PLEASE NOTE:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Golden Alumni Weekend (May 15-17, 2020), has been rescheduled to May 21-23, 2021. Golden Alumni Reunion Weekend 2021 will take place pending CDC guidelines. Please check back to this site for updates. Thank you for your patience and flexibility.
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The Le Moyne Alumni Association looks forward to welcoming the Classes of 1970 and 1971 home to the Heights for Golden Alumni Reunion Weekend May 21-23, 2021, which will also incorporate a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the College. At this special three-day event, classmates from the College's 50-year reunion classes and their guests will reconnect and celebrate together back where it all began, as well as enjoy a special opportunity to process in the College's 71st Commencement ceremony.
Golden Reunion Alumni Awards
The 2020 Alumni Award winners - Professional Achievement: Bill Boden '70, M.D.; Community Service: Dennis Petruzzi '70 and Susan (Montano) Petruzzi '70; and Service to Le Moyne: Joseph Russo '70 - will be honored at the 2021 Golden Reunion Dinner.
To nominate members of the Class of 1971 for an Alumni Award, please use the following form.
Reunion Class Gift
Another way you can honor your class is by making a contribution to your class gift. Your donation, no matter the amount, will be counted in the class giving total, and will help transform the lives of current and future students at Le Moyne. Participation is paramount. Your donation, of any amount, together with the gifts of your classmates is critical in helping your class meet its reunion class gift goal.
- If you haven't already, make a gift in honor of your 50th Class Reunion.
- Check out the Reunion Class Giving webpage for updates on the Class Gift.
- If you are not sure if you've made your Reunion Class Gift, please check out the Honor Roll of Donors.
Help Us Find Your Lost Classmates
Help us find your lost classmates, click here for the 1970 list and here for the 1971 list. If you have contact information for anyone on these lists, please send to alumni@lemoyne.edu and include "Golden Updates" in the subject line. In addition, please click here(1970) or here (1971) to see members of your class who have passed away.
Alumni Class of 1969 ~ 50th Reunion Reflections
In May 2019, over 140 alumni and friends participated in the Class of 1969's Golden Alumni Reunion Weekend (highlights video). To view photos from Friday's events, click here. For Saturday's events, click here. For Sunday's events, click here.
Le Moyne College Golden Alumni Reunion Weekend
May 21-23, 2021
Bookstore Hours:
Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday: Closed. A representative from the Bookstore will be in attendance at the Expo Center with merchandise
*Tentative Schedule as of April 17, 2020 (Subject to change)
Friday, May 21
Casual Attire
11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Golden Alumni Weekend Registration and Check-in
Campus Center (First Floor)
Please note: Guests attending the Mass and lunch can check in after these events if they choose.
Noon Mass
Panasci Family Chapel. Includes special remembrance of classmates who are no longer with us.
1 p.m. Class Luncheon
Curtin Special Events Room, Campus Center (first floor)
($10 per person)
2 - 3 p.m. Academic Presentation (TBD)
QRC, Noreen Reale Falcone Library (First Floor)
2 - 3 p.m. College Archives Open House
Noreen Reale Falcone Library (Second Floor)
Visit with Archivist William J. Bosch, S.J., and browse items from your time on the Heights.
3 p.m. Class Conversation
Grewen Auditorium, Grewen Hall. Reminisce with classmates during an interactive talk titled "What are your most vivid memories of Le Moyne"
EVENING - Business Casual Attire
6:30 - 8 p.m. Golden Alumni Weekend Registration and Check-in
Campus Center (Second Floor)
6:30 - 11 p.m. Midnight Class Party
Simon's Pub and Corcoran Lounge, Campus Second (Second Floor) ($40 per person)
Enjoy catching up with classmates and friends
8 p.m.
Class Photo- Campus Center Quad (weather permitting)
Saturday, May 22
Casual Attire
9 - 10 a.m. Guided Tours
Meet in front of Campus Center
10 - 11 a.m. Coffee with the President
Science Center Addition, Atrium
10 - 11 a.m. Registration
Science Center Addition, Atrium
11 a.m. - Noon "480 Years of Jesuit Faces, Some Famous-Some Not So Famous" with William Dolan, S.J.
Science Center Addition, Lecture Hall 101
12:15 p.m. Class Luncheon
LaCasse Dining Center, Campus Center (first floor) ($15 per person)
1 p.m. Presentation during Lunch features “Le Moyne College Today” by Provost Joseph Marina, S.J.
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. Additional Guided Tours
Meet in Front of Campus Center
2 - 3 p.m. "Alumni College: Le Moyne, Syracuse Pioneers, and the Erie Canal"
Join alumnus Jim Capo '67, Ph.D., to explore how our College's namesake and pioneers to Central New York were responsible for the completion of the first segment of the Erie Canal 200 years ago. Capo, who retired from Fordham University in 2016, just completed three years of research in Syracuse to serve as the basis for Le Moyne's first Summer Alumni College (July 16-19, 2020) on the Heights.
Evening - Business Attire
4:30 p.m. Park and Check in with Alumni Staff for the Baccalaureate Mass
Thomas J. Niland, Jr. Athletic Center Complex, Le Moyne Events Center (lobby)
5 p.m. Baccalaureate Mass
Le Moyne Events Center
Members of the Class of 1970 will process into the Le Moyne Events Center at the beginning of Mass. Please arrive early to check in with Alumni Engagement Staff in the Lobby. Guests will be shown to the reserved seating area.
6:30 p.m. Class of 1970 Cocktail Party and Dinner
Special Events Room/James Commons, Campus Center ($60 per person)
In addition to catching up with fellow Dolphins and enjoying dinner, join us in celebrating the recipients of the 2021 Alumni Association Ignatian Awards.
Sunday, May 23
8 a.m. Parking
Exposition Center, New York State Fairgrounds (Reserved Parking Pass at Registration)
8 - 8:45 a.m. Check In and Continental Breakfast
8:50 a.m. Class of 1970 Robing, Blessing, and Class Photo
9:30 a.m. 70th Le Moyne Commencement Procession Begins
1970 guests will be shown to the reserved seating area (tickets given at registration/check in)
10 a.m. 70th Le Moyne Commencement Begins
Noon Approximate End of Commencement
Monday, May 24
8:30 a.m – Noon Aging with Ignatius Seminar
Panasci Family Chapel, Drescher Community Room
Join Barbara Lee, author of God Isn’t Finished with Me Yet, and alumni panelists –Ginny (De Lucia) Donahue '69, Mary Kuhn '70, Dennis and Sue (Montano) Petruzzi '70 – to learn how God continues to call us. Continental Breakfast provided.