Princeton Weekly Bulletin March 1, 1999 Alumni Day The annual Alumni Day gathering, held on February 20, brought some 1,300 alumni, family and friends to campus for the midwinter meeting of the Alumni Association. The day began with public lectures by the Madison Medal and Wilson Award winners, as well as faculty lectures on a range of topics from "Searching for Life in the Galaxy" to "Computing with DNA" to "Verdi and Shakespeare." At 12:15 p.m., luncheon began in Jadwin Gym, followed by the official presentation of awards for academic achievement and alumni service. At 3:00 p.m., the Service of Remembrance in the University Chapel honored Princetonians who died in the past calendar year.             John Bogle '51, senior chair of the Vanguard Group, lectured in Richardson Auditorium on "Changing the Rules of Investing." Bogle won the Woodrow Wilson Award for an undergraduate alumnus or alumna distinguished "in the nation's service."   Ralph Gomory *54 (r), president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, was greeted by Ira Fuchs, vice president for computing and information technology. Gomory was the winner of the Madison Medal, an award conferred each year on an alumnus or alumna of the Graduate School who has had an exceptional career or advanced the cause of graduate education.    Stanislav Boldyrev (l), graduate student in the Astrophysical Sciences Department's Plasma Physics Program, received the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, given annually to the graduate student who exhibits the "highest scholarly excellence." He was congratulated by Dean of the Faculty Joseph Taylor.     President Shapiro (l) expressed appreciation to Alumni Day dignitaries and honorees Richard Scribner '58, chair of the national Annual Giving Committee; Nancy Cassels '73, who accepted the Jerry Horton Award for an outstanding regional annual giving committee on behalf of the Annual Giving Committee of Canada; class agent Elise Wright '83, who received the Harold H. Helm Award recognizing "exemplary and sustained service to Annual Giving"; and class agent Malcolm MacKay '63, who accepted the Class of 1926 Trophy for the class that raises the largest amount creditable to Annual Giving within each campaign.