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RPI Reunion 2017 Dinner

5 p.m. - 8 p.m. April 08, 2017

All RPI graduates are invited for cocktails and dinner in the beautifully renovated and stately John Marshall Ballrooms, formerly the John Marshall Hotel. Members of the 50-year Class of 1967 will be inducted into the Golden Circle Alumni Club. This special evening features a musical peformance of songs from "Little Mary Sunshine," pinning ceremony and memory sharing.

Featured speaker will be alumnus Dick Robertson, (B.S.'67/MC).

Robertson, considered one of the architects of the syndicated barter television business with a 40-year career that established him as one of the most powerful and innovative executives in the industry, spent 17 years as president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. Robertson has been involved in the sales and launches of hundreds of television series and specials. He had a hands-on role in more than 100 series and movie packages, including the critically acclaimed and Emmy Award-winning “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” the phenomenon “Friends” and the genre-founding “The People’s Court.”

Robertson began his career in 1965 as a salesman for Richmond-based WRVA-TV while still earning a bachelor’s degree in advertising from RPI.

Cost: $50 
RSVP: Online

 

Location

The John Marshall Ballrooms, 101 N. 5th St., Richmond, VA 23219

Contact

Diane Stout-Brown
dstout@vcu.edu
(804) 828-7020

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