June 7, 1999 Volume 88, number 29
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Seniors celebrate (photo: Denise
Applewhite)
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Congratulations 1999
There's always something interesting at
Commencement," said President Harold Shapiro with a
smile.
On the platform in front
of some 10,000 spectators, salutatorian T. Wickham
Schmidt had just concluded his Latin address
"Valete omnes--and, Anastacia Rohrman, I'd like to
ask you to marry me." In her seat on the Front
Campus, classmate Rohrman was dumbfounded but soon
mustered the presence of mind to raise a
hand-lettered sign--"Yes"--provided by a friend.
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Class Day 1999
At Class Day ceremonies on May 31, President
Harold Shapiro presented the senior class with a
symbolic key to the campus, and Class Day awards
were made.
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President recognizes excellence in
teaching
Recipients of the 1999 President's Awards for
Distinguished Teaching, made at Commencement, are
David Bernstein, Victor Brombert, John McPhee and
Daniel Rubenstein.
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Secondary school teachers win awards
At Commencement Princeton awarded prizes for
excellence in secondary school teaching to Joseph
Amorino, Todd Gudgel, Theodora Lacey and Ralph
Pantozzi.
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APGA honors graduate student instructors
The 1999 Association of Princeton Graduate
Alumni awards for excellence in teachingwere given
to graduate students Erik Gray, Daniel Magilow,
Lisa Taneyhill and Stephen Wu. more...
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Board names nine to tenured faculty
At its quarterly meeting on May 31, the board of
trustees approved the appointment of nine new
members of the tenured faculty.
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$4 million supports dorm work
Bagley Wright, president of Bagley Wright
Investments, has committed $4 million to renovation
of 93-year-old Patton Hall. A member of the Class
of 1946, Wright was a developer of Seattle's
landmark Space Needle and chair of Physio Control
Corp. from 1968 until its acquisition by Eli Lilly
in 1980. more...
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Center focuses on arts, cultural policy
Crossdisciplinary group helps train graduate
students, produce resources for research.
How can we document changes in the condition of
the arts and humanities in the United States -- in
the face of what sociology professor Paul DiMaggio
cites as "inadequate human resources, and
inadequate information and analysis"?
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Prospect Board elects officers
The Prospect Association
Managing Board held its annual meeting and election
of officers on May 12 at Prospect House.
Edward Wladas of the
Engineering School was elected president, and Linda
Clos of Conference Services was elected vice
president. The new members of the board for the
Class of 2003 are Kenny Grayson of Facilities, Fran
Johnson of CIT, Claire Myones of Hellenic Studies
and Michael Wood of the English Department.
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Winner!
The winning design for the Princeton Picnic
tee-shirt was submitted by Terry Slover, John
Slover, Becky Davis and Natacha Ruiz of Molecular
Biology. The picnic will be on June 8.
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