Your Harvard: Texas, Harvard Comes to Texas
October 24-25, 2014
Join us in Dallas on Friday evening, October 24, and Saturday, October 25, as Alumni, Parents and Friends gather for a Texas-sized celebration of the Harvard community in Texas and our neighboring states of New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, as well as Dallas's sister city Monterrey, Mexico. Together, we will also mark the centennials of the Harvard Club of Dallas and the Harvard Club of San Antonio.
Event Program
The celebration begins on Friday at 6:30PM with a festive gala dinner featuring remarks by President of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History Drew Gilpin Faust.
Saturday's activities begin with a networking breakfast at 8:15 a.m. At 9:30 a.m. there will be interactive teaching sessions with Harvard faculty. These will include:
The Arts and Universal Lessons in Leadership: Featuring Diane Paulus AB '88, Artistic
Director, American Repertory Theater; Professor of the Practice of Theatre, Faculty of
Arts and Science
The Revolution of Energy: Featuring Daniel Nocera, Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The New Metropolis: Featuring Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Govemment, Harvard Kennedy School; Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Harvard Kennedy School
HarvardX and the Future of Scholarship: Featuring David Malan AB '99, PhD '07, Senior Lecturer on Computer Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Our celebratory luncheon will feature a keynote address by Harvard Overseer Richard Fisher, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Then, beginning at 2:15 p.m., connect with other attendees and alumni panelists through dynamic discussions.
Sponsorship & Patron Tickets
If you are interested in helping to sponsor the event, registering for the event as a patron, or purchasing tables, please click here.
For information on the event Co-Chairs, Honorary Co-Chairs and Centennial Committee members please click here.
General Tickets
For updated program information and to register for general or recent graduate tickets, please click here.
If you have additional questions, please contact the Harvard Club of Dallas event co-chairs:
Dulany Howland at dhowland@howlandadvisOrv.com
Rebecca Dubowy Posten at dubowy@post.harvard.edu
Betsey Urschel at urschelbb@post.harvard.edu
Donna Arp Weitzman at donnajarp@gmail.com