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In total, more than 5,000 alumni and friends attended this year’s MIT Tech Reunions, held online from June 4–6. There were special events for the merger year classes, and the entire MIT community was invited to watch Tech Night online at Pops, learn from faculty during Technology Day, and take virtual campus tours.
symphony hall at home
Since the 123rd annual Tech Night at Pops was held virtually, there was no limit to the number of alumni and guests who could attend, and everyone was on the front row. The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart in an empty Symphony Hall, Institute favorites like “Raise All the Ye of MIT” and 50th Dog Night to the Class of 1971 with tunes from Three and Carole King. The night also featured classical pieces such as the first part of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. In keeping with tradition, the broadcast ended with “Stars and Stripes Forever” and a (virtual) balloon drop. Throughout the performance, alumni and guests lit up the conversation with greetings and memories from around the world:
Stephanie Sharo Chiesi ’99, ’01,
SM’04:
So excited to be able to share Tech Night at the Pops with my 3.5 year old from Tucson tonight!
Debbie Zappen ’86:
Hello from Austin, TX! Here as part of the 1986 35th reunion events. 
Jesse Heines ’70:
We’ve seen the pops many times, but always look forward to it.
Maris Fravel ’56:
I’ve been looking forward to my first Pops concert since graduation.
Alan Whitney ’66,
SM ’67, PhD ’74:
Alan Whitney, class of ’66 here (BSEE, MSEE, PhD); As an undergraduate and graduate student, I played first violin in the MIT Symphony for many years.
Nowa Lubega ’86:
greetings from Uganda–My first Pops concert. Pleasant!
Dalié Jiménez ’01:
Hello from the road in Southern California! Hello Class of 2001!
Bob Nakata’81,
SM’85:
Aloha from Honolulu, Hawaii!
Jennifer Dickson ’96:
Greetings from Charleston SC. This is fun. Congratulations to everyone who made this meeting possible.
Lucas Camelo Sá ’16:
Hello from Fortaleza, Brazil!
Jim Mannoia ’71:
Our 50th anniversary date! Who could have imagined! Watching the live stream while I eat my Tech Night gift on pops popcorn and watch polo at the Santa Barbara Polo Club.
Ric Schonblom ’56, SM ’57:
It’s great to be here. “On campus” for the first time in over fifty years!
Philip Huang ’99:
Hello from Shanghai!
Surekha Vajjhala Trivedi
’96, SM ’99:
Hello, 25th reunion friends from the Class of 1996! I miss seeing all the red jackets in person!
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