"I've come to all the reunions for my class," said John W. Hanley of the Class of 1959, who added "If you enjoy talking to strangers at a bar, you'll enjoy a reunion."
But some alumni said they did not return to Harvard simply to get reacquainted with old friends and reminisce about old times.
As Charlie M. Smith, a member of the Class of '59 pat it, "I had to take early retirement from IBM, and this isn't a bad place to look for a job."
Adams Resident 'Doing Okay'
Alexander M. Ross '90, an Adams House resident who fell from his balcony early Saturday morning, was in satisfactory condition yesterday at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, a hospital spokesperson said.
Ross, who was receiving visitors, said in a phone interview that he was "doing okay."
"One wrist is pretty severely shattered, the other mildly fractured. There might be a problem with one of my knees," Ross said. "There's a mild fracture to my skull--mild damage to the membrane. My wrist almost certainly will require surgery."
Ross said he fell from his third floor balcony. "I was on my porch, getting a breath of fresh air, sitting on the railing when I lost my balance," he said, adding that he did not know how long he lay on the sidewalk before he was discovered.
Ross was initially discovered by Sarah F. Colt '92, China F. Forbes '92, Alexandra Mayers '92 and Elizabeth S. Colt '87, who alerted the Adams House security officer and an ambulance, Mayers said.
"It was hard to tell how bad he was hurt. He was sort of sitting up against the wall in a pool of coagulated blood," said Robert E. de Neufville '92, who came upon the scene shortly after the other students.
At the time of the accident, Ross was wearing the jacket of his room-mate, Joshua B. Goldstine '90. The Harvard Police on the scene found a slip of paper in the jacket pocket which had Goldstine's name on it and incorrectly identified Ross as Goldstine, said David J. Buttaro '90, another roommate. "Later...they found his wallet," Buttaro said.
Ross said he would be in the hospital one or two weeks.
He refused to comment on whether or not the accident was alcohol-related.