Mark October 8 & 9 -- Old Gold Weekend -- On Your Calendar
September 8, 2004
Old Gold Weekend 2004 Schedule
September 8, 2004, Greencastle, Ind. - Old Gold Weekend 2004 will offer a celebration of alumni achievement, a revival of traditions and the turning of a new page as DePauw University honors the uncommon success of its graduates and dedicates the new Rector Village. You're invited back to campus for the festivities, friends and football that are among the elements that DePauw' homecoming weekend -- October 8-9 -- 
will include.
During the Friday night banquet, the DePauw Alumni Association will confer awards on seven alumni. Charles Hirotsugu Iikubo '57 (photo at right) will receive the Old Gold Goblet. The Young Alumni Award will go to I. Jay Bennett '91 (photo below left). Accepting Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards in the following categories will be:
- Barbara Blakemore '46 - Media
- Pamela J. Coburn '74 - Creative and Performing Arts
- Dr. Margery Stoops Gass '66 - Professional Achievement
- Elizabeth L. Hake '79 - Citizenship and Voluntary Service
- Theodore "Tim" M. Solso '69 - Management and Entrepreneurship
At 10:30 a.m. Saturday, DePauw will dedicate Rector Village (photo below right), seven suite-style residence halls located on the former site of Rector Hall, which was damaged beyond repair by fire in April 2002. Each of the halls has been named in recognition of gifts from DePauw alumni. A celebratory luncheon will follow the dedication.
Two special reunions are planned in conjunction with Saturday afternoon's football game vs. University of the South-Sewanee, which kicks off at 1:30 p.m. at Blackstock Stadium. Alumni of the Tiger Pep Band and marching band will perform at the game (read more here). Alumni of the Men of Note choral group will perform during halftime and in a special 
concert in Meharry Hall at 5:30 p.m.
There will be a formal dedication of the Laurel H. Turk Room in the Tennis and Track Center immediately following the game. Turk was a professor of modern languages at DePauw for 40 years.
The "D" Association will hold its annual meeting after the game, and the group will host the Athletic Hall of Fame reception and dinner that evening at the Student Social Center at the Walden Inn.
For a complete schedule of Old Gold Weekend 2004 events, click here. For more information, call the Office of Alumni Relations at (765) 658-4208.
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