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The MIT Alumni Travel Program experienced a record-breaking year, servicing 631 alumni and guests in FY99. The popularity of the Alumni Travel Program is growing – much of this success is due to the involvement of MIT faculty members.
The MIT Alumni Travel Program is pleased to honor the following faculty members who have dedicated their time and effort to alumni trips over the years. Thank you for your hard work in making the MIT Alumni Travel Program a success:
Dr. James Bellingham, Dr. Samuel Bowring, Dr. Bill Brace, Dr. John Edmond, Dr. Ernst Frankel, Dr. Mary Fuller, Dr. Donald Harleman, Dr. Ellen Harris, Professor Jay Keyser, Professor Thomas Mahoney (deceased), Dr. Charles Mazel, Professor Peter Perdue, Professor Lucian Pye, Dr. Harald Reiche (deceased), Dr. Margery Resnick, Dr. Eugene Skolnikoff, Dr. Robert Whitman, Dr. Elizabeth Wood.
This past summer, Professor Elizabeth Wood, of the department of History, led her first alumni program, which began in Prague and ended in Berlin. Of her experience, she comments, "I traveled this past June on a program from Prague to Berlin with the MIT alumni. The alumni were superb traveling companions – they were very curious and enthusiastic, and we engaged in many interesting discussions throughout the trip. I found the experience to be very rewarding and enjoyable. When the trip concluded, I extended my stay to conduct some research, which was a nice advantage as well."
"The two MIT alumni trips I led this year and last year to Hawaii and Iceland were a special opportunity to visit scenic places and to meet old friends," comments MIT Professor Bill Brace of the Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department. "Old classmates of mine participated on both trips. Being a geologist I had selected trips which featured volcanoes or glaciers. It was great fun to point out some of their interesting features and to bring people up to date on exciting new scientific work going on in these places."
Travel/lecture opportunities are open for the 2000 calendar year for MIT faculty members. There are openings in the following trips: The Baltic Sea Countries, June 4 - 17; Montana by Rail, June 21 - 29; Russia’s White Sea, June 27 - July 11; Paris and the Mediterranean to Rome, July 10 - 13; Family Program to the Galapagos, July 15 - 25; China and the Yangtse River, September 26 - October 13; Japan, September 25 - October 6, 2000.
How do I find out more?
Please contact me to get more information. I can be reached at mchapman@mit.edu, 253-8265, or by fax: 258-6211.
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