Welcome Class of 1968

Throughout the weekend 

Self-Guided Tour of Elliot & Rosel Schewel Hall, the academic home for business, economics, communication studies, and the performing arts, and our campus’s newest building.

Journey Through the Years (permanent display) A 1903-2003 historical exhibition from the College Archives, Dining Room Foyer, and Burton Student Center. The display case and exhibit are a gift, in part, of the Class of 1993, and were designed by John Crank Jr. ’79.

Westover Hall Model (permanent display) Alumni House Lounge; built by Edmund “Rick” Potter, adjunct professor of history, son of Dr. Clifton ’62 and Dr. Dorothy Bundy Turner Potter ’64.

Accommodation Information

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Kirkley Hotel (near River Ridge Mall), 2900 Candlers Mountain Road, www.kirkleyhotel.com, 434/237-6333, Toll Free 866/510-6333. To receive a special rate of $79 that includes a continental breakfast, call and indicate that you are a Lynchburg College Westover Alumni Society Weekend participant.  Reserve your room as soon as possible.

Special Notes

The dining room in Burton Student Center is open for lunch and dinner on Friday and brunch on Saturday and Sunday. Every event, including Class Reunion lunches, is open to all Westover Alumni Society members and guests. To make your weekend as enjoyable as possible, please let us know about any special needs you have such as dietary concerns or special parking.

Directions and Maps

Directions and maps are available at http://www.lynchburg.edu/maps.xml

TRAVEL ALERT: ROUTE 29 BY-PASS

For Route 29 southbound guests, please note that a by-pass begins south of Amherst. Take exit for Route 210 toward Downtown Lynchburg, turn right off the ramp, and turn left on Business 29 South, where the road will become familiar and follow signs to Lynchburg College at 1501 Lakeside Drive.

(updated March 5)

Thursday, April 23
4 -5 p.m.  DAURA ART GALLERY OPENING RECEPTION, 20th Anniversary: The Fall of the Berlin Wall. Ikonen Einer Grenzanlage / Icons of a Border Installation. Senior Art Thesis Exhibition and Annual Student Art Show, Daura Gallery, Dillard Fine Arts Center.

7:30 p.m. LYNCHBURG COLLEGE WIND SYMPHONY CONCERT conducted by Dr. Oeida Hatcher, associate professor, director of instrumental studies and music education, Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall (reservations required) 

Friday, April 24
7:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. LC FITNESS CENTER OPEN TO ALUMNI Must pre-register and bring photo ID. Enter Turner Gym from lower level at rear of building. 

8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. REGISTRATION OPEN Final schedules, campus maps, Class Reunion Scrapbooks on display, and weekend materials, Alumni House Lounge (also on Saturday 9 a.m. - Noon). 

9 – 10 a.m. BACK TO CLASS Faculty and staff guest speakers. Hopwood Hall Room 17.

·        Planned Giving – Planning for Your Future:  Gene Frantz ’71, ’76 M.Ed., Vice President for Planned Giving 

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. BOOKSTORE OPEN first floor, Burton Student Center (also open on Saturday) 

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. ART EXHIBITIONS  20th Anniversary: The Fall of the Berlin Wall. Ikonen Einer Grenzanlage / Icons of a Border Installation. Senior Art Thesis Exhibition and Annual Student Art Show, Daura Gallery, Dillard Fine Arts Center.

10 – 10:30 a.m. COFFEE WITH PRESIDENT KENNETH AND MRS. SHEILA GARREN, 2007 Honorary Alumni Awardees, East Room Foyer, Burton Student Center

10:30 a.m. CLASS OF 1949 CLASS REUNION PHOTO East Room Foyer, Burton Student Center

10:45 a.m. CLASS OF 1954 CLASS REUNION PHOTO East Room Foyer, Burton Student Center

11 a.m. – 1 p.m. CLASS OF 1954 55th REUNION LUNCH, with the Classes of 1952, 1953, and 1955 and guests.  Hosted by Class Reunion Co-chairs Estherina Shems ’54, Nancy Cochran Wooldridge ’54, and Richard “Dick” Martin ’54, East Room, Burton Student Center

11 a.m. – 1 p.m. CLASS OF 1949 60TH REUNION LUNCH FOR with the Classes of 1940-‘48, ’50, ‘51 and guests.  Hosted by Class Reunion Chair Joyce Roberson Goforth ’49, Westover Alumni Society Board member, Burton Room, Burton Student Center

11:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH Tables reserved for alumni, pay at the door, Dining Room, Burton Student Center

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. GUIDED TOUR OF CAMPUS Leave from East Room Foyer, Burton Student Center

1:15 VAN TRIP TO CLAYTOR NATURE STUDY CENTER Bedford County. Leave from Turner Gym Parking lot.  Arrive on campus 4 p.m.

2 – 5 p.m. RELAX AND REMINISCE Alumni House Lounge

6 - 8:30 p.m. WESTOVER ALUMNI SOCIETY WELCOME HOME RECEPTION Hosted by Betty Thornton Neighbours ‘55, Westover Alumni Society President, with special guests President Kenneth and Mrs. Sheila Garren, all alumni welcome, business attire, Heavy hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center

9 – 11 p.m.  CLASS OF 1964 GATHERING hosted by Claude ’64 and Janet Mays at their home, 1193 Lake Shore Drive, Forest, 434/929-8215, directions available at registration

9 – 11 p.m.  CLASS OF 1959 GATHERING, ACORN HILL LODGE, 2134 Old Forest Road (just off-campus), 434/528-0983 

Saturday, April 25
9 – 10 a.m. BACK TO CLASS Faculty and staff guest speakers. Hopwood Hall.

