Reunion Reports
1968 Beta
Seventy graduates and spouses met at the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews on Wednesday 30 May 2018 for our 50th reunion. The highlight of the weekend was a 15-minute video, “The Beta Club, a Musical Memory”, in which many memories, some very emotional, were brought to life. This covered our whole life from birth to the present, accompanied by emotive music, photos and videos. Certainly the star of the reunion! Amazing what a wonderful time a bunch of old people can have, when everyone still thinks they are young and are intent on having great fun.
1968 Engineering
Twenty-nine 1968 Engineering graduates and their partners celebrated the 50th anniversary of graduating with a dinner in the Randolph Hall on Saturday 6 October 2018, at which Professors Frank Coton and Neal Juster were our guests. Thanks to the Alumni Office, we were able to view a display of photos from previous reunions, 1968 student publications and exam papers, as well as details of recent engineering student projects which received financial support from the GU68 Engineers Trust set up by the year group in 2003. These included the Constructionarium project, which gives civil engineering students hands-on construction experience, and the Formula Student racing car built by the current class, which was on display in the cloisters.
1968 Notre Dame
We gathered to mark 50 years since we graduated from the then Notre Dame Training College. Forty-four former students arrived at Turnbull to celebrate Mass with Fr Paul Denney of Motherwell Diocese. After the Mass, we continued the celebrations with a light buffet lunch in The Curler’s Rest on Byres Road.
1968 Modern Languages
The golden graduates of 1968 Hons Modern Languages at Commemoration Day, 2018.
1959 BVMS Bulldosers
Eight graduates with spouses, 15 in total, attended this reunion from 6–9 August 2018 at the Ettrington Park Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon. We enjoyed a beautiful setting in wonderful weather. Everyone was free to do as they pleased during the day, but met together for dinner in the evenings. A tentative proposal was mooted to hold a 60th anniversary reunion in Jersey next September.
1960 Delta
Twenty-four members of the Delta Club 1960 met for their annual reunion lunch on 31 August 2018 at the House for an Art Lover. It had been decided previously that due to the rigours of the ageing process this would be our last get-together but, once again, it was a happy occasion and the lunch was of the high standard we have come to know at this venue.
The Delta Ladies plan to continue to meet for lunch in Glasgow twice yearly in October and March for the foreseeable future. Contact: Anne Loudon, +44 (0)141 639 4195 or AnneEPL@aol.com.
1963 Maths & Natural Philosophy
The Mathematics & Natural Philosophy class of 1963 reunion took place over two days in June, beginning with a visit to the Mackintosh exhibition at Kelvingrove Gallery. Our group of 15 alumni later enjoyed a visit to the School of Physics & Astronomy followed by a talk on gravitational waves, a tour of the labs and afternoon tea.
One of our group, Gerald Ratzer, also delivered a lecture on “Climate Change Evidence for Global Cooling”, which was open to the University community. The talk was very informative and appreciated by all. The next day a group of us, together with partners and spouses, enjoyed the Commemoration Day ceremony and lunch.
1965 Delta
Our reunion at the Hilton Grosvenor, Glasgow, from 14–16 September 2018, was attended by 40 graduates and, together with partners and spouses, 66 of us sat down for our gala dinner on Saturday 15 September. We had a successful meeting on Saturday morning and in the afternoon we were met by the Chancellor, Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, at the Wolfson Medical Building, followed by a guided tour by Professor Matthew Walters, Head of the School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing. The visit was regarded by all as very informative and successful.
Altogether, the weekend was very well received and enjoyed by all. It was decided that the next reunion should follow similar lines at the same venue in three years’ time.
1966 Zeta
The Zeta Club of 1966 held its 52nd class reunion at Seamill Hydro in October. Sixty of us had a most enjoyable time renewing old acquaintances.
1973 Geography
The Geography class of 1973 met for a fantastic lunch at Oran Mor on Wednesday 21 March. Plans are already underway to celebrate the big 50th reunion in May 2023 at the University.
1978 Notre Dame
On Saturday 23 June at the University’s Catholic Chaplaincy, Turnbull Hall, our 40th reunion commenced with Mass celebrated by Fr Ross Campbell. The day continued with the guest of honour Fr Des Broderick (our much-loved college chaplain from yesteryear). We enjoyed a wonderful meal followed by a quiz, singing, dancing and plenty of reminiscing. There was lots of laughter as we watched a slideshow of all our yesterdays and sang a wee ditty to the tune of “When I’m 64” to celebrate Fr Des turning 94 just prior to our get-together. Everyone looked fantastic and we plan to get together for a future reunion – date to be decided.
1978 Computing Science
The Computing Science Honours class of 1978 held our 40th reunion in May. We had a tour of the School of Computing Science and a review of the programme’s 60-year history. We visited the labs and had a demo of the latest robotics projects. We then met some current postgraduate students and Dr J Patterson, who taught us all nearly 40 years ago. A delicious lunch was enjoyed by all.