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Photo Exhibit Chronicles Jewish Life in Germany
3/31/99 -- The Ronald O. Perelman Institute for Jewish Studies at Princeton University presents a photography exhibition by Edward Serotta, Jews Germany Memory, A Contemporary Portrait. The show will be held at the Bernstein Gallery in the Woodrow Wilson School through April 19, 1999. The Gallery is open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily. ...Cleveland Foundation President to Speak on "Rebuilding America's Cities"
3/31/99 -- Steven A. Minter, president and executive director of the Cleveland Foundation and the former undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Education, will speak on "Rebuilding America's Cities" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, April 15, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl One. ...Special Adviser to Japan's Minister of Finance Will Speak on U.S.-Japan Relations
3/30/99 -- Takatoshi Kato, special adviser to Japan's minister of finance, will deliver the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Lecture on "U. S. -- Japan Relations in Critical Waters" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, April 13, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl One. ...Poetry Event Explores Notions of What Defines a Reading
3/30/99 -- A "Living Museum" of poetry will take place on Friday, April 9 at 2:30 p.m. at The Art Museum, Princeton University. The hour-and-a-half long event, featuring eleven student performers, will also include a reading by poet and creative writing professor Paul Muldoon to open the event and a closing reading by classics translator and comparative literature professor Robert Fagles. Students will interpretively read an eclectic selection including Chaucer, T.S. Eliot and Tao Te Ching in a round-robin format, with the audience encouraged to roam the galleries at their leisure as various readings occur. ...Princeton Junior Named Truman Scholar
3/30/99 -- Jennifer L. Jennings, a junior majoring in public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been named a 1999 Truman Scholar by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. The award recognizes leadership potential, intellectual ability, and likelihood of "making a difference." ...Princeton to Host International Conference on the Holocaust
Conference to focus on the memory of the Holocaust and its current impact in Germany and the United States
3/29/99 -- An internationally renowned group of scholars, authors, architects, cultural critics, museum curators, and public figures, representing a broad spectrum of opinions, will gather at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School April 15-18 for a conference entitled Jews, Germany and the Future of Memory. The public is cordially invited and no registration is needed. ...Bill Moyers to Lead Roundtable on "Mind, Faith, and Spirit"
3/29/99 -- The Princeton University Center for Human Values will host a roundtable discussion on "Mind, Faith, and Spirit," led by broadcast journalist Bill Moyers, on Thursday, April 8. The James A. Moffett '29 roundtable will take place at 4 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. ...Evening to Celebrate Women's History Month
3/25/99 -- The Princeton University Women's Center presents Singular Women, a theatrical event in celebration of Women's History Month, on Friday evening, March 26, at 8 p.m. in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall on the Princeton campus. ...Study Reveals How Bacteria Communicate About Their Environment
3/25/99 -- A research project that started by asking esoteric questions about a glowing marine bacterium has begun to explain the workings of many other bacteria and could result in a new class of antibiotics. ...Preserving N.J.'s Pinelands to be Topic of Princeton Lecture
3/25/99 -- Terrence Moore, executive director of the Pinelands Commission, and Carleton Montgomery, executive director of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, will discuss "Managing Growth in the New Jersey Pinelands" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, April 7 at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. ...Cyber-terrorism, Computer Crime to be Discussed by FBI Expert
3/25/99 -- Michael A. Vatis, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Infrastructure Protection Center, will speak on "National Security in the Information Age" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, April 6, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. His talk will include discussion of cyber-terrorism, information warfare, and computer crime. ...Princeton, Columbia, New York Public Library to Build High-Tech, Off-Site Facility Housing 2 to 30 Million Books
3/25/99 -- The three institutions with the largest book collections in the greater New York Metropolitan and surrounding area -- the New York Public Library (13.3 million book-like materials), Princeton University (6 million printed volumes) and Columbia University (7 million printed volumes) -- have agreed to build and share a high-tech, automated book storage facility to house millions of their infrequently-used volumes. ...Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke to Speak on "Peacemaking in the Balkans"
3/25/99 -- Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, U.S. envoy to the Balkans and mediator of the Dayton Agreement, will deliver the 1999 Cyril Black Memorial Lecture, "Peacemaking in the Balkans" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, April 7, at 8:00 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium. ...Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs to Speak at Princeton
