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UNIVERSITY BULLETINVolume 103, Number 1 Oct. 10, 2013 Eisgruber installed as president of Princeton; upholds ideal and value of liberal arts education Photo by Denise Applewhite Denise by Photo Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber (center) re-enacts the taking of the oath of of ce administered by Chair of the Board of Trustees Kathryn Hall (left), while his predecessor, President Emerita Shirley M. Tilghman (right), looks on. Eisgruber took the oath at the June trustees meeting before he of cially began as president on July 1.

E MILY A RONSON his days as an undergraduate, to his best in the people of this country and trustees and officers, faculty, local rep- return as a professor and provost, to this world.” resentatives, and 19 Princeton alumni t his installation as Princeton’s his new post as president. The installation was a celebratory, and former faculty and staff who are 20th president on a breezy first “I am honored to accept the presi- public occasion to welcome Eisgruber presidents of colleges and universities. A day of fall, Christopher L. Eis- dency of this, our beloved University,” as president. Alumni, faculty, staff, “Today we entrust the leadership of gruber said the University must ensure said Eisgruber, a Class of 1983 students and higher education leaders this institution … to a president who that liberal arts education remains a graduate. “I will work with you traveled from across campus, the coun- is one of its sons … one of its faculty, vital foundation for improving individ- enthusiastically to sustain the excel- try and the world to hear Eisgruber’s one of its gifted administrators,” Chair uals’ lives and advancing society. lence of what we are doing now; to inaugural speech and watch him re- of the Board of Trustees Kathryn Eisgruber’s heartfelt address on realize more perfectly the ideals to enact the oath. Eisgruber took the oath Hall said in her opening remarks. “A Sunday, Sept. 22, to the crowd of more which we are committed; and to of office at the June meeting of the man who knows this institution well, than 1,000 on the front lawn of Nassau demonstrate by argument and deed Board of Trustees before he officially who shares our deep devotion to it, Hall underscored Princeton’s influence the extraordinary value of Princeton became president on July 1. and who we are confident will guide on him, and in turn, his devotion to University, and of all the colleges and The installation ceremony began the University. He traced his path from universities that help to bring out the with a procession of University Continued on page 8

New campus landmarks loom with new construction

USHMA PATEL beginning of the Arts and Transit Project and the completion this fall he Princeton University campus of the neuroscience and psychology is undergoing transformative complex. T changes this year with numer- The projects reflect the University’s ous construction, renovation and 10-year Campus Plan. maintenance projects, including the Updates on the following projects were provided by the Facilities Organization’s units, including the Office of Design and Construction,

the Office of Real Estate Development

Photo by Denise Applewhite Denise by Photo

and the Office of the Vice President for The exteriors of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (right) and Peretsman-Scully Hall for Facilities. psychology are complete, with move-in scheduled for December. New structures

PAID Princeton Neuroscience Institute and

ECRWSS from electrical, mechanical and plumb- Spanish glass and an inner weather PRST STD Peretsman-Scully Hall: Construction of USPOSTAGE ing work to lab layouts and furniture barrier of high-performance glass.

PERMIT 296 NO the 248,000-square-foot neuroscience PRINCETON, NJ installation — is ongoing, primarily in Andlinger Center for Energy and the and psychology complex is in its final the neuroscience building. Designed Environment: The tops of the concrete stages, as the two buildings are to by José Rafael Moneo Vallés Arqui- towers of the Andlinger Center for be completed this fall and move-in is tecto of Madrid, the complex offers a Energy and the Environment are scheduled to begin in December. Exte- number of shared spaces and sustain- beginning to emerge over the con- rior work was completed over the last ability features such as a two-part, struction fencing at Olden Street and year, and landscaping was completed energy-efficient outer façade of a this summer. Interior work — ranging ribbed sunscreen made of artisanal Continued on page 7

What’s University approves diversity strategy 2 Office serves as town-gown bridge 4 POSTAL CUSTOMER inside? High school students pursue hands-on research 5 Princeton 2 university Bulletin Oct. 10, 2013

