
- It’s October in Cambridge — Ready to Get Back This June?

As the leaves turn and the temperatures drop, we are gearing up toward our fabulous 50th Reunion on June 1–4, 2027!
First, some important timely information:
- Class Report (Red Book): Note: The deadline for entries has been extended to November 19! (click here to submit yours).
- HR77 Parties and Open Houses, in a City Near You! As these are happening during Halloween weekend, your classmate hosts ask that you respond ASAP (click here to find out more and RSVP).
- Harvard/Princeton Game on October 24: Click here to purchase tickets and join classmates in a reserved area.
Second, this website is brand new, thanks to the work of classmate Laura Carr Trumbull! The webpages have been designed to make it easy for you to consider participating in the following ways:
- Write Classmate Obituaries: HAA staff no longer performs the solemn task of writing obituaries for inclusion in Class Reports, passing that mantle to classmates. Since our 45th reunion, many of our own have passed on. If you would like to write or cowrite the obituary for a deceased classmate personally important to you, please email Peter to let him know. For more information, click here.
- Share Photos and Videos of HR77: Previous reunions, local gatherings, images from our undergraduate days—we’d love to see them! Please upload them here. For our privacy and security, access to these will require a Harvard Key (instructions here).
- Perform in Our Evening of Performing Arts on June 2: HR77, it’s time to get your acts together if you’d like to perform in the Evening of Performing Arts! Singers, dancers, actors, musicians, orators, comics, jugglers, magicians, puppeteers, and performers of all shapes and sizes, click here to contact our producer, Greg Gorden.
Interested in shaping the reunion? Later this month we will email you our Class Interest Survey, to collect your input about what you’d want in our reunion. Meanwhile, we’re excited to see a number of you on Halloween weekend. And as always, feel free to contact us with any questions, suggestions, or comments at lerangis@gmail.com or joanssoble.ed@gmail.com.
Your GetBack 5.0 Reunion Co-Chairs,
Joan Soble and Peter Lerangis
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Remember to:
- SAVE THE DATE for our Reunion: June 1–4, 2027 (4 days, 3 nights — including HR77’s reunion-specific events on June 1–3 and Harvard Alumni Day on June 4).
- RESERVE YOUR HOTEL NOW: Through our block of discounted rooms via HAA, through our special arrangement with the Boston Marriott Copley Place, or on your own. Rooms will fill fast, so act ASAP!
- REGISTER for your HarvardKey if you don’t have one, so you can log in for your Class Report submission and register for our 50th when we provide a link this spring. (If you need help with your HarvardKey, call the Harvard University IT Service Desk at 617-495-7777 or reach out to the HAA at haa_alumnihelp@harvard.edu or 800-823-2478.)
- CONFIRM your contact information in the Alumni Directory to ensure you receive all HAA communications about our 50thth Reunion.
- BOOKMARK this website for access to ALL class details and reunion updates.
- JOIN “Get Social” Harvard Class of 1977, our private Facebook group.
- HELP us find LOST classmates. Please encourage them to attend GetBack 5.0!
Upcoming Events
- Red Book Submission Due Date — EXTENDED to November 19!
- Princeton Football Game with Classmates — October 24
- PRE-REUNION GATHERINGS! Denver: October 30
- NYC Area: October 30
- Sarasota/Naples: October 30
- Seattle: October 30
- Santa Fe/Albuquerque: November 1
- Washington DC Area: November 1
- San Francisco Area: November 1
- Philadelphia/Princeton: November 1
- Portland, Maine: November 1
- Los Angeles: November 1
- Chicago/Midwest: November 1
- Boston Area: November 1