Vincentian Institute

Class of 1968

“Thru life a beacon from our youth, all hail the white and blue”

Note: This website was put together to assist in the planning and execution of the VI Class of 1968 40^th reunion, which was held on the weekend of September 12-14, 2008. With the success of the reunion, the site will be maintained to allow classmates to enjoy the stories and pictures from the reunion, and as a continuing reference source for the class – and for future reunions.

About Us

We are the baby boom generation. Growing up in Albany, Loudonville, Bethlehem, Delmar, Guilderland and other neighboring towns in the 1950s and 1960s we lived a life of promise secured by our parents in the Great Depression and World War II. In grade school we learned how to “duck and cover”. Most of us remember having our 8^th grade classes interrupted on November 22, 1963 to learn of the shooting of JFK. High school was a time of innocent adolescence – Sisters of Mercy, Brothers of the Holy Cross, shells in the cafeteria, school activities (Steno Chatter, Blue Banner, Glee Club, Orchestra, Crossroads, etc.), retreats, athletics, canteens, derby day, short hair (boys), long skirts (girls)…….mixed with the stirrings of the world outside - civil rights marches/riots, LBJ, RFK, Vietnam.

Many of us left VI in June 1968 for college, others to start careers and families. By the summer of 1969 a few of us were experiencing Vietnam first hand while many more were at Woodstock. By 1970 our world had changed profoundly, even more so a few years later in the turbulence of Nixon and Watergate. Since then we have experienced all that life has to offer. Now 40 years on we reflect on and share memories of a different time and where life has taken us.

40th Reunion (Updated 9/24/08)

Read all about the 40^th Reunion Weekend. Here you will find a listing of the events, summary writeups for the weekend, and those all important photos that show how little we have all aged!

Ed Nolan has set up a Yahoo Groups forum for all of the class to keep connected. You can join the group, VIGrads1968, by going to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vigrads1968/.

Class List (Updated 8/30/08)

We were a graduating class of 235 in June, 1968. How many do you remember?

Missing Classmates (Updated 8/30/08)

We would like to keep in touch with as many of the class as possible. Check the list to see if you know the whereabouts of anyone without current contact information available to the Reunion Committee. Please forward any information to VI Class of 1968.

In Memoriam

We remember those friends who are no longer with us.

Pictures of the Times (Updated 9/7/08)

Send in your pictures from those high school days and we’ll post them here. If you have it in a digital format, just send it to VI Class of 1968.

Classmates Today (Updated 9/9/08)

Send in recent pictures and we’ll all try to guess who it is! If you have it in a digital format, just send it to VI Class of 1968.