aggressively to make its academic Eisgruber, Trustees approve comprehensive community more diverse and inclu- sive,” Eisgruber said. Goheen led the University from 1957-72. strategy to increase diversity Princeton’s efforts span from the introduction of undergraduate coedu- cation in 1969 and recruitment of E m i ly A ro n s o n environment in which all can flourish,” to faculty hiring and graduate student African American, Hispanic, Asian said Prentice, who also is chair of the recruitment. American and Native American stu- he Board of Trustees and Pres- Department of Psychology. “We hope “Our academic departments have dents starting in the 1960s and 1970s, ident Christopher L. Eisgruber that the University community will the expertise to make the judgments to bold expansions of the University’s T have unanimously endorsed a embrace the values articulated in the about quality on which Princeton’s financial aid program that have greatly report by a special trustee committee report, and that each office and depart- excellence depends,” he said. “The increased the number of low- and that recommends a comprehensive ment on campus will draw on our committee’s diversity strategy both moderate-income and international strategy to increase the diversity and recommendations to create a diversity respects and leverages this critical ele- students. inclusivity of the Princeton Univer- plan consistent with their own goals ment of Princeton’s academic culture.” Over the years, the University also sity community, with a particular and opportunities.” Eisgruber said that he intends to has established the Center for African focus on graduate students, post- “The trustees recognize that diver- launch the implementation of the pro- American Studies and the Program in doctoral fellows, faculty and senior sity is critically important to the core posed strategy at an upcoming meeting Latino Studies; created the Lesbian, administrators. The proposed strat- mission of this university, and that with the chairs of all the academic Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Cen- egy builds on Princeton’s significant achieving a more diverse and inclusive departments. The report commends a ter; and added an associate dean for advances over more than five decades campus will require creative thinking, successful graduate recruiting program academic affairs and diversity in the while focusing on areas where more persistent effort, and a range of initia- in the Department of Molecular Biol- Graduate School. could be accomplished. tives and programs,” Henry said. “But ogy that rapidly increased the diversity While the undergraduate student The report was issued by the it also will require sustained interest of its doctoral program, and Eisgruber body is vastly more diverse than 19-member Ad Hoc Committee on and commitment by the board, and we has asked Provost David Lee and Dean ever before, diversifying the gradu- Diversity that included trustees, fully intend to pay continuing atten- of the Faculty David Dobkin to solicit ate student body, faculty and senior faculty, graduate students and staff. It tion to the goals we have set forth in proposals from departments to conduct administration has proceeded more was co-chaired by trustee vice chair our report.” other pilot projects. Dobkin is creat- slowly. Brent Henry, a member of the Class The report contains numerous rec- ing a special advisory committee to “At its current pace, the diversifi- of 1969, and Deborah Prentice, the ommendations for heads of academic help select, support and monitor these cation of the University’s graduate, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of and administrative departments to projects. postdoctoral, faculty and senior admin- Psychology and Public Affairs. consider. Underlying the recommenda- The Graduate School is creating a istrative populations will continue to “Princetonians have powerful rea- tions are three critical themes: Diversity Committee composed of stu- fall behind the demographic shifts that sons to care deeply about the diversity • Departmental responsibility: Academic dents, faculty and staff and will work are reshaping the United States,” said of the University community,” Eisgru- and administrative departments should closely with departments on graduate the committee’s report. “Princeton ber said in a statement on the report. have the freedom and responsibility to student recruitment, retention and must not let this happen. It needs to “Only by drawing the best talent determine how to focus their efforts to climate issues, and faculty collabora- make substantive changes to its culture from every sector of society can we achieve maximum impact; tion with minority-serving institutions. and structure if it hopes to remain a achieve the scholarly and educational • Central support: The University The Office of Human Resources has great American and global university, excellence to which we aspire. Only must provide departments with begun working with administrative where the most gifted and promising by integrating multiple, divergent per- resources to pursue diversity in ways departments to develop a stronger individuals from every segment of soci- spectives into our discussions can we that sustain or improve the quality of overall staff diversity and inclusion ety feel welcome and thrive.” realize a fully vibrant intellectual and their programs; strategy, with University Services and In his statement, Eisgruber noted residential life.” • University-wide accountability: Campus Life commencing with pilot- that “the committee’s work is now Eisgruber praised the committee University leaders need to monitor ing the proposed approaches. done, but our community’s work is for its “insightful observations about departmental efforts and provide The work of the committee — only beginning. The committee has the challenges we face and creative regular progress reports. established in January 2012 by given us recommendations, not a blue- thinking about how to make further Eisgruber said “these three themes now-President Emerita Shirley M. print or a set of instructions, much less progress.” provide a promising strategy for real Tilghman — furthers the significant a self-executing plan. The report will “Our committee believes strongly progress toward a more diverse and progress Princeton has made in foster- produce results only if we embrace its that promoting diversity will make inclusive Princeton.” He commended ing a community that welcomes people challenges, give careful thought to its Princeton a better university — that the report for “its acknowledgment of every gender, race, ethnicity, reli- proposals, devise our own strategies this effort will improve our ability that there is no one-size-fits-all solu- gion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic and programs, and make diversity and to attract the best scholars, the most tion” and cited the report’s “emphasis status and other backgrounds. inclusivity integral components of this promising students and the most tal- on the importance of departmental “Beginning with the presidency of University’s commitment to scholarly ented staff members and to create an responsibility,” especially with respect Robert F. Goheen, Princeton has acted excellence.”

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he University’s Annual Benefits benefits-eligible employees on or about Employees must re-enroll if they want Representatives from the various Open Enrollment period will run Oct. 18. On Oct. 21, details will be to participate in these plans in 2014. health, welfare and retirement vendors T from Monday, Oct. 21, through available on the Benefits website at will be available. Reservations are not Friday, Nov. 15. Open Enrollment www.princeton.edu/hr/benefits. Benefits fairs required. offers faculty and staff an opportunity Benefits Fairs will be held from to review their current benefits and Expense accounts 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. Questions? consider changes to their coverage that Open enrollment is the time when 4, in the Frist Campus Center Those with questions regarding will become effective Jan. 1, 2014. employees can enroll or re-enroll in the Multipurpose Rooms, and from 10 the University health care plans may Open Enrollment packets with expense account plans (Health Benefit a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, contact the Human Resources Benefits information on plan changes, along Expense Account and/or Dependent in the Lyman Spitzer Building at the Team at 609-258-3302 or benefits@ with the new rates, will be mailed to Care Expense Account) for 2014. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. princeton.edu.

