am – Seminar for Class of 1968 (until 10:30am)
  • ○  Doug Marsh, Vice President and University Architect
  • ○  “Then and Now: The Future of Our Campus”
• ●  Noon – 1968 Induction Lunch for Class of 1968 at Joyce Center Arena with Father Jenkins
  • ○  Featuring the following class speakers:
  • ○  Tom Weier – Opening Remarks
  • ○  Chris Murphy – Invocation
  • ○  Matt Walsh – Presentation of Class Gift
• ●  1:00pm – Class Photo immediately following at Joyce Center
• ●  2:00pm – Rocky Bleier “The Play” , Decio Theater
• ●  4:00pm – All Class Mass & Program at the Joyce Center Fieldhouse

○ Classmate Joe Kernan will be honored as the 2018 Sorin Award Recipient ● 6:00pm – Cocktails Reception at the Dahnke Ballroom

● 7:00pm – Dinner at Dahnke Ballroom (until 1am)
○ Featured speakers Lou Holtz and Tom Weyer ‘68, President for Life

● 9:00pm – Darryl Buchanan and The Motown Review – at Dahnke Ballroom
Show your ND pride by purchasing the exclusive 1968 Reunion polo produced by our own Skip

Strzelecki ‘68. Class of 1968 Polo Shirt Order Form

As part of our Reunion celebration, we invite you to participate in our class gift honoring the mission of our legendary coach, Ara Parseghian in his fight against Niemann-Pick Type C. We are all aware of the tragedy that befell Ara and his family, and this is a fitting tribute to them and the research that takes place on the campus of Notre Dame.

“There will be no cure without research and no research without funding.” ~ Coach Ara Parseghian

Our goal for The Great ’68 is to have the highest percentage of participation in the history of ND class gifts, whether the amount is $10 or $1 million. A group of our classmates have agreed to match class gifts made from April 2 to June 30, 2018 .

We believe our 50th reunion Great ’68 motto should be a quote from Ara:

“You know what it takes to win. Just look at my fist. When I make a fist, it’s strong and you can’t tear it apart. As long as there’s unity, there’s strength. We must become so close with the bonds of loyalty and sacrifice, so deep with the conviction of the sole purpose, that no one, no group, no thing, can ever tear us apart.”

Thank you for going above and beyond in your continuing generosity to Notre Dame. See you at Reunion 2018! Go Irish!