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News from PRINCETON UNIVERSITY For immediate release: Sept. 20, 2001 Contact: Natalie Lennon, (609) 258-3601,
nat@princeton.edu Media advisory:Installation of Shirley Tilghman as Princeton president, Sept. 28The formal installation of Shirley M. Tilghman as the 19th president of Princeton University is set for Friday, Sept. 28. The ceremony will begin at 3:30 p.m. on the front lawn of Nassau Hall. The ceremony will include a procession of trustees, faculty and senior administrative officers in academic attire, an address by Tilghman and greetings from members of the University community and Yale University President Richard Levin. Tilghman took office on June 15, succeeding Harold T. Shapiro, who retired from the presidency following more than 13 years of service. A member of the Princeton faculty since 1986, she most recently served as the Howard A. Prior Professor of the Life Sciences and as the director of the University's Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. For planning purposes, please RSVP to Natalie Lennon at (609) 258-3601 by Sept. 25 if you would like to cover the installation. Additional information is available at <http://web.princeton.edu/sites/vp&sec/installation/>.
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