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Calvin Chin, former director of coun- Chin earned his master’s degree in Before coming to Princeton, Crown University in 2005 while working. She seling at John Jay College of Criminal psychology and Ph.D. in clinical psy- was an assistant professor at Kalamazoo began working for the Office of the Justice, has been named director of chology from New York University. He College in Michigan. She has also taught Attorney General’s Division of Con- counseling and psychological services at received his bachelor’s degree in psychol- at Rutgers University and Louisiana sumer Affairs in 1997. In 1999, she went University Health Services (UHS). His ogy from the University of Michigan. State University in Baton Rouge. As a to the Office of Legislative Services as a appointment was effective Oct. 1. Kathleen Crown, formerly a residential scholar, Crown has focused on the place nonpartisan fiscal analyst. She returned Reporting to UHS college director of studies at Princeton, of poetry in the public sphere, reflecting to the attorney general’s office in 2002 Executive Director was appointed executive director of the a larger interest in using the humani- and became budget director in 2006. John Kolligian, Chin Council of the Humanities in July. ties to encourage new forms of dialogue Eric Quiñones, a former managing leads the Counseling “Kathleen has been an unusu- between the academy and society. She editor at Princeton University’s Office and Psychological ally imaginative director of studies at received her bachelor’s degree in English of Communications, has been named Services (CPS) unit, Mathey College,” said Gideon Rosen, from Michigan State University, a mas- speechwriter for Princeton President which provides a broad the Stuart Professor of Philosophy and ter of fine arts in creative writing from Christopher L. Eisgruber. He began his array of mental health, chair of the Council of the Humanities. Louisiana State University and a Ph.D. new position Aug. 21. counseling and crisis “She brings with her in literatures in English from Rutgers. “I am delighted that Eric Quiñones Chin intervention services an extraordinary range Kristen Fischer was named chief will be returning to Princeton,” to Princeton students. of experience, both in financial officer of the Princeton Plasma Eisgruber said. “His writing skills are Chin oversees a team of psychologists, administration and Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in May. She well known on campus and beyond, and psychiatrists, social workers, postdoc- student life, and in oversees a budget of approximately $85 I am very pleased that he will be joining toral fellows and administrative staff. teaching and research million and manages all financial opera- my staff.” “Calvin is a gifted clinician, skilled in the humanities.” tions of the lab. As speechwriter, manager and compassionate person. He Crown joined the Fischer came to PPPL after work- Quiñones works balances respect for tradition and cul- University in 2001, ing for 16 years at the New Jersey State directly with Eisgruber ture, with readiness to advance change Crown teaching in the Prince- Office of the Attorney General, where on the preparation and quality improvement,” Kolligian ton Writing Program. she oversaw a $1 billion budget as direc- of speeches, reports, said. In 2003, she became director of studies tor of budget and grant operations. statements, articles, Since 2011, Chin has overseen clinical at Wilson College and moved to Mathey “I’m really excited to have Kristen on correspondence and functions of the counseling department College in 2004. At Mathey, she devel- board and I look forward to working Quiñones other communications. at John Jay College, part of the City oped cultural and intellectual programs with her,” said Adam Cohen, PPPL’s Quiñones joined University of New York. He previously connecting students with faculty, gradu- deputy director for operations. “She has the Princeton staff in 2002 and served served as assistant director for outreach ate fellows and one another, and advised a wealth of experience in a variety of roles in the Office of and community clinical services at undergraduates about the curriculum. from her roles with the Communications, including interim Columbia University’s Counseling and At the Council of the Humanities, State of New Jersey, director and managing editor of news Psychological Services. Also at Colum- Crown administers a broad range of and brings a new and editorial services; managing editor bia, he was a staff psychologist and an programs in the humanities, includ- perspective to a critical of the Princeton University Bulletin adjunct professor of counseling psychol- ing the visiting fellows program, the area of operations, faculty-staff newspaper; senior writer; ogy at the university’s Teachers College. Program in Humanistic Studies and that is: the business interim media relations manager; and His experience includes psychological the journalism program. She also works operations.” media relations officer. research and work at Bellevue Hospital with the council chair and with alumni Fischer Fischer studied Quiñones was associate vice president and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer and donors to foster innovative teach- psychology at Rutgers for communications at Franklin & Center in New York City. He served as ing, research and intellectual exchange University, graduating in 1997. She Marshall College from August 2012 to a consultant for the Asian and Pacific among faculty, students, guest scholars, earned her master’s degree in busi- August 2013. Islander Coalition Against HIV/AIDS. writers and artists. ness administration at Georgian Court Quiñones earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism and history from Indiana University. He has worked as a national business writer for The Associated Press in New York; as a senior writer and editor for Syclo LLC in Barrington, received his undergraduate and gradu- Ill.; and as a freelance writer for The ate degrees from Princeton. New York Times, The Star-Ledger of Board approves new faculty Alejandro Rodriguez, in electrical engi- Newark, N.J.; and Indiana University neering, joined the faculty on Sept. Alumni magazine, among others. Us h m a Pat e l on Feb. 1, 2014. He is currently an 1, 2013, from MIT, where he was a associate research scholar in archi- postdoctoral associate. He previously he Princeton University Board tecture at Princeton, and his field of was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard of Trustees has approved the specialization is sustainable design. University. Rodriguez received his T appointments of 13 faculty mem- He has conducted research at the bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from bers, including one full professor, one Singapore-ETH Centre’s Future Cit- MIT. He specializes in nanophotonics associate professor and 11 assistant ies Laboratory in Singapore, earned and fluctuation-induced interactions. More news on professors. a Ph.D. in architecture at ETH Brian Steininger, in East Asian stud- Professor — Thomas Conlan, in East Zurich, and received bachelor’s and ies, joined the faculty on July 1, 2013, the Web Asian studies and history, joined the master’s degrees from the University from Bates College, where he had of Iowa. been an assistant professor since 2010. faculty on July 1, 2013, from Bowdoin Visit the News at Princeton Web page College, where he had been a faculty Charlotte Metcalf, in the Woodrow His research focuses on Japanese Wilson School of Public and Inter- literature. A graduate of Macalester at www.princeton.edu/main/news member since 1998. A graduate of the for recent stories, such as: University of Michigan, he earned his national Affairs and ecology and College, Steininger received his Ph.D. evolutionary biology, will join the doctoral degree in history at Stanford from Yale. • Princeton University is planning to faculty on Nov. 1, 2013. A specialist in LaFleur Stephens University. , in politics, will join open an administrative center on evolutionary biodemography, Metcalf Conlan’s research focuses on the the faculty on July 1, 2014; she is cur- the campus of Tsinghua University in has held postdoctoral positions at the political, social and intellectual rently a postdoctoral research associate Beijing to support faculty, students Max Planck Institute for Demographic transformations of Japan from the at Princeton specializing in American and staff studying and conducting Research, Duke University, Princeton 11th to 16th centuries. His most recent politics. She received her bachelor’s research in China. The Princeton and the University of Oxford. An monograph, published in 2011, is degree from the University of Rochester Center at Tsinghua is expected to Oxford graduate, she earned her Ph.D. “From Sovereign to Symbol: An Age and earned her Ph.D. at Michigan. open in early 2014. of Ritual Determinism in Fourteenth- at Imperial College London. Mengdi Wang, in operations research century Japan.” Yulia Mikhaylova, in mechanical and and financial engineering, will join • A bequest from industrialist and aerospace engineering, joined the the faculty on July 1, 2014; she is cur- philanthropist William S. Dietrich Associate professor — Naomi faculty on Sept. 1, 2013, from the Max rently an associate research scholar at II, of Princeton’s Class of 1960, will Murakawa, in African American stud- Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. Princeton with a focus on optimization. endow the University’s Economic ies, joined the faculty on Sept. 1, 2013, She previously was a research fellow A graduate of Tsinghua University, she Theory Center and support financial from the University of Washington, at the Russian Academy of Sciences. received her Ph.D. at MIT. aid programs. where she had taught since 2005. She Mikhaylova received her master’s and Omar Wasow, in politics, joined the specializes in American politics with doctoral degrees from Lomonosov faculty on Sept. 1, 2013, after com- • Princeton University’s Office of the an emphasis on racial and gender Moscow State University, and she ing to the University earlier this year Dean for Research will roll out this politics, public policy, and American specializes in applied physics. as a senior research assistant and fall the first in a series of competi- political development. Prateek Mittal, in electrical engineer- postdoctoral research associate. A tive “innovation funds,” which will Murakawa was previously a visiting ing, joined the faculty on July 1, 2013, specialist in race and ethnic politics provide faculty with additional scholar at the University of California- from UC-Berkeley. A specialist in and American political development, University resources for pursuing Berkeley and a research fellow at network information science, Mittal Wasow earned his bachelor’s degree those ideas and collaborations that Columbia Law School. She received earned his bachelor’s degree at the at Stanford and his Ph.D. at Harvard. push the boundaries of conventional her bachelor’s degree at Columbia Indian Institute of Technology and his Juan Pablo Xandri, in economics, joined research. University, her master’s at the London doctoral degree at the University of the faculty on Aug. 1, 2013. His research School of Economics and her Ph.D. in Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. interests are macroeconomics and • Princeton University has selected political science at Yale University. Silviu Pufu, in physics, will join the microeconomic theory. A graduate of U-NOW Day Nursery to provide child Assistant professors — Forrest faculty on Jan. 1, 2014. Currently a Universidad de Montevideo in Uruguay, care for a new full-day, on-campus Meggers, in architecture and the postdoctoral fellow at the Massachu- Xandri received his master’s degree child care center that is anticipated Andlinger Center for Energy and the setts Institute of Technology, with from Universidad Torcuato di Tella in to open in about four years. Environment, will join the faculty a focus on theoretical physics, Pufu Argentina and his Ph.D. from MIT. Princeton 4 university Bulletin Oct. 10, 2013 Community ties

