2015 Harvard Club Annual Dinner

Do not miss the biggest event of the year! Our club is fortunate to have Philip Lovejoy, the newly-appointed Executive Director of the Harvard Alumni Association, as our speaker.

Philip Lovejoy will be speaking about “What Makes Harvard Great?” highlighting the important work alumni have done and continue to do as they shape Harvard in the 21st Century. Join the fun! All Harvard alums from the undergraduate and graduate programs are invited. Alums may bring guests. Admitted students, their parents, and current students are welcome too!

Date & time:
Tuesday, May 12th
6pm – Cocktails (no host bar)
7pm – Dinner and Speaker

Location:
Portland Golf Club
5900 SW Scholls Ferry Road
Portland, OR 97225
(business casual attire; denim not permitted)

Cost:
$45 members (dues current as of May 12)
$50 non-members

Entrée menu options:
1) Lemon Grass Marinated Pan-Seared Chicken Breast with Ginger Butter, or
2) Hangar Steak with Marchant de Vin Sauce, or
3) Spinach, Feta Cheese, Wild Mushroom Strudel and Pine Nuts
*Dinner also includes salad, bread, dessert, and coffee/tea*

May 5th was the deadline to RSVP; please hucoregon@post.harvard.edu if you have questions about making reservations.

After online payment, check email inbox (or spam filter) for confirmation email from webmaster@harvardcluboregon.com. For any questions about registration, please contact Harvard Club of Oregon Treasurer, Frank Hood, AB'82 at frankphood@gmail.com. If you have other questions, please email Harvard Club of Oregon board member Tina Lee Lam, MBA'88 at tina@thelamgroup.com



Speaker biography
          Philip Lovejoy’s employment at Harvard began in 1998, but the University has always been a part of his life. The son and grandson of Harvard graduates and dedicated alumni volunteers (and great-grandson of a Radcliffe alumna), he recalls dinner table conversations about Harvard’s positive impact on the world. Those conversations, and the many he has had with alumni around the world, inform his vision for developing a deeply engaged and connected alumni body for Harvard—alumni who are excited about the Harvard of today and the Harvard of the future, and who will continue to steward the University as ambassadors, volunteers, and donors.
          From 1998 to 2004, he was director of external affairs at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, where his responsibilities included directing the public programs and all fundraising efforts. Since joining the HAA in 2004, he has worked in a variety of roles, previously serving as deputy executive director, director of University-wide alumni affairs, and associate director of alumni education. Philip has positioned the organization to deepen alumni engagement with Harvard through five points of connection: access to intellectual content, connection to the campus and students of today, treating alumni as “insiders,” increasing participation in volunteerism and philanthropy, and promoting participation in alumni communities. In partnership with the critically important network of alumni volunteers, Philip and the HAA are working to translate positive feelings toward Harvard into a deeper alumni engagement with the University and an abiding commitment to its success.