3/25/99 -- The Honorable N. Lloyd Axworthy, Canada's minister of foreign affairs and a Princeton alumnus, will speak on "Human Security and Canada's Foreign Policy" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, April 7, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 2. ...Anthony B. Evnin Endows Professorship in Genomics at Princeton
3/25/99 -- Anthony B. Evnin, a 1962 Princeton graduate and a member of the board of trustees, has made a $2.5 million gift to the University to endow the Anthony B. Evnin '62 Professorship in Genomics. The Evnin chair is the first to be created for Princeton's pioneering new Institute for Genomic Analysis, which will take a unique, multidisciplinary approach to examining how genes control the activities of living organisms. ...Time Magazine Managing Editor on "Covering This Century and The Next" at Princeton
3/25/99 -- Walter Isaacson, managing editor of Time magazine, will discuss "Covering This Century and The Next" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, April 5 at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium. ...Princeton University Art Museum Presents Symposium on Chinese Calligraphy
3/24/99 -- In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition "The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection" on March 27, The Art Museum, Princeton University, will hold an international symposium, "Character and Context in Chinese Calligraphy," in Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50, on the Princeton University campus. ...Senior Ron Fertig Wins Churchill Scholarship
3/24/99 -- Mathematics major Ron Fertig '99 of Cherry Hill, N.J., has won a Winston Churchill Scholarship for 1999-2000. Churchill Scholarships, of which about 10 are awarded nationally in the U.S., fund a year of graduate study at Churchill College, Cambridge University, for students in mathematics, the physical and natural sciences, and engineering. ..."Kosovo: NATO at War with Yugoslavia"? A Panel Discussion at Princeton
3/24/99 -- Diplomats and experts on foreign policy will gather for a panel discussion on "Kosovo: NATO at War with Yugoslavia?" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium. ...Palestinian Ambassador to Speak at Princeton
3/24/99 -- Ambassador M. Nasser Al-Kidwa, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, will speak on "Palestine Among the Nations: The Road to Recognized Statehood" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium. ..."The Penal and Criminal Justice System in New Jersey - What's the Verdict?"
3/24/99 -- On Friday, April 9, 1999, Princeton University's Office of Community and State Affairs in collaboration with the New Jersey State Legislature and the University's Woodrow Wilson School is sponsoring the annual Symposium on Public Issues reflecting the issues and concerns facing the New Jersey State legislators. ..."Welfare Reform and the Faith Community: A Conference at Princeton"
3/24/99 -- A one-day, invitation-only conference designed to examine and enhance the role that New Jersey's faith community plays in welfare reform will be held at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Friday, March 26, from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. ...Funeral Arrangements Set for Matthew Weiner
3/23/99 -- Funeral arrangements have been announced for Matthew Weiner, the Princeton University freshman from Medford, N.J., who died suddenly yesterday. ...Freshman Matthew Weiner Dies Suddenly
3/23/99 -- Matthew Weiner, a Princeton freshman from Medford, N.J., died last evening after collapsing during a game of pick-up basketball on the University campus. He was 19. ...Exhibition of Premier Collection of Chinese Calligraphy to Open
3/22/99 -- "The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection," a landmark contribution to the understanding of Chinese calligraphy and civilization, will open at The Art Museum, Princeton University, on March 27, 1999, and be on view through June 27. ...Author and Television Host Adam Smith to Host TV Program Preview and Discuss "The World Financial Crisis" at Princeton
3/19/99 -- Economic analyst George J. W. Goodman, also known as Adam Smith of "Adam Smith's Money World," will speak on "The World Financial Crisis: Impact Here and Abroad" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, April 1, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. ...Center for the Study of Religion to Promote Scholarship on Social, Cultural Practice
3/18/99 -- "We believe that religion is the most under-studied social phenomenon of the 20th century," says Robert Wuthnow, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. ...Group Writes "Ethnic Comedy" about Issues "Familiar to All South Asian-American Students"
3/17/99 -- Princeton South Asian Theatrics, a new student performance group, will make its debut on March 26 with an "ethnic comedy" called Desis of Our Lives. "Desi is a Hindi slang word that refers to someone of South Asian origin," explains Karthick Ramakrishnan, a graduate student in politics. Used more frequently in this country than in India, the term means "someone from the homeland," he says. ...Princeton to Affiliate with Fair Labor Association for Anti-Sweatshop Monitoring;
Require Public Disclosure of Licensees' Factories