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ocal residents are invited to Com- ticipants in the youth sports clinic will campus munity and Staff Day, the annual receive a complimentary ticket to the L celebration of sports and entertain- football game, which begins at 1 p.m. ment, beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Parents and guardians will be able to hrough the Princeton University on Oct. 14; Diane Ravitch, historian Oct. 12, in Jadwin Gymnasium. purchase $5 game tickets at the clinic Public Lecture Series, speakers of education and New York University The event features activities for all ages entrance. T from a range of fields — the arts, professor, Nov. 4; and Lisa Randall, and interests, including a “Family Fun- For more information, call 609-258- humanities, politics, society, technology, physics professor at Harvard University, Fest,” a youth sports clinic for children 5144; for advance ticket purchases, call natural sciences and more — visit the on Nov. 11. ages 5 to 13 hosted by Princeton Uni- 609-258-4849. Additional information campus to give talks that are free and Recent speakers have included author versity athletes from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 is available on the Princeton Athlet- open to the public. Margaret Atwood, New York Times p.m., the Trash Artstravaganza contest ics website at www.goprincetontigers. The fall lineup includes William columnist David Brooks, and mathe- from 10 a.m. to noon and the Princeton com and the Office of Community and Bowen, president of Princeton Uni- matician and juggler Ronald Graham. vs. Lafayette football game at 1 p.m. Regional Affairs website at www. versity, emeritus, and professor of To learn more, visit http://lectures. Admission to the “Family Fun-Fest” princeton.edu/community. economics and public affairs, emeritus, princeton.edu. and the youth sports clinic is free. Par-

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he Princeton University Art and 1 p.m., includes a self-guided, Museum, one of the world’s leading interactive tour followed by a related art Tuniversity art museums, offers a project. In October, events range from number of programs for families. a celebration of ancient Chinese art and Artful Adventures is a series of self- culture through sculpture, to a lesson on guided tours and activities available life in ancient Egypt and an exercise in at any time. Individuals can pick up a writing in hieroglyphics. “Passport to Adventure” at the informa- Additional events may be found on the tion desk and choose from many activity museum’s online calendar. The museum guides; once the adventure is complete, is open Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mon- the information desk will provide a day), and admission is free. For more sticker for the passport. information, visit the museum website at The Art for Families program, offered http://artmuseum.princeton.edu. Wojciechowski Frank by Photo Saturday mornings between 10:30 a.m. The Princeton University Art Museum offers art programs for families.

