Princeton Weekly Bulletin October 10, 2005, Vol. 95, No. 5 prev next
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Princeton has quite a history when it comes to links with the U.S. secretary of state.
• Condoleezza Rice’s Sept. 30 visit was the second in as many years by a sitting U.S. secretary of state. Her immediate predecessor, Colin Powell, visited the campus on Feb. 20, 2004, to deliver the keynote address at the University’s George F. Kennan Centennial Conference, honoring the diplomat who crafted the strategy of “containment,” which became the foundation of American policy toward the Soviet Union.
• A day earlier, on Feb. 19, 2004, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visited the campus. Kissinger, who served in that role from 1973 to 1977, led two small-group sessions with students and faculty members.
• A number of Princeton alumni have served as secretary of state, beginning with James Madison, a member of the class of 1771. He held that position from 1801 until 1809, when he became the fourth president of the United States. Madison, in turn, called upon 1781 Princeton alumnus Robert Smith to serve as his secretary of state from 1809 to 1811.
• Other 19th-century secretaries of state who were alumni were: Edward Livingston, a member of the class of 1781, who served from 1831 to 1833; John Forsyth, a member of the class of 1799, who served from 1834 to 1841; and Abel Upshur, a member of the class of 1807, who served from 1843 to 1844.
• More recently, John Foster Dulles, a member of Princeton’s class of 1908, served as secretary of state from 1953 to 1959. George Shultz, a member of Princeton’s class of 1942, served from 1982 to 1989. He was succeeded by James Baker, a member of Princeton’s class of 1952, who served as secretary of state until 1992. When he was on campus for his 50th reunion in 2002, Baker announced that he was donating his papers to the Mudd Manuscript Library.
• Mudd also houses the papers of two other secretaries of state: Dulles; and Robert Lansing, who served from 1915 to 1920 under President Woodrow Wilson, who was a member of Princeton’s class of 1879.
• At the beginning of her speech this fall, Rice acknowledged Princeton’s State Department connections: “I am honored to be here today at Princeton. From George Kennan and John Foster Dulles, to George Shultz and James Baker, and of course, Woodrow Wilson, many renowned American statesmen have worn the orange and black.”
Source: “A Princeton Companion” by
Alexander Leitch