55th Reunion Oct 17-19, 2025 In Kingston
Here’s Who You’ll See at the 55th reunion
- POSTED JULY 24, 2025
Over 55 alumni and their guests have already indicated they will attend our 55th Reunion this Oct 17-19, 2025. Here is the latest list of classmates who you’ll see in Kingston. You can sign up by connecting through the Contact function above and with your permission, we’ll add your name to this list.
Grant Anderson Richard Basserman Will Bawden Dick Connelly Bernie Cousineau Jim Decker John Donelan David Field Bruce Flexman Dave Fritz Vic Girard Bill Graham David Grightmire Bob Hobbs Bill Holdsworth Frank Hung Doug King Don Latham Neil Macleod Dee Marcoux David Marshall Peter Martin Haydn Matthews Dennis McNinch David Messervey Allan Millman Wally Palmer Wallace Penney Peter Rapin Lance Ridehalgh John Robertson Grant Smith Tony Suprun Ralph Wallace
55th Reunion Summer Update
- Posted JUNE 28, 2025
Happy Summer to all!
As Queen’s has opened registration for Homecoming which will happen this October 17–19, I want to give everyone a quick update on our Sc. 70 plans for the weekend.
We have organized many events, including a meet and mingle with current students on the Thursday evening, a Friday evening Sc. 70-only pub night, a Saturday evening Sc. 70-only dinner at the Holiday Inn, and a Sunday morning visit with members of Queen’s Rocket Engineering Team. The only event that will require prior registration with us is the Saturday dinner – details of that dinner and all other events will be in our next email.
One thing to know for everyone planning to join us at our 55th Reunion is that Jim Decker has already purchased 50 tickets for the football game Saturday afternoon so as to ensure that we all are sitting together and in great seats! The next email will also include information on how to get tickets in our exclusive Sc. 70 block.
If you haven’t already made arrangements for accommodation in Kingston, you can do so out of the rooms set-aside by Queen’s for the Tricolour Guard (alumni graduated 50+ years). Details of the available hotels, and the booking codes needed to reserve rooms, are available at this link: https://www.queensu.ca/alumni/homecoming/homecoming-events/2025/tricolour-guard-hotel-accommodations.
One final point – if you haven’t yet let us know you are coming, please send me an email at wallyjpalmer@gmail.com. We have been compiling a list of expected attendees, and we will soon be posting it on our Sc. 70 website at https://www.sc70.ca/55th-reunion-news. Once we hear from you, we will add your name to the list in order that others will know you are coming.
We are looking forward to a fun time this Fall. It will be great to see everyone, and to enjoy a few days in the place where we shared so many wonderful experiences. We really hope that you will join us!
Wally Palmer
55th Reunion Spring Update
- Posted APR 26, 2025
Greetings to Sc. 70!
It’s time to firm up plans for our 55th Reunion on Homecoming weekend in Kingston this October 17 – 19! In 2022, with classmates and spouses, we had almost 100 attendees, and we are optimistic that we will have another large turnout this year.
In addition to the University-planned events, including the football game, there will be lots of Sc. 70 events, including a meet and mingle with current students on the Thursday evening, a Friday evening Sc. 70-only pub night, a Saturday evening Sc. 70-only dinner at the Holiday Inn, and a Sunday morning visit with members of Queen’s Rocket Engineering Team. Details of the planned events will be provided in our next email.
The most important issue for those planning to attend is to secure accommodations. Queen’s places a hold on rooms for the Tricolour Guard, being alumni graduated more than 50 years. Although we have been told that there are still rooms available in the Tricolour Guard blocks, they are filling fast. We encourage anyone who hasn’t yet reserved a room to do so now. Details of the available hotels, and the booking codes needed to reserve rooms, are available at this link: https://www.queensu.ca/alumni/homecoming/homecoming-events/2025/tricolour-guard-hotel-accommodations .
We would really like to know who is planning to join us in Kingston in order that we can post a list of attendees on our website. Please email me at wallyjpalmer@gmail.com if you are planning to attend, and also tell me how many spots you would like at the Saturday dinner.
We will be sending out another email within the next couple of months with details of all planned events. As always, you can check our Sc. 70 website (https://www.sc70.ca/55th-reunion-news) to stay up-to-date on what is happening.
Our planning committee works hard to make each successive reunion the most memorable yet—and we’re confident this year won’t disappoint! Please join us this Fall as we rekindle the legendary Sc. 70 camaraderie that defines our legacy. Let’s come together to celebrate the lifelong journeys and successes that were launched during our formative years at Queen’s.
Wally Palmer
55th Reunion Confirmed for Oct 17-19 at Queen’s
- Posted Jan 29, 2025
Hello to all!
It’s hard to believe that 2025 is here, but the good news is that we get to look forward to our 55th Reunion in Kingston this October 17 – 19, 2025!
Our Reunion planning group has already met a few times to get ready for a fun weekend. Based on feedback from our last get-together in 2022 when we joined in the Queen’s events on the Saturday evening, we have decided to go back to a Sc. 70-only Saturday dinner. It will be held at the Holiday Inn on October 18 in the beautiful top-floor room where we had our dinner in 2015.
On the Friday evening, we will have a casual drop-in at Chicago Wings Sports Bar & Restaurant, which is the new identity of the bar near the Holiday Inn where we had our Friday dinner in 2022.
Also, in addition to planning opportunities to get together with members of Queens Rocket Engineering Team (QRET), being the student-led program sponsored by our Sc. 70 Student Initiatives Fund, we are attempting to organize events for class members and their spouses to see what is new at Queen’s, and to interact with students not involved with QRET.
We will be sending out more details on all of the planned events this Spring. As always, you can check our Sc. 70 website (www.sc70.ca) to stay up-to-date on what is happening.
For now, the only thing we need you to do is to put into your calendar a trip to Kingston for the weekend of October 17-19, 2025. As members of Queen’s Tricolour Guard (alumni graduated more than 50 years), we are entitled to book hotel rooms in the blocks arranged by Queen’s. Even though these rooms have been put on hold for older alumni, they will be filled up before this Fall. Therefore, we encourage everyone to reserve a room now. Details of the available hotels, and the booking codes needed to reserve rooms are as follows:
https://www.queensu.ca/alumni/homecoming/homecoming-events/2025/tricolour-guard-hotel-accommodations
Although so many years have passed since the time we spent at Queen’s, my memories of those fun times are still warm and happy, as I suspect they are for many of you. We are looking forward to getting together in Kingston to rekindle those memories, and to catch up on what has happened in the all-too-many years since. I hope you will join us!
Wally Palmer