·         The Civil War and Lynchburg, Va.  A joint presentation Dr. Clifton Potter ’62, professor of history,  and Dr. Dorothy Bundy Turner Potter ’64, associate professor of history.  Room 14

·         The Belk Observatory at Claytor Nature Study Center:  Dr. Neal Sumerlin, professor of chemistry, Director, Lynchburg College Observatory.  Room 15

·         Gerontology Today:  Dr. J. Al Hagy ’56, Retired Physician, University of Virginia School of Medicine, and Denise Scruggs, Director of the Belle Boone Beard Center on Aging and the Life Course.  Room 16   

9 – 9:45 a.m. WESTOVER ALUMNI SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING All members welcome, Room 231/Verizon Faculty Resource Room, Elliot & Rosel Schewel Hall

9 a.m. – Noon REGISTRATION OPEN Final schedule, campus maps, Class Reunion Scrapbooks on display, and weekend materials pick up, Alumni House Lounge

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. BOOKSTORE OPEN first floor, Burton Student Center

10:15 a.m. VAN RIDES FOR THE CLASS OF 1959 50th CLASS REUNION LUNCH TO THE CLAYTOR NATURE STUDY CENTER. Leave from Turner Gym Parking lot.

10 – 10:30 a.m. COFFEE WITH DR. JULIUS SIGLER '62, VICE PRESIDENT AND DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, AND JAN COCKE SIGLER '65, COORDINATOR OF PARENTS PROGRAMS, East Room Foyer, Burton Student Center

10 a.m. – 8 p.m. LC FITNESS CENTER OPEN TO ALUMNI Must pre-register and bring photo ID. Enter Turner Gym Center from lower level at rear of building.

10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. BRUNCH Tables reserved for alumni, pay at the door, Dining Room, Burton Student Center

10:45 a.m. CLASS OF 1964 CLASS REUNION PHOTO East Room Foyer steps, Burton Student Center

11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. CLASS OF 1964 - 45TH CLASS REUNION LUNCH with the classes of 1960-’63 and ’65 and guests. Hosted by Class Reunion co-chairs Carolyn Hodges Crosby ’64, Westover Alumni Society First Vice President, and Sherwood Zimmerman ‘64, Alumni Board member and Westover Alumni Society Board member, East Room, Burton Student Center

11 a.m. – 2 p.m. CLASS OF 1959 50TH CLASS REUNION LUNCH AT THE JOHN E. AND KATHRYN S. HUSTED PAVILION AT THE CLAYTOR NATURE STUDY CENTER with the classes of 1955-’58 and guests. CLASS PHOTO at 11:15 a.m. Hosted by Class Reunion Chair R. Buddy Leffers ’59, Westover Alumni Society Board member. Van rides back to campus will follow lunch. 

1 – 5 p.m. ART EXHIBITIONS (See Friday Listing) Daura Gallery, Dillard Fine Arts Center.

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. GUIDED TOUR OF CAMPUS Leave from East Room Foyer, Burton Student Center

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. REFLECTIONS FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT Panel Discussion with Westover Alumni Society Class Reunion Co-chairs:   Joyce Roberson Goforth ’49, Estherina Shems ’54, Richard “Dick” Martin  ’54, R. Buddy Leffers ’59, Carolyn Hodges Crosby ’64, and Sherwood Zimmerman ’64, Westover Room, Burton Student Center

3 – 5 p.m. RELAX AND REMINISCE Alumni House Lounge

6 – 8 p.m. WESTOVER ALUMNI SOCIETY DINNER, ALUMNI AWARDS PRESENTATIONS, Reunion recognitions, Class Gifts presentations, and recognition of past alumni award recipients.  Hosted by Betty Thornton Neighbours ’55 and special guests President Kenneth and Mrs. Sheila Garren, open to all, business attire, cash bar, Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center

8 – 11:00 p.m. MUSICAL FELLOWSHIP TIME Relax and reminisce and Dance and enjoy your favorite music! Cash bar, coffee and desserts, hosted by Westover Alumni Society.  Music provided by Solid Gold Time Machine and D.J. Richard Kent.  Westover Room, Burton Student Center

8:30 – 10:30 p.m. CLASS OF 1964 EVENT Hosted by Sherwood ’64 and Patsy Walker Zimmerman ’63 at their home, 1063 Walkers Crossing Drive, Forest, 434/525-3804, directions available at registration

9 p.m. VAN TRIP TO BELK OBSERVATORY Claytor Nature Study Center. Leave from Alumni House.  Shuttles will arrive on campus at 11 p.m.

Sunday, April 26

8:30 – 10 a.m. WESTOVER ALUMNI SOCIETY BREAKFAST Hosted by Betty Thornton Neighbours ‘55, and Carolyn Hodges Crosby ’64, East Room, Burton Student Center

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. WORSHIP SERVICE Led by Dr. Pete Warren, College Chaplain, and Director of Church Relations, and Rev. Bill Whitehurst '54, will deliver the sermon, Snidow Chapel

Noon – 1:30 p.m. BRUNCH Tables reserved for alumni, pay at the door, Dining Room, Burton Student Center

1 – 5:00 p.m. ART EXHIBITION. (See Friday Listing) Daura Gallery, Dillard Fine Arts Center.

2 p.m. GALLERY TALK “A West German’s Perspective of the Cold War.” Dr. Georg Schwarzmann, assistant professor of German and Spanish. Daura Gallery, Dillard Fine Arts Center

4:30 p.m. ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS Snidow Chapel

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