3/15/99 -- Princeton University is one of seventeen colleges and universities that today announced their intention to affiliate with a new non-profit entity, the Fair Labor Association (FLA), that will monitor company compliance with a workplace code of conduct to assure that products are not being produced by sweatshop labor. ...Princeton Senior Wins Labouisse Fellowship Award
Will Conduct Research in South Africa
3/12/99 -- Calvin William Christopher, a member of Princeton University's Class of 1999, was recently awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse '26 Fellowship for 1999-2000. The award will allow Christopher to travel to Cape Town, South Africa to pursue his project: "Bridging the Gap: Community Development and Education in South Africa." Beginning in the summer and lasting almost one year, he will study the potential for introducing community involvement into local schools to foster an improved educational environment. ...Winner of 1999 Dale Fellowship Will Study Traditional Medicine in Tibet
3/10/99 -- When Fei Fei Li '99 was growing up in the city of Chengdu, China, Western science and medicine seemed to meld easily with traditional Chinese culture. She never gave it much thought when she received vaccinations one day and drank bitter herbal remedies the next. ...Steve Forbes '70 to Speak at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School
3/2/99 -- Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes Inc. and editor in chief of "Forbes" magazine will return to his alma mater on Monday, March 8 for "A Conversation with Steve Forbes" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School at 4:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. ...Graduate Research Finds Pollution Control Affects Jobs, Housing Values
2/23/99 -- More stringent air pollution control standards may cost jobs in some areas, but they also contribute to higher housing values, according to a study by a researcher at Princeton. ..."Women and Children in the Soviet Union and Successor States: A Photo Exhibit"
2/23/99 -- In celebration of International Women's Day, March 8, the Princeton University International and Women's centers will host an exhibit of Rebecca Matlock's photography featuring women and children in the Soviet Union and its successor states. A reception for Matlock and tour of the exhibit will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 8, at 91 Prospect Avenue, Stevenson Hall, 2nd floor in Princeton. ...White House Deputy Chief of Staff to Participate in Latina Education Roundtable
2/22/99 -- Maria Echaveste, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, is one of several accomplished women who will participate in the Latina Education Roundtable, a discussion of the educational and professional challenges in the United States for Hispanic women, on Saturday, March 6, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall on the Princeton University campus. ...Renee Hsia, Alexander Sierk Win 1999 Pyne Prizes
2/22/99 -- Seniors Renee Hsia and Alexander Sierk were named co-winners of the M. Taylor Pyne Prize, the highest honor conferred on a Princeton undergraduate, at Alumni Day ceremonies held on the Princeton University campus February 20. ...Art Museum Curator Frances Follin Jones Dies
2/19/99 -- Frances Follin Jones, curator of collections at The Art Museum, Princeton University, from 1943 to 1983, died February 13 at the Quadrangle in Haverford, Pennsylvania, where she had lived since retirement. ...Exhibition Schedule at the Princeton University Libraries
All exhibits are open to the public. The Main and Milberg Galleries are open from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays and noon to 5:00 p.m. on weekends. The Firestone lobby is open 8:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. on weekends. ... (list of exhibits follows) ...Cyberspace Expert Discusses "Internet Privacy" at Princeton
2/19/99 -- Jason Catlett, the founder and CEO of Junkbusters, developers of a popular system for enhancing the privacy of Web browsing, will speak on "Internet Privacy: Right or Contradiction?" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, March 9, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 5. ...Richard C. Harwood MPA '84 on "The Next American Civic Brigade"
2/19/99 -- Richard C. Harwood, the founder and president of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, will speak on "Building the Next American Civic Brigade" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, March 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. ...Administrator at Oregon State to Become Vice President for Facilities
2/11/99 -- Kathleen Mulligan, director of facilities services at Oregon State University, will become vice president for facilities at Princeton University in April. Mulligan has worked as director for facilities at Oregon State for more than 10 years, overseeing the physical plant, environmental health and safety, and facilities planning, and managing the construction program for the 420-acre main campus. ...Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance Presents Annual Film Festival
Queer Articulations 99 to take place February 25-27
2/12/99 -- Princeton's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance (LGBA) is proud to announce Queer Articulations 99, our 9th annual lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender film festival. The program this year consists of a wide variety of pieces, including experimental shorts, narrative features, documentaries and short comedies. The films explore myriad themes - from the Latin American gay experience to the AIDS crisis. ...Berkeley Educator to Lead McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning
