The ADL Alumni Association reunion on September 17, 2008 will coincide with another special occasion. In addition to the usual renewal of old friendships at the annual reunion dinner, we will celebrate the company's history and its long association with a special event in the afternoon at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The schedule for the day is:

MIT-hosted Reception: Grand Opening of the Arthur D. Little Archive Collection -- 3:00 – 5:30 pm
Celebratory remarks and opportunities to tour the Archive and Conservation facilities at MIT's Hayden Library Building, Memorial Drive, Cambridge

ADLAA Reunion: -- 6 - 9:30 pm
Cocktails and Dinner at MIT's magnificent Walker Memorial Hall, adjacent to the library

All members and friends of the ADLAA are invited to attend either or both of these events.

To assist in planning for this once-in-a-lifetime event, we ask you to take five minutes to click on the link below and answer eight simple questions. Answers received by 25 July will be most helpful. To take the survey, please click on the following link: ADLAA Survey


Background information:

For those who may not be familiar with the grand and glorious history of the two institutions' relationship, here are a few highlights:

• Arthur D. Little (the man) attended MIT, received a doctorate degree, and founded both the discipline and the MIT department of Chemical Engineering.

• MIT actually "owned" (held the majority of the stock in) the company (Arthur D. Little) for quite a while.

• Many MIT graduates have had distinguished careers at ADL.

• At its centennial in 1986 ADL endowed a Chair for a Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT.

• After the 2002 bankruptcy, a number of ADL artifacts, documents, memorabilia, etc., were sold at auction and/or donated to MIT. These items have since been cataloged and conserved by MIT as a research resource for posterity.



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