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Release: May 19, 1995
Contact: Jacquelyn Savani (609/258-5729)


Memorandum to Press:
Princeton University's Baccalaureate and 248th Commencement
May 28 and June 30

Jane Alexander, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, will
speak at the University's Baccalaureate, the interfaith worship
service, held in the University Chapel, which officially ends the
school year at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 28. The Baccalaureate
ceremony will be broadcast to seating in front of the Chapel where
press are invited to sit. Photo opportunities are limited to the
academic processional and recessional outside.

Media representatives planning coverage of Princeton University's
248th commencement exercises to be held in front of Nassau Hall at
11:00 on Tuesday morning, May 30, are asked to obtain credentials
from the Office of Communications in Stanhope Hall (adjacent to
Nassau Hall) by 10:00 a.m.

In the event of heavy rain, commencement exercises will be held in
Jadwin Gymnasium. The decision to move to Jadwin would be
broadcast on radio stations WHWH (1350 AM) and WPRB (103 FM) by
9:30 a.m. If commencement exercises are moved to Jadwin, members
of the press should check with Jacquelyn Savani there in the
Athletic Communications Office, Room 9 on the balcony.

Since Princeton's honorary degrees, in accordance with University
tradition, may not be awarded in absentia, the names of the
recipients are kept confidential until the morning of
commencement. The names and citations of the honorary degree
recipients will be in the press kit. Those who wish to
photograph the honorary degree recipients in a group with
Princeton President Harold T. Shapiro are requested to arrive at
Stanhope Hall (or in event of rain, at Jadwin) no later than 10:00
a.m. on commencement day.

The Princeton Prizes for Distinguished Secondary School Teaching
in the State of New Jersey (consisting of $4,000 to each teacher,
with additional grants of $2,000 to the teachers' schools) will
also be presented at the commencement ceremony. All N.J.
secondary school teachers are eligible for these awards, which
have been made possible since 1959 by an anonymous Princeton
alumnus. This year's winners are:

--Maria Maggi Cording, Elmwood Park Memorial High School, Elmwood
Park
--Nancy Falong, Hackettstown High School, Hackettstown
--Irene Fineberg, Absegami High School, Absecon
--Michael Rosenthal, Randolph High School, Randolph

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