BenU's St. Procopius College
Class of 1962
Golden Eagles
50th Reunion Weekend

October 12-14, 2012

A fun weekend is planned with campus tours, tailgating, a football game, dinners, and visits to the "Slough", cemetery, Squirrel Cage and other less notorious hang outs.

Please register here or RSVP to Brett Harrington, Events Coordinator, by Friday, October 5, 2012 at bharrington@ben.edu or (630) 829-1814.

Please visit the official Golden Eagles page here. 

Friday, October 12, 2012

12:00 PM–   
5:00 PM          Early arrivals check hotel message board for any planned activities

6:00 PM          Cocktails before dinner, cash bar

7:00 PM          Italian Buffet in Fireside Lounge, Krasa Center [wine provided by Dave Rausch]

                        [Nightcap in Coal Ben, Squirrel Cage or hotel, optional]

Saturday, October 13, 2012

9:30 AM          Meet in Coal Ben [formerly the Power Plant] for Campus Tour

9:45 AM          **Tree and Bench Dedication Ceremony led by Abbott Dismas Kalcic- JUST ADDED

10:00 AM        Walking Tour of Campus, beginning with Jurica-Suchy Museum, then to

                        Jaeger Hall lobby and ending at newly remodeled Rice Center

11:30 AM        Tailgate in Neuzil Hall Parking Lot [south of Rice Center]

                        We will bring our own food – Pielin will supply the beer and pop, Loritz will

                        supply sandwiches.  Any other volunteers?   

1:00 PM          Rockford College vs Benedictine University Football Game

4:00 PM –    
6:00 PM          Free Time [visit the slough, stop by the cemetery to visit some old friends who have passed, tour the new library, your choice]                              

6:00 PM          Cocktails before dinner, cash bar

7:00 PM          Golden Eagles Dinner and Induction, Krasa Center 2^nd Floor

                        Dinner will be $30 each.  Lots of room to set out old pictures, year  books

                        and other memorabilia….[wine provided by Dave Rausch]

                        [Nightcap in Coal Ben, Squirrel Cage or hotel, optional]

Sunday, October 14, 2012

                        Breakfast on your own

11:00 AM        Mass at St.Procopius Abbey

                        Followed by a tour of the Abbey and lunch as guests of Abbot Austin

 Your Reunion Committee

Jack Duray
jduray-mail@bresnan.net

Rich Loritz
Loritz@aol.com

John McGuinn 
jmcguinn@pacbell.net

Dick Pielin
rpielin@sbcglobal.net

Dave Rausch 
djrausch@wowway.com