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Timothy Keyes Adam Wolf, a postdoctoral researcher in ecology and evolutionary hen Lawrenceville School ris- biology and Jones’ mentor, observed ing senior Jackie Jones began that the program pushes students to W her 10-week stay in one of overcome the challenges of scientific Princeton’s engineering labs this June, research. she looked forward to performing “The biggest difference between rigorous scientific research for the first working in a lab and taking classes is time in her young academic career. that in a lab not everything is prepared “I didn’t really know exactly what so that it’s problem-free,” Wolf said. to expect,” said Jones, who was con- “Jackie’s done a great job identifying ducting research this summer in the problems and finding ways to make Ecohydrology Lab of Kelly Caylor, them right. She’s gone from having an an associate professor of civil and abstract perspective of how plants live environmental engineering. “I didn’t to having a concrete ability to under- know what it’d be like to come into a stand the math, to make measurements university-level lab as a high school and produce publication-quality data.” student, and if I’d just be fetching Wolf’s thoughts were echoed by coffee. But I’ve gotten to do real field- Alexander Todorov, a professor of psy- work, take measurements and work chology who mentored five students as with and help other members of the they designed their own experiments Photo by Danielle Alio Danielle Photo by lab. It’s been really fun.” to test different aspects of how people Angelo Villanueva (center), a rising senior at Union City High School, is conducting research Jones, whose project centered on perceive and judge faces. He observed on lasso peptides in the lab of James Link, an associate professor of chemical and biological characterizing how different species how students’ understanding of strong engineering. His graduate student mentors Hoang Lu (left) and Caitlin Allen (right) say that of trees compete photosynthetically experimental design is crucial to their the program is about the people as well as the science. for common water sources dur- thinking as scientists. ing drought, was one of 45 high “What I really try to teach them is school students pursuing summer about the principles of experimental stand that your ideas will change along doing research in the lab of James experiments through the Univer- design and how to think about experi- the way.” Link, an associate professor of chem- sity’s Laboratory Learning Program. ments in general,” said Todorov, who “The most important thing is don’t ical and biological engineering. “It’s Established in 2011 to centralize is impressed by the quality of the stu- be stuck in your ideas — don’t assume days and weeks of work, and your student-faculty mentorship opportu- dents’ work. “I would happily advise you’re right,” Parlapalli added. “Very results are based on your efforts.” nities that many professors already any of them if they were to be senior often, you’ll be wrong, so you have Villanueva’s project involved inves- offered to high school students students in my lab.” to have open ideas about what you’re tigating the antibiotic properties of during the summer, the program Two of Todorov’s students, Akhil doing and about taking different a family of proteins known as “lasso is organized by the Office of the Bandi and Akhil Parlapalli, rising approaches.” peptides” due to their unique physical Dean for Research. The program seniors from John P. Stevens High Grace Glovier, another student in shape. “If you don’t put enough effort pairs students with a Princeton School in Edison, N.J., and the the Todorov lab and a rising junior into it, you’ll come in every day and be faculty member to carry out their Princeton Day School, respectively, at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, lost,” he said. “But if you spend every own hands-on research projects in worked together to test the effects of Conn., noted the personal responsibil- day ready and do what you need to do, physics, chemistry, engineering, skin color and facial characteristics on ity that accompanies a lab position. you can get great results.” psychology and molecular biology social perceptions and an individual’s “What I’ve learned is how you have Hoang Lu and Caitlin Allen, Vil- laboratories. likelihood of conviction in criminal to be responsible for your own work,” lanueva’s graduate student mentors, “The students who take advantage court. The experiment was par- she said. “In the end it’s up to you if pointed out that early lab experience of the program are highly motivated to tially inspired by the recent Trayvon you get results based on how well you benefits students beyond the lab bench find out what it means to be a practic- Martin murder trial. Together, they planned out your experiment.” as well. ing engineer or scientist,” said program pointed out that science involves a For Angelo Villanueva, a rising “We’ve also talked about what to administrator Karla Ewalt, associate great deal more than just planning an senior at Union City High School, do with life, what Angelo’s interests dean for research in the Office of the experiment and carrying it out alone. dedication to lab responsibilities is are, how to work toward them, what Dean for Research. “Our goal is to pro- “Doing this, I learned that research especially important. college to choose, everything, any life vide a structure that enables faculty to is very collaborative,” Bandi said. “You “It’s not just a one-day thing where issues, “ Lu said. “The program isn’t bring students into their field and teach have to be open to many more ideas you start in the morning and get out just about the science — it’s about the them for the summer.” than your own — you have to under- at 3 o’clock,” said Villanueva, who was people.” “I interned in a lab when I was in high school, and I largely attribute where I am today to that opportunity,” Allen added. “I hope high school students here at Princeton have similar experiences to inspire their interest in New benefits programs launched science and engineering.”

