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REUNIONS A Supreme Experience Photography by Cindy Pearson

IT WAS A WEEKEND packed with marquee names. On Friday morning, a panel of business heavyweights led by investment king Charles Schwab, '59, MBA '61, held forth at a roundtable. Later that day, California Gov. Gray Davis, '64, addressed a full house at Frost Amphitheater. Then on Saturday, three Stanford-bred U.S. Supreme Court justices -- Anthony Kennedy, '58, Sandra Day O'Connor, '50, JD '52, and Stephen Breyer, '59 -- traded ideas for 90 minutes before a rapt crowd in the sun-dappled oak grove outside Bowman Alumni House. And, of course, there was the now-traditional crush of "classes without quizzes" (78 of them, most taught by Stanford professors), parties (more than 50) and the Saturday football game (the Cardinal pulled out a 21-17 win over Oregon State in the fourth quarter). But for many of the record 5,500 alumni, family and friends who attended Reunion Homecoming October 14 to 18, the small moments counted just as much. "The big names are fun to watch and listen to, but the weekend is made by seeing your old friends and making new ones," says Bill Shibley, '69, a lawyer in Long Beach, Calif. "When you run into someone you haven't seen in five or 10 years, it almost seems like the time disappears." The weekend was all about rekindling friendships. Memorial Church was the backdrop for Thursday night's Dinner on the Quad. More than 1,700 attended. For families on the go, there's always a golf cart nearby. Members of the Class of '89 gather for a Friday night party. The theme: "DECADEnce." Members of the Class of '44 -- including Polly Goodan and Don Allan -- dance at their Friday night party at the Menlo Circus Club. Alumni cheer the Cardinal to a 21-17 victory over Oregon State. Steve Westly, '78, MBA '83, and Jerry Yang, '90, hold forth. At the Class of '84 Friday night party, Art Streiber, '84, Lorraine Brown, '84, and her husband, Joel, and Jae So, '84, MBA '88, catch up on the news. U.S. Supreme Court justices Kennedy, O'Connor and Breyer greet alums after speaking on international law.