Although the event's organizers stress that the 350th will not be a fundraising event, Stephenson says he hopes the event will get the University some favorable media attention. "We'd like to have a positive projection of the University, and we think this is that type of an opportunity."

And Stephenson might be the man to get the University that kind of exposure. He recently took a crash course in media events.

Two months ago when 12 divestment protesters, including area union leaders and Harvard alumni, wanted to draw attention to Harvard's South Africa-related investments, they decided to take over a Harvard office. They chose Stephenson's.

Renaming the 350th headquarters "The Office of University Divestment" when they moved in a few minutes before 5 p.m., the protesters said they would remain until "someone in a position of authority" spoke to them. Hours after visits from several Harvard administrators, however, the protesters began chanting "Divest now! We won't wait!" and left Stephenson's office--just in time to make the 11 p.m. news.

After six years of hard work, 30,000 or so undergraduates, alumni and friends of Harvard will enjoy the results of Stephenson's efforts next September. But then what's next for Stephenson?

He plans to start right in planning his own class' 50th reunion, which will take place next year.

"That would be like falling off a log," Libby Stephenson laughs.