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Sarah Charlesworth, an award-winning 13th-century European polyphony to as dozens of articles in anthologies and can decay into other elements. In 1947, photographic artist, died suddenly at 16th-century French chanson, among scholarly journals. He also was a trained Sherr had reported the independent her home in Connecticut on June 26. other areas. psychoanalyst. Notterman was a fellow invention of a scintillation counter (it She was 66. During his nearly half-century career of the American Psychological Associa- turned out to be one of many), which Charlesworth served as lecturer as a teacher and a scholar, Levy’s deep tion, the American Association for the detects and measures ionizing radiation. with the rank of professor in the Lewis knowledge of music history reached a Advancement of Science and the New Sherr also applied his mind beyond Center for the Arts at Princeton begin- wide range of students, from non-music York Academy of Sciences. his immediate discipline. In 1953, Sherr ning in September 2012, designated majors who took his perennially popular His graduate students praised his was granted a patent for a kind of Dop- as a Class of 1932 Visiting Lecturer in “Introduction to Music” class to musi- mentorship. Notterman also worked pler radar that detected moving objects Visual Arts. During the past academic cology doctoral candidates. closely with undergraduates, teaching on the ground — a precursor to the year she taught “Advanced Questions Born in New York City in 1927, Levy introductory courses in experimental radar gun that he had begun work on in Photography” served in World War II and earned his psychology and taking great pleasure in for the military during World War II. and “Introductory bachelor’s degree from Queens Col- advising students on their junior papers Born in 1913 in Long Branch, N.J., Photography.” She lege in 1947. He earned his MFA at and senior theses. Sherr received his bachelor’s degree also spearheaded an Princeton in 1949. After a year study- Notterman earned his bachelor’s from New York University in 1934, then overhaul of the photog- ing at the Sorbonne on a Fulbright degree from Trenton State College his doctorate in physics from Princeton raphy classrooms and fellowship, he returned to Princeton in 1942 and then served in the Army in 1938. labs in the Program in to complete his Ph.D. in 1955 and was for four years. He earned his Ph.D. Sherr is survived by his daughters Visual Arts. awarded a Guggenheim fellowship from Columbia University in 1950 and Frances Sherr and Elizabeth Sherr Charlesworth was Charlesworth that same year. After 12 years as a remained at Columbia for six years Sklar, as well as by his granddaughter, a seminal figure in faculty member of Brandeis Univer- as a member of its scientific research Jessica Sklar. He was predeceased by the “Pictures Generation,” a group of sity, he joined the faculty of Princeton staff and a senior research psychologist his wife, Rita “Pat” Sherr. photographers who emerged in the in 1966, serving as chair of the music before joining the Princeton faculty. Arthur Szathmary, a Princeton Univer- United States in the 1970s, and her department from 1967 to 1970 and Notterman is survived by his wife sity professor emeritus of philosophy, work helped transform the history and again in 1988, the same year in which of 66 years, Rebecca; his children, died of natural causes July 1 at his home practice of contemporary photography. he assumed the Scheide professorship. Abby and Daniel, and four grandchil- in Princeton, N.J. He was 97. Her work explored issues concerning Levy was honored for his teaching at dren. Daniel Notterman is a visiting Over the course of his nearly 40 years the language of photography within Princeton, receiving the Howard T. research collaborator at Princeton’s at the University, Szathmary’s work contemporary culture, and she had Behrman Award for Distinguished Woodrow Wilson School of Public and probed the philosophical significance been instrumental in bridging the Teaching in the Humanities in 1983 International Affairs and the Bend- of art and the relations between art and intellectual gap between fine art and and the President’s Distinguished heim-Thoman Center for Research on philosophy as modes of understanding commercial media. An internationally Teaching Award in 1995. Child Wellbeing. human experience. He also concentrated exhibited artist, Charlesworth had more Levy published widely in scholarly Princeton Univer- on the principle of aesthetic criticism than 50 individual exhibitions. Her journals and musical encyclopedias. sity nuclear physicist of art and was intrigued by how art work is in numerous public collections, Based on his Music 103 lectures, he Rubby Sherr died July enables people from different cultures to including the Metropolitan Museum wrote the textbook “Music: A Listener’s 8 of natural causes understand each other. He retired from of Art, New York; the Art Institute of Introduction.” His most recent book at the Quadrangle Princeton in 1986. Chicago; the Museum of Contemporary was “Gregorian Chant and the Carolin- independent-living Szathmary joined the Princeton fac- Art in Los Angeles; and the Stedelijk gians” in 1998. community in Haver- ulty in 1947. He earned his bachelor’s, Van Abbemuseum, in Eindhoven, the Levy received a senior Fulbright ford, Pa. He was 99. master’s and doctoral degrees from Netherlands. It is also included in many award and the 1989 ASCAP-Deems Colleagues and fam- Sherr Harvard University, the last in 1942. university collections, including the Taylor Award. He was elected to the ily described Sherr as Working with Japanese prisoners as a Princeton University Art Museum, Yale American Philosophical Society and a tireless researcher with an engaging Navy intelligence officer during World University Art Gallery and Berkeley the Medieval Academy of America. In personality whose exploration of nuclear War II sparked his interest in Japanese Art Museum. Charlesworth was the 1995, he was a Quatercentenary Visiting physics persisted until shortly before culture. recipient of two National Endowment Fellow at Emmanuel College, University his death. Sherr published his first His commitment to the arts led to for the Arts grants and a Guggenheim of Cambridge. Levy served on the board paper in 1936 while a graduate student his appointment as chair of the Cre- Fellowship. of directors of the American Musicolog- at Princeton, and published his last six ative Arts Committee from 1958 to She discovered the medium after ical Society, as well as on the editorial papers this year. He spent nearly 40 1967, which oversaw the Creative Arts studying art history at Barnard College. board of its journal. He was a member years at Princeton, joining the faculty Program. Under Szathmary’s lead- With a teaching career that spanned of the executive committee of “The New in 1946 and transferring to professor of ership, along with program director nearly 20 years, she served on the Grove Dictionary of Music.” physics, emeritus, in 1982. R.P. Blackmur, a succession of poets, faculty at the School of Visual Arts in Levy is survived by his wife, Brooks Early in his career, Sherr witnessed writers and critics taught in the pro- New York and the Rhode Island School Emmons Levy, who was a lecturer in one of the seminal events of human gram. Szathmary also served as a senior of Design. classics at Princeton and served as cura- history. In 1944, Sherr, then affiliated fellow in the humanities. He was a Charlesworth was born in 1947 in tor of numismatics in Firestone Library’s with the Massachusetts Institute of beloved teacher and mentor, and his East Orange, N.J., and lived in New Department of Rare Books and Special Technology, was sent to the Los Alamos impact on his students York City and in the Berkshires region Collections from 1967 to 2004; a daugh- Laboratory in New Mexico as part of often lasted long after of northwestern Connecticut. She is ter, Helen; and a son, Robert. the team charged with developing the they left Princeton. survived by her children, Nick and Joseph Notterman, an experimental “trigger,” or initiator, for the plutonium- In 2008, Gregory Lucy Poe. psychologist who was a member of the fired atomic bomb being produced Callimanopulos, a Kenneth Levy, the Scheide Professor University’s faculty under the Manhattan Project. He was member of the Class of Music History Emeritus, died of for 35 years, died of on site July 16, 1945, when, using the of 1957 and a noted art complications of Parkinson’s disease on natural causes June 28 initiator design Sherr had developed, collector, donated the Aug. 15 at his home in Skillman, N.J. in Plainsboro, N.J. He the bomb was detonated, heralding the Szathmary first Picasso painting He was 86. was 90 years old. dawn of the Atomic Age. to enter the Princeton A scholar of medi- Notterman, a pro- As a researcher, Sherr focused on the University Art Museum’s collection, eval and Renaissance fessor of psychology physics, structure and decay of light “Tête d’homme et nu assis (“Man’s music as well as the emeritus who joined atomic nuclei. Among his achievements, Head and Seated Nude”), in honor of history of music, the Princeton faculty Sherr in 1953 provided evidence of Szathmary. Notterman Levy was among the in 1956 and served as “Fermi’s interaction,” the 1933 theory Szathmary is survived by his wife, world’s authorities chair of the psychol- of Italian physicist Enrico Fermi that Lily Hayeem; his brother, Bill Dana; on early Christian ogy department from 1966 to 1968, was subatomic particles known as fermions and his children, Robert and Helen. and Byzantine music. particularly interested in the intensity have a role in beta decay, which is when Online: More information His research inter- and duration of psychological responses. an atom casts out electrons and posi- blogs.princeton.edu/memorial Levy ests ranged from He was the author of five books as well trons — known as beta particles — and

