Annual Harvard Dinner at Emmanuel College

Dear Harvard Graduate,

As the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge I have the pleasure, together with the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom, of inviting you to the annual Harvard Dinner on Saturday, 25 June 2022 at Emmanuel College.

We are delighted to announce that the new Master of Emmanuel Doug Chalmers CB DSO OBE will deliver the after dinner talk entitled “The Power of Combinations’. Doug Chalmers became the 28th Master of Emmanuel College in October 2021 and came to the College from Whitehall where he had been the Director of Operations for the Ministry of Defence, following a very distinguished period of Army service witnessing the end of the Cold War. He obtained an MPhil from Cambridge in 2007 in international relations while on sabbatical.

The dinner offers a wonderful opportunity for Harvard graduates in the United Kingdom and current Harvard students to meet, share memories of Harvard, and enjoy a formal evening in the College from which John Harvard graduated in the 17th century. The dinner has not been held for three years and you will receive an especially warm welcome from this year’s Harvard-Cambridge Scholars: Fernanda Baron, Adelle Goldenberg, Leena Hamad, Andrew Mammel and me.

The Harvard Dinner is very popular and can seat only one hundred and twenty dinner guests. At times the event is oversubscribed and replies will be handled strictly in the order of receipt online. Therefore, please apply for your places as early as possible before the deadline of Sunday, 12 June. Applications received after the Hall is filled will be placed on a waiting list.

Drinks will be served from seven o’clock to seven forty-five in the Master’s Garden or, in case of rain, in the Old Library. Dinner will commence at seven forty-five in Emmanuel Hall. Dress is Black tie.

If you are planning to spend a night or weekend in Cambridge, we recommend that you arrange accommodation now. June is peak season for Cambridge hotels.

We hope you are able to join us at the dinner where the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom, my fellow scholars and I very much look forward to meeting you. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom Past President, Joan Porter Maclver, who is also the Club’s Harvard Dinner coordinator. Please note a strict deadline of 12 June, and as a courtesy to the Master’s and Development Offices at Emmanuel College, which help us so devotedly with this event, we ask that you adhere to this request.

Ashley Cooper, Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar, 2021-2022

amc262@cam.ac.uk

Joan Porter MacIver, Past President of the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom jpmaciver@post.harvard.edu

Ticket Information

The price of the dinner is:

£68 per person for fully paid up HCUK members with one guest at this rate and for non-Harvard students.

£78 for non-members and their guests and any additional guests for HCUK members.

£48 per person for recent Harvard College graduates (AB ’17-’22), current Harvard students, and Harvard University graduates who are currently students in the UK. Please note that all nonHarvard students will be charged at the full HCUK members’ rate. 

On receipt of payment you will receive an automatic email receipt to confirm your place(s) at the dinner.

Tickets will not be issued. Refunds will only be permitted after the 12 June deadline on an exceptional basis.

Dietary requirements and other requests

Should you have special dietary requirements and/or wish to sit next to your guest/s and other friends you must advise Joan Porter Maciver jpmaciver@post.harvard.edu by 9 June 2024. If you supply this information via the HCUK registration, it may not be conveyed properly. Please email Joan to ensure your request is noted.