2/11/99 -- Jacqueline Mintz, founding director of the GSI Teaching and Resource Center at the University of California at Berkeley, will become director of Princeton's new Harold W. McGraw Jr. Center for Teaching and Learning, effective with the beginning of the 1999-2000 academic year. ...Maryland Governor Adopts New $3 Million Program Recommended by Woodrow Wilson School Undergraduates
2/10/99 -- A group of juniors at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs had the rare satisfaction of seeing the recommendations they made as part of a class project quickly become part of a program established by Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening. ...Princeton Students to Host National Bioethics Conference
Ian Wilmut, Cloner of Dolly, Will Speak
2/8/99 -- Leading players in the field of bioethics will meet on the Princeton campus this month to discuss cloning, genetic testing and other ethical dilemmas that are beginning to face patients and health care policy makers alike. | The conference, one of the first of its kind to be organized by undergraduate students, will bring together such notable figures as Ian Wilmut, the scientist who created Dolly the cloned sheep, and Francis Collins, the director of the human genome project at the National Institutes of Health. | The two-day event will take place Feb. 26 and 27. ...Brumberg to Address "How History and Culture Shape the Experience of American Girls"
2/5/99 -- Joan Jacobs Brumberg will deliver a lecture, "From Corsets to Body Piercing: How History and Culture Shape the Experience of American Girls," on Monday, February 22, at 8 p.m. at Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. ...NASA Adopts Princeton Professor's Idea to Mark Wright Brothers' Centennial with Airplane Flight on Mars
2/5/99 -- NASA announced this week it will pursue a project that will culminate in a flight of an airplane in the thin atmosphere of Mars on December 17, 2003, exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers' historic first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The idea for the project was proposed by Princeton University scientists, who said that achieving the feat would have great scientific as well as historic value. ...Study Shows How the Brain Senses the Location of Nearby Sounds
2/4/99 -- Princeton University scientists have identified a portion of the brain that controls our finely tuned ability to judge the distance of sounds that are very close to our heads. The research offers an insight into the complex processes that connect seeing, hearing and touching with doing; for example, how a person hears a sound and then ducks his head to avoid a nearby obstacle. ...Former Princeton President William G. Bowen to Speak on Race and University Admissions
2/4/99 -- Former Princeton University President William G. Bowen, now president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will give a talk titled "The Shape of the River" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, February 25, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium. ...Data Show Declining Number of Physician-Scientists
U.S. Medical Research Capacity May Be Hurt
1/29/99 -- The U.S. medical research community, widely regarded as being in a heyday of dramatic advances, is rapidly losing one of its most important resources, according to Leon Rosenberg, a Princeton University professor. In an article in a recent issue of Science, Rosenberg said there is a dangerous decline in the number of physician-scientists, medical doctors who spend the majority of their time doing research. ...Study of Tropical Forests Overturns Important Theory in Ecology
Finding May Cast Doubt on Some Conservation Methods
1/29/99 -- A painstaking effort to track every square inch of plant life in large patches of tropical forests has started to produce significant discoveries in ecology. Princeton professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Stephen Hubbell, a founder of the project, is using the research to answer fundamental questions about what factors come into play in maintaining the diversity of life on Earth. ...Trustees Review Initiatives to Address Alcohol Abuse
Issue Statement Echoing Concerns over Nude Olympics
1/28/99 -- At their January 23 meeting, Princeton's trustees reviewed proposals for addressing alcohol abuse that they have received from University departments, committees and groups under the special initiative announced last spring, and identified a number that they believe hold promise for further discussion and development. ...Survey Finds Undergraduate Drinking Patterns Remain near Norms
1/28/99 -- A recent survey on alcohol use and abuse found that drinking patterns at Princeton have changed little over the past five years, in spite of increased efforts by the university to curb excessive drinking. Similar results have been observed at other colleges and universities nationwide. The survey, conducted by Princeton University Health Services, is the third in a series started in 1993 designed to identify patterns in alcohol use and assess the effectiveness of university programs targeted against alcohol abuse. ...Consul General of Israel to Speak on the Israeli Peace Process