Employee retirements

Effective June 1: in the Princeton tive director Wardell Robinson-Moore, after in the library, senior financial and Effective Sept. 1: in PPPL, staff Plasma Physics Laboratory, engineer- 26 years; in environmental health and office specialist Lynette Gobin, after 18 assistant in facilities Linda Harmon, after ing associate Thomas Meighan, after 39 safety, director Garth Walters, after 37 years; in the Office of the Registrar, 36 years; in purchasing, purchasing years. years; in PPPL, construction technician data management support staff mem- services manager Joseph Lane, after Effective July 1: at Princeton-Blairstown Raymond Whitley, after 30 years; in cre- ber Kyungmi Kim, after 29 years; in the 13 years; in PPPL, senior engineer Center, maintenance assistant John ative writing, lecturer with the rank of Office of the Dean of the Graduate Christiane Ludescher-Furth, after 37 years; Haney, after 12 years; at Princeton- professor C.K. Williams, after 17 years; in School, associate dean for student in PPPL, head of ITER and Tokamaks Blairstown Center, director Gail Johnson, community and regional affairs, direc- life Joy Montero, after 27 years; in the James Wilson, after 32 years. after 10 years; at the McGraw Center tor of community relations and special Woodrow Wilson School of Public and Effective Oct. 1: in PPPL, QA techni- for Teaching and Learning, director assistant to the vice president and secre- International Affairs, department office cal specialist Lynne Yager, after 34 years. Carol Porter, after 12 years; in Admis- tary Karen Woodbridge, after 25 years. support member Debbie Nexon, after 13 Effective Jan. 1: in University Health sion, department office support staff Effective Aug. 1: in Facilities finance years; in the Council of the Humani- Services, registered nurse Susan Elias, member Evelyn Robert, after 15 years; at and administrative services, store- ties, executive director Carol Rigolot, after 12 years. the Princeton-Blairstown Center, execu- keeper Samuel Daniels Jr., after 16 years; after 36 years. Princeton Oct. 10, 2013 university Bulletin 7

foundations for the Lakeside Graduate the end of the fall semester. The exte- renovations to the 10,000-square-foot Construction Housing buildings, which will house rior walls are up, roofing is complete, structure, which was built in 1756. The Continued from page 1 up to 715 residents in 329 units. The and once doors and windows are added new designs, to be complete by spring Hibben and Magie apartments were to weatherproof the space, interior 2014, will incorporate the re-use of a demolished over the past year to make finishing will begin on the building’s number of historic elements. Prospect Avenue. Over the past year, way for apartments, townhomes, com- 18 units. J. Robert Hillier of Princeton 4 Mercer St.: Construction began this much of the work on the complex has mon areas and a parking garage. Work is the architect and developer of the spring to convert this historic property, been below street level; site utilities, is being staggered on the numerous property. built in 1878 and formerly home of the footings and foundations have been buildings on the site, and the parking Bedford Field: Last summer the field Town Topics newspaper, into three fac- completed, and waterproofing and garage will be the first completed struc- hockey team’s playing field was con- ulty housing units on the upper floors framing is underway. Work on the brick ture. As foundations are completed, verted from grass to artificial turf, and and University administrative space on and masonry façade is scheduled to be framing and exterior work will begin this summer the University installed the ground floor. completed by next summer, with the on the buildings, which are due to be new field lighting, built a grandstand, 120 Prospect Ave.: This 39-unit apart- building to be completed by fall 2015. completed in summer 2014. The project and began constructing a team room ment building for faculty and staff has The 129,000-square foot complex was team includes the architectural firm building and restrooms for the field been renovated over the past year with designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Studio Ma of Phoenix and Princeton, hockey team and lacrosse teams. The new utility systems; compliance with Architects of New York. and developer American Campus Com- lacrosse teams use the adjacent Class of the Americans with Disabilities Act; Arts and Transit Project: Construction munities of Austin, Texas. 1952 Stadium, and concourse area con- complete kitchen and bathroom renova- on the 22-acre site for the Arts and Merwick-Stanworth sites: Foundation struction between the two grandstands tions; and upgrades to the façade and Transit Project began this spring with and infrastructure work began this will tie the facilities together. Work on storage and laundry facilities in the the demolition of University-owned spring on the first phase of the redevel- the team building will continue until basement. buildings along Alexander Street. opment of the Merwick and Stanworth the middle or end of the semester. Eno Hall: Research laboratories are Over the summer, construction crews sites along Route 206/Bayard Lane. being renovated in the basement of completed utility work and construc- The project will result in townhomes Renovations Eno Hall, which houses some of the tion of a new commuter parking lot and apartments primarily for faculty Projects undergoing renovations Department of Ecology and Evolution- and a temporary Dinky train platform, and staff, with some affordable units include: ary Biology. Summer construction which opened Aug. 26. Over the next for local residents. In the first phase Firestone Library: The second phase of included common area finish upgrades year, a roundabout will be constructed to be completed by summer 2014, 11 the comprehensive, 10-year renovation on the first and second floors. at the intersection of Alexander Street buildings consisting of 128 units will of Firestone Library continued over Hoyt Laboratory: Hoyt Laboratory, and University Place; a new permanent be constructed on the previous site of the last year. Summer work included which serves the Department of train station, Wawa and transit plaza the Merwick Care Center. The second completion of the new circulation desk Chemical and Biological Engineering, will open, along with a new access road phase of construction, on the Stan- on the first floor. Windows on the had its utility and laboratory systems from Alexander Street to the West worth Apartments portion of the site, entry façade and tower were replaced upgraded and reopened in early spring. Garage. After the transit and infra- will begin in summer 2014 and result as part of ongoing maintenance work. Additional work scheduled for this fall structure improvements are completed, in 198 additional units. American Extensive reconfiguration of the will see the creation of a new loading work will begin on three buildings Campus Communities is developing second and third floors will continue dock on the east side of the facility for the Lewis Center for the Arts the project, and design services are through the winter, including con- adjacent to Lot 10. and Department of Music, designed being provided by Torti Gallas and struction of a signature reading room Jadwin Hall: The phased construction by Stephen Holl Architects; they are Partners of Maryland. on the third floor. of Jadwin Hall continued this summer. scheduled to open in fall 2017. Olden House: An 11,779-square-foot Maclean House: In June, Maclean The fire alarm and sprinkler work in Lakeside Graduate Housing: Along apartment building for visiting faculty, House was vacated and workers began the high bay area is scheduled to begin Faculty Road, work is underway on the Olden House will be completed near to prepare for interior and exterior in the fall and end in spring 2014.

