ALUMNI SERIES
(Open to public; some may involve admission fee)
– Mark Simanton Recognition Day, 7 p.m. Friday (Oct. 13) at the West Campus. Varsity soccer; with appearance by Sting’s Simanton (’76).
– New Trier Artist/Author Showcase and Sale, Nov. 3-4. Gates Gym, Winnetka (East) Campus. Scheduled: Chicago Sun-Times’ Adrienne Drell (’61); financial adviser Terry Savage (’62); author Scott Turow (’66); financial adviser Jonathan Hoenig (’93); author Nell Minow (’70); restaurateur Charlie Trotter (’77); dramatist/former faculty member Barbara Rinella.
– Business and Corporate Responsibility in the New Trier Century, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 22. Gaffney Auditorium, Winnetka Campus. Scheduled: businessman A.C. Nielsen Jr. (’37); former deputy secretary, Department of the Treasury, John Robson (`48); former Mayor Jay Lytle (’56); Kellogg Business School’s Don Haider (’60); businessman John Walter (64); CEO Christie Hefner (’70), Playboy Enterprises; author Nell Minow (’70).
– Contemporary Communications Forum, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 6. Gaffney Auditorium. Scheduled: WTTW-TV reporter Rich Samuels (’59); WTTW-TV host Elizabeth Brackett (’59); Chicago Sun-Times’ Adrienne Drell (’61); WETA-TV (Washington, D.C.) president/CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller (’62); ABC White House correspondent Ann Compton (’65); Chicago Tribune president/publisher Scott Smith (’68).
– Cutting Edge Advances in Medicine and Health, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., March 17. Gaffney Auditorium, McGee Theatre and Staff Dining Room. Scheduled: Alzheimer’s researcher Dr. Dennis J. Selkoe (’61), plus speakers on medical advances.
– New Trier on Broadway, 7:30 p.m., April 9. Gaffney Auditorium. Invited: Hugh O’Brian (attended ’39-’41; not a grad), Ann-Margret (’59), Ann Callaway (’76), Liz Callaway (’78), Virginia Madsen (’79), Ying String Quartet (’81-’88), David Abell (’79).
– Youth Baseball Clinic, April 14. Duke Childs Field, Hibbard and Willow Roads, Winnetka. Scheduled: the school’s 2000 IHSA baseball champs with their coach, plus proathletes Pete Burnside (’48), Ross Baumgarten (’73), Michael Huff (’81), John Castino (’73).
OTHER EVENTS
– Centennial Open House and Birthday Party, 4 p.m., April 27. Winnetka Campus.
– Centennial Gala Dinner/Dance (closing event), 7:30 p.m., April 28. Northbrook Court Shopping Center.
INFORMATION
Call the New Trier Centennial information line (847-784-2310), or go to New Trier’s Web site (nths.newtrier.k12.il.us) or centennial Web site (www.newtriercentury.org).
