May 17, 2005

Revelle College To End 40th
Anniversary Year With Varied Events

By Pat JaCoby

Revelle College will end the yearlong anniversary celebration of the 40 years since its founding as UCSD’s first undergraduate campus with activities ranging from an opening alumni reception and original play May 20-21 to the culminating Watermelon Drop June 3.

Alumni, faculty, and staff of Revelle College are invited to the reception May 20 from 6-8 p.m. at the Faculty Club, to be followed by an Open House from noon to 2 p.m. May 21 at the Revelle College Administration building.

In conjunction with the alumni weekend, an original play by Mel Green, professor emeritus in biology, will be presented at 8 p.m. May 20-21 in York Hall 2622. Entitled Academic Matters, the play concerns two typical science professors and a graduate student coping with the challenges of their profession. The production is free and open to the public.

Continuing the anniversary celebration, the college will present a spring symposium entitled “Roger Revelle’s Vision for the Undergraduate College System” at 3 p.m. June 1 at the Faculty Club. The session will be an informal discussion by some of UCSD’s founding fathers, including Jim Arnold, Fred Spiess, Avrum Stroll, Leonard Newmark and Herb York.

At the conclusion of the symposium, members of the Revelle College graduating class of 2005 will introduce their senior gift project—installation of a memorial sculpture of Roger Revelle on the Revelle Plaza.

The 40th annual Watermelon Drop--UCSD’s first established campus tradition-- will be held at noon June 3 with the “drop” made by the Watermelon Queen from the top of Urey Hall. An anniversary Finale Celebration will follow on the plaza with its traditional end-of-quarter barbecue, free watermelon, activities and entertainment.

Media Contact: Pat JaCoby, (858) 534-7404