2016 Olin Thanksgiving Feast

Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff gathered at the Knight Center on Thanksgiving day for the 21st Annual Olin Feast. There was turkey, of course, with all the trimmings: mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn casserole, green beans, gravy, and pumpkin pie! There was also apple pie and bread pudding, and soft serve ice cream with cookies. More than 400 people reserved places at the event and the Aramark staff always plans for more walk-ins. For many of the international students it was their first Thanksgiving experience and first time to try the traditional food unique to the American holiday.

Dean Emeritus Stuart Greenbaum, who held the first Thanksgiving Feast in 1995, and his wife attended the 2016 event, as well as Interim Dean Kurt Dirks and his family. Dean Designate Mark Taylor also celebrated his arrival in the U.S. from the U.K. when he sent his very first tweet from the festive dining hall:

Click on images below to expand. Photos by Mary Butkus/WUSTL Photos.