The 2010 Harvard Club Annual Dinner and Awards
You Are Cordially Invited to The 2010 Harvard Club Annual Dinner.
View the Skirball Gallery in Advance, Celebrate Two Incredible Individuals, and Enjoy The Music of The Yardbirds.
Sunday, May 2nd @ 6:00pm
Skirball Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049. Parking is free.
Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of two incredible members of our local community, David W. Oxtoby AB '72 and Judy Burton. Guests are welcome to view the world-renowned Skirball Center gallery in advance and will be entertained by the all Harvard alum, a capella singing group, The Yardbirds.
David W. Oxtoby AB '72, President of Pomona College and member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, will be this year's recipient of the Club's John Harvard Award for Distinguished Community Service. Under President Oxtoby's leadership, Pomona College has been ranked one of the top 10 best managed colleges in the nation. The Princeton Review ranks Pomona College #1 nationally as offering “the best classroom experience.” Oxtoby has launched initiatives in sustainability - including integrated academic and campus planning, and an office of sustainability - and carried out renovations of several historic campus buildings.
Judy Burton, President and CEO of Alliance College-Public Schools, will be this year’s recipient of the Excellence in Education Award. She launched the Alliance College-Public School, a non-profit charter management organization whose mission is to open and operate a network of high performing middle and high schools in Los Angeles. Ms. Burton succeeded in opening the first high school in 2004 and has successfully grown the network to 11 high schools and 5 middle schools in 2009 and will achieve the organization’s goal of 20 schools in operation by 2010. “We believe all students have the ability to learn at high levels, we give them the opportunity.” — Judy Burton.
The Yardbirds were started when Pitches co-founder Diane Nabatoff '78 and former Callbacks president Mia Riverton '99 decided they really missed singing in their undergrad a cappella groups. Diane and Mia made a few calls to their Harvard friends who love to sing -- and now, a year later, the group has blossomed into the current 16-member ensemble. The Yardbirds are composed solely of Harvard alums and represent a cross-section of Harvard a cappella groups spanning the 70's to the 00's: the Pitches, Krokodiloes, Callbacks, and Opportunes. The group’s repertoire features SATB [or mixed-voice] arrangements ranging from American Songbook standards to contemporary popular songs.
Cost: $80 Members and guests; $90 Non-Members ((Qualify for a $20 discount off
of Club Membership Purchase); $70 Recent Grads (Class of ’99 – ‘09)
Contact: Dan Medina, dan@capknowledge.com
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