2009

54 Alumni Events Spring 2010

An Eventful
Homecoming
Homecoming 2009 may have broken a University House physician to former President Bill Clinton.
record for the most events crammed into a single At the now traditional Retro Reunion on Saturday
weekend. The three-day extravaganza, which started night, new awards for service and personal achieve-
on Friday, October 9 and ended on Sunday, October ment were bestowed on a select group of alumni.
11, mixed the familiar—alumni athletic games,
Other weekend highlights included a championship
Panthers soccer and field hockey games, and food
ring ceremony for the 2009 NCA A Division II
and fun under the tent on Levermore Lawn—with
champion women’s lacrosse team; the Theatre
the new—a rededication of Woodruff Hall, a tribute
Department’s staging of Elmer Rice’s Street Scene; an
to Adelphi Professor Warren B. Eickelberg, and an
alumni concert; and a Casino night. Save the date
evening alumni awards ceremony.
for Homecoming 2010, Friday, October 1 through
Alumni and friends gathered with faculty and admin- Saturday, October 2. The Retro Reunion and Alumni
istrators on Saturday to celebrate the reopening of a Awards Night will be held on Friday evening at the
refurbished Woodruff Hall. Behind Woodruff’s famil- Garden City Hotel’s Posh Ultra Lounge.
iar brick façade is a state-of-the-art facility for teach-
Information on the Alumni Awards nomination
ing and research in health, physical education, sports
process is available at alumni.adelphi.edu/home-
management, and human performance science as well
coming2009/retroreunion.php#alumniawards.
as Adelphi’s popular recreation programs.
See more Homecoming 2009 photos at
As part of his tribute to the former longtime biology alumni.adelphi.edu/photogallery.
professor Warren B. Eickelberg, Adelphi Trustee
By Ana Barbu ’10
Robert G. Darling ’81 spoke about his years as White