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On-again, off-again rain showers couldn’t put a damper on the bright spirits, as Hamilton alumni gathered for a memorable Reunion Weekend, June 6–9. More than 1,000 alumni, family, and friends returned to the Hill for reminiscing, traditions, and events galore.

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More than 1,200 alumni, family and friends descended on the Hill to Party On, reconnect with old friends and make new memories at Reunions 2023, on June 8 to 11. Of special note, this year marked the largest Hamilton 50th Reunion class - with 82 registered.

After a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic, Reunions returned in a big way, living up to its billing as One Hill of a Party.

The perfect June weather was only one contributing factor to a terrific Reunions 2019, as alumni and friends reunited and reminisced.

When Gordon Kaye ’74 comes to campus for a reunion, he first walks or drives to the old quad, where the Chapel faces. “It just sort of centers me,” says Kaye, who met his wife at Hamilton, and whose daughter went here too. “It gives me a sense of where I am.”

When Kimberly Keogh graduated from Hamilton in 1990 with a psycho-biology major, she didn’t know much about autism. She had moved back home to Massachusetts and was looking for work when she responded to an advertisement for the New England Center for Children (NECC). Keogh has worked there ever since.

Megan Hauck ’04 is gearing up for her 15-year reunion, and she can’t wait. Hamilton was the only school she applied to. “I went on a college tour and I kind of fell in love.” Hauck is currently the president of the class of 2004 and co-chair of the class leadership committee, as well as sits on the executive council of the alumni association.

When Josie Collier ‘97, P’14 saw an image of Hamilton College on the wall of her guidance counselor at the Bronx High School of Science, she thought, ‘Hey, cool print.’

Liz Menges ’84 met her husband at Hamilton. Two of her sons also went there, and she’s never let herself fall out of touch with Hamilton—it’s a family affair, after all. But despite the many times she’s previously returned, she’s really looking forward to this next reunion.