Princeton - Weekly Bulletin 03/07/05

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Editor: Ruth Stevens
Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller
Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Steven Schultz
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Alumni Day

Views from Alumni Day

Photo of: Thomas Kean

Kean

Alumni Day activities on Feb. 26 featured the presentation of the University’s James Madison Medal to Nathan Myhrvold, former chief technology officer at Microsoft, and the Woodrow Wilson Award to Thomas Kean, chair of the 9/11 Commission. Both gave morning addresses in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.

Myhrvold (below) told the audience that inventing new technologies and products is the nation’s greatest hope for prospering in the 21st century, but also is an under-supported endeavor. “Economies of the 21st century will be driven by the magic of invention,” he predicted.

Photo of: Nathan Myhrvold

Myhrvold

Kean (right) said that despite reforms in national security and intelligence operations, partisan strife in Washington remains a roadblock to success in the U.S. war on terrorism. “Our public debate as to how we might best confront this enemy has been too partisan, has been too shallow, has been too short-sighted,” he warned.

Stories about the speeches are available online at <www.princeton.edu/main/news/>.