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Date: June 3, 1997


Princeton University Confers
1,694 Degrees at
250th Commencement

PRINCETON, N.J., June 3 -- Princeton University conferred a total of 1,694 bachelor and advanced degrees this morning at its 250th Commencement.

There were 601 men and 485 women in the graduating senior class -- a total of 1,086 recipients of bachelors degrees. The undergraduate degrees included 910 bachelors of arts and 176 bachelors of science in engineering. [Two additional undergraduates from earlier classes were also awarded a June degree.]

Of those seniors awarded degrees, 526 -- or 48.4 percent -- received some form of honors: 109 highest honors, 165 high honors, and 252 honors; 48.9 percent of women received honors and 48.1 percent of men.

The 606 advanced degrees included 332 doctors of philosophy, 174 masters of arts, 52 masters in public affairs, 18 masters of architecture, and 30 masters of science in engineering.

In keeping with long tradition, two Commencement speeches, the valedictory and Latin salutatory addresses, were delivered by members of the graduating class. The valedictorian, Daniel Jerome Katz of Rancho Sante Fe, Calif., graduated with a degree in chemistry and a certificate in the Program in Materials Science and Engineering. The salutatorian, Jessica Marie Davis of Gloucester, Va., received a degree in art and archaeology, having completed the department's program in Classical Archaeology. Princeton University President Harold T. Shapiro delivered brief remarks at the conclusion of the Commencement ceremonies.

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