The RECORD Online

Summer 2000

Alumni Reunion Weekend
About 600 attended the 4th annual summer gathering

For most of Greenville’s 4th annual Alumni Reunion Weekend June 15-18, it was either raining or threatening to rain. The wet weather did not dampen the spirits, however, of the 600 or so alumni, family members, and friends who attended the four-day celebration.

Alumni Jim and Susan Claussen and their family were honored Saturday at the dedication of the new plaza named after them and paid for entirely by their generous donations. The shrub-lined plaza runs along what used to be the Oak Street parking lot behind Hogue Hall, from Elm Street on the east to the west end of Janssen Hall.

Page Circle, on the west end of the plaza, was also dedicated in honor of Susan Claussen’s parents, Clyde and Florence Page.

Another highlight of the weekend was the Alumni Banquet Friday night. Special honorees included local hog farmer and faithful GC donor Marion Jenner, retiring professor Dr. Leon Winslow, Free Methodist Bishop Emeritus Donald N. Bastian, and longtime college attorney John W. Kelsey. (See Alumni News for photos and details.)

Many more photos can be viewed at www.greenville.edu/publications/memories/alumsum00/

Last updated: September 22, 2000