1/27/99 -- Ambassador Shmuel Sisso, the consul general of Israel in New York, will give a talk titled ``The Role of the Peace Process in the Upcoming Israeli Elections,'' at Princeton Universityís Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday February 17, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. ...Public Policy Expert Morton H. Halperin to Offer ``Reflections of a Policy Planner'' at Princeton
1/26/99 -- Morton H. Halperin, currently the director of the policy planning staff at the U.S. Department of State, will speak on ``Defining American Interests in the Post-Cold-War Era: Reflections of a Policy Planner'' at Princeton Universityís Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday February 22, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. ...Princeton's Colloquium on Migration and Development Features Lecture on ``International Migration and the Future of the Nation State''
1/26/99 -- Aristide Zolberg, professor of sociology at New School University in New York City, will speak on ``International Migration and the Future of the Nation State'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday February 11, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 2. ...Princeton Increases Student Fees by Lowest Percentage in Three Decades
Budget Includes Further Improvements in Financial Aid
1/25/99 -- The Trustees of Princeton University have adopted an operating budget that increases student fees for the 1999-2000 academic year by 3.5 percent, a drop from last year's 3.7 percent increase and the lowest percentage increase in more than 30 years. The $614 million budget is projected to be in balance. ...``Ethical Issues in Managed Care'' to be Topic of Princeton Lecture
1/22/99 -- John A. Balint, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Center for Medical Ethics, Education, and Research at Albany Medical College, will speak on ``Ethical Issues in Managed Care'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, February 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 5. ...Information Technology Expert to Speak on ``The Evolving Role of the Lobbyist''
1/22/99 -- Kenneth R. Kay, an expert on information technology issues and the executive director of the CEO Forum on Education and Technology, will speak on ``The Evolving Role of the Lobbyist in Modern Washington, D.C.'' at Princeton Universityís Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, February 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. ...Princeton Lecture Offers an Insider's View of the ``U.S. Policy on Terrorism'
1/22/99 -- The National Security Council's senior director for counter-terrorism, Steven Simon, will speak on the ``U.S. Policy on Terrorism'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, February 11, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. ...Former Political Reporter Asks ``Can We Save Our Politics?''
1/22/99 -- Paul Taylor, founder and executive director of the Alliance for Better Campaigns, will speak on ``Campaign Reform 2000: Can We Save Our Politics?'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, February 8, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 5. ...Princeton Mathematician Elias Stein Wins Wolf Prize
1/20/99 -- Princeton University professor Elias M. Stein is one of two mathematicians who won the 1999 Wolf Prize, one of the highest honors in the field. The prize recognized Stein for his "fundamental contributions" to developing methods for analyzing wave energies, such as light and sound. ...Princeton's Computer Science Chair Appointed First Goldman Professor
1/14/99 -- David P. Dobkin, chair of Princeton University's Department of Computer Science, has been named to the Phillip Y. Goldman '86 Professorship in Computer Science. The professorship was created through a gift from Dobkin's former student and WebTV Networks, Inc. founder Phillip Goldman. Last year, Goldman, together with his wife, Susan, donated $2 million to the University, making him the youngest alumnus ever to endow a chair at Princeton. ...Hercules Corp. Endows Research Fund at Princeton University
1/11/99 -- The Hercules Corporation has pledged $750,000 to the University in honor of Robert G. Jahn, a Princeton professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and member of the Hercules board of directors. The Hercules gift will endow a fund to support novel research at the university. Jahn, a member of Princeton's Class of 1951, was dean of Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science from 1971 to 1986. ...Professor Shirley Tilghman to Head New Interdisciplinary Institute for Genomic Analysis
1/6/99 -- Shirley M. Tilghman, the Howard A. Prior Professor of the Life Sciences at Princeton University; a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the Royal Society of London; and one of the architects of the national effort to map the entire human genome, will oversee planning for, and then serve as the first director of, a new multidisciplinary Institute for Genomic Analysis at Princeton that will do pioneering research into fundamental questions in biology that require the integration of large amounts of complex information. ...Vanguard Group Chair John Bogle, Sloan Foundation President Ralph Gomory to be Honored on Alumni Day
1/6/99 -- The 1999 recipients of Princeton's top honors for alumni are John C. Bogle, senior chair of the board of The Vanguard Group and a member of Princeton's Class of 1951, and Ralph E. Gomory, president of the Alfred Sloan Foundation, who received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1954. Both will receive their awards and deliver addresses on Alumni Day, which is February 20. ...
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