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...Harvard's countless alumni returned to Cambridge for their traditional reunions, a different kind of reunion marked the 30th anniversary of the Dudley Co-op last weekend...
...Saturday reunion cookout featured hamburgers, barbecued chicken and potato salad--but co-op residents also prepared homemade bread, home-brewed beer, grilled tofu, and curried tofu with apples and raisins. At least one of the co-op's four dogs had a name tag reading, "Hello, My Name Is Gwendolyn" stuck on her head...
Despite the co-op's history of left-wing politics, many alumni now resemble preppies, not hippies. Their professions include psychiatry, building contracting, and teaching. One is a lawyer; his wife said he went into law to work for the good guys, but ended up working for the bad guys. Another man, who used to wear his long hair in an Indian braid and who was into Zen Buddhism, now recommends wine at the Ritz-Carlton...
More than 30 former residents came back to the reunion, many with spouses and children, to share memories and meet the younger generation. Ted Lockery '88, the current president of the co-op and organizer of the reunion, arranged an oral history session so that these memories could be recorded and made a part of the co-op tradition...
...co-op has always taken Harvard's vaunted diversity to an extreme, said alumni. There are "as many stories as there are people for why they moved here," said John Erickson '66, "but I don't know of anyone who's regretted the change...