Mountain Region By Francis Blake '61 Regional Director, Mountain Region Situated in the midst of rising mountains and vast open spaces, the Mountain Region is home to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Harvardians number about 3,500 in all, with Colorado having the largest concentration of alumni at 2,700. Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming have fewer than 500 alumni each. The Harvard Club of Montana typifies a small, rural club. With 400 area alumni and 60-70 members, the club supports a strong Schools and Scholarship Committee.
Events range from ski weekends to full day seminars and a speaker from Cambridge every year.
Unlike some metropolitan clubs that have an alumni base which lives in a very concentrated area, clubs in the Mountain Region often times struggle to bring people together who live so far from one another. When the existing region was established, I was very enthusiastic about setting up clubs in two or three new locations. It seemed that Boise, Idaho and Casper, Laramie, or Cheyenne, Wyoming would be logical places to establish clubs. We talked too about having seasonal clubs in places like Jackson, Wyoming where a good many Harvardians gather in the summer. To solicit interest and pinpoint leaders, we sent out a letter to all alumni in Idaho and Wyoming explaining the role of the HAA and presenting them with the idea of forming a club.