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Alumni Weekend is special this year for many reasons, not the least of which is the celebration of the College’s first 50th reunion. The Founding Class—those who attended HMC for four years and graduated in 1961—will return to campus to mark the momentous occasion. Of the original 48 members of the class, 31 are expected to return and will celebrate together on a campus that is quite different than when they first arrived on Sept. 21, 1957, carrying possessions down one concrete sidewalk to a not-yet- fully painted dormitory. In a celebratory letter to the Founding Class, Founding President Joseph Platt remarked, “You were pioneers, equipped with that peculiar ability to see beyond the rocks and chaparral to envision the campus and legacy we would build together.” The Founding Class established HMC’s honor system, its traditions and the expectation that each student has the potential to develop not only viable skills but also the wisdom to use them responsibly. A wall built across Twelfth Street (now Platt Blvd.) became the impetus for Mudd’s prank tradition, including the policy that pranks should be harmless and reversible. Founding Class members opened the door for women to study engineer- ing, science, mathematics and technology with pioneers Jennie Rhine and Lori Ives. They proved that a class comprised of peo- ple from different financial, educational and geographical back- grounds could work collaboratively—and grow as individuals in the process. During Alumni Weekend, the College will celebrate the Founding Class for paving the way.
Although Jenny Rhine was the only woman enrolled in HMC’s first class, seven women, including Lori Ives, were to follow in the second semester of the 1957-58 school year.
Engagements were celebrated by tossing the betrothed in Scripps’ Seal Pond.
Chemistry majors included current Prof. Jerry Van Hecke, center, front.
The first residence hall, Mildred E. Mudd Hall (East), opened in September 1957.
Founding President Joseph Platt.
David Howell ’61 helps the College break ground for the Platt Campus Center.
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