More than 8,000 alumni, family members and friends enjoyed Cornell’s Ithaca campus during four cloudless days of Reunion 2019, June 6-9.
Cornell Glee Club alumni of many generations lead the singing during Cornelliana Night.
“Reunion is a wonderful opportunity for generations of Cornellians to come together and celebrate their alma mater and each other,” said Michelle Vaeth ’98, associate vice president for alumni affairs. “This weekend, alumni of all ages gathered in this beautiful place, participated side by side in the same activities, and got to know each other.”
Attendance was robust: About 5,768 alumni (a record) came back, the majority of them from classes of the 4s and 9s celebrating their fifth through 75th reunions. Several of those classes set attendance records, as well:
- The Class of 1959 set a 60th Reunion record with 151 attendees;
- The Class of 1974 set a 45th Reunion record with 230 attendees;
- The Class of 1989 set a 30th Reunion record with 384 attendees;
- And the Class of 2014 shattered the 5th Reunion record with 964 attendees, and sent up a loud cheer at Saturday’s Cornelliana Night in celebration.
Another Cornelliana Night cheer went up for a surprise appearance, via video, of Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54, greeting her classmates on the occasion of their 65th Reunion.