Russel to step down as Graduate School dean

Us h m a Pat e l recruitment, student life, financial aid parking and transportation, such as a to rheology, the science and alumni relations, recognizing that campus shuttle to the Graduate College; of deformation and flow illiam Russel, who has served as “little is accomplished by the dean and and increased support for graduate stu- of matter; and the 1992 dean of Princeton University’s Graduate School staff alone without dents with children through programs William H. Walker W Graduate School since 2002, support or initiative from the provost, such as the Childbirth Accommodation Award for Excellence has announced that this will be his final the president and other offices of the and Adoption Policy, Student Child in Contributions to year as dean. University.” Care Assistance Program, and Care- Chemical Engineer- Russel said he has enjoyed “par- The changes Russel has overseen bridge program for assistance with ing Literature, from ticipating in the forward-thinking include the following: work, personal or family issues. the American Institute Russel leadership of senior officers of the Uni- • Improving the academic curric- • Increasing investment in graduate of Chemical Engi- versity, collaborating with outstanding ulum, including the differentiation student housing to replace the Butler neers. He earned his B.A. and M.ChE. faculty members, getting to know very of the biological sciences with the Apartments and Hibben and Magie degrees from Rice University and his bright and creative graduate students, establishment of Ph.D. programs in apartments with a modern set of apart- Ph.D. from Stanford University. and working with a highly skilled and quantitative and computational biology ments on Lake Carnegie, to support Russel’s service to Princeton includes dedicated staff.” and neuroscience, and the creation of a commitment to house 70 percent of chairing the chemical engineering After a year’s sabbatical, Russel, the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program regularly enrolled graduate students. department — now the Department the Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor in the Humanities, initiated through the • Strengthening the Association of of Chemical and Biological Engineer- of Chemical Engineering, intends to leadership of then-provost Eisgruber. Princeton Graduate Alumni, leading ing — from 1987 to 1996. From 1996 transfer to emeritus status. He has been • Using modern measures to monitor to the creation of graduate alumni to 1998 he served as director of the a member of the Princeton faculty since progress of Ph.D. students through the staff in the Alumni Association shared Princeton Materials Institute, which 1974. annual reenrollment process to identify with the Graduate School, who have was merged into the Princeton Insti- Princeton President Christopher L. sooner students who are struggling. planned the University’s first gradu- tute for the Science and Technology of Eisgruber, who served as provost from • Instituting summer stipends for ate alumni conference, “Many Minds, Materials. 2004 to 2013 and worked closely with graduate students in the humanities Many Stripes: A Princeton University Eisgruber has appointed a search Russel over the past decade, noted: and social sciences that allow them to Conference for Graduate Alumni,” to committee composed of members of the “Bill Russel’s leadership has enhanced pursue their academic work throughout be held Oct. 17 to 19. faculty and graduate students, which is Princeton’s Graduate School in ways the year. • Surveying of graduate students and chaired by Claire Gmachl, the Eugene too numerous to count. He has sus- • Increasing diversity among the graduate alumni, conducted by the vice Higgins Professor of Electrical Engi- tained academic excellence, improved graduate student body through the provost for institutional research, to neering and vice dean of the School of our stipend and support system for efforts of the Graduate School’s associ- assess graduate programs. Engineering and Applied Science. graduate students, integrated those ate dean for academics and diversity, • Expanding the Graduate School Faculty members serving on the panel students more fully into the University through recruiting, mentoring, creating staff, with essential support from the are: Eddie Glaude, the William S. community, and strengthened the ties programming and bringing students to Office of the Provost, to provide the Tod Professor of Religion and African that bind the University to its graduate degree completion. capacity to support programming more American Studies, and chair of the alumni. Bill Russel has given unself- • Steadily expanding professional effectively. Center for African American Studies; ishly to this University, and his legacy development programming, created by During his tenure as dean, Russel has Mikko Haataja, associate professor of will benefit our graduate students, and dedicated staff in the McGraw Center for continued his research in processing, mechanical and aerospace engineer- Princeton more generally, for many Teaching and Learning, the Princeton structure, properties and applications ing; Wendy Heller, professor of music years to come.” Writing Program, and Career Services, of colloidal dispersions — for example, and director of the Program in Ital- The Graduate School, established to better prepare graduate students for explaining why paint cracks and gels ian Studies; Bo Honoré, the Class of in 1900, enrolls about 2,600 students their careers. sometimes collapse. 1913 Professor of Political Economy pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees • Making substantial improvements in He is a member of the National and professor of economics; and Jean in 42 departments and programs. student life, as judged against a 2002 Academy of Engineering and American Schwarzbauer, professor of molecu- Russel and his wife, Priscilla, reside report of the Graduate Student Gov- Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a lar biology and associate chair of the in Wyman House, on the Graduate Col- ernment. They include creation of the fellow of the American Association for Department of Molecular Biology. lege grounds, where they host graduate Dissertation Completion Enrollment the Advancement of Science. He is also Friederike Funk, a graduate student students for talks by faculty (High status to enable Ph.D. students who the recipient of the 2007 Award for in psychology and president of Gradu- Tables) and informal monthly dinners have not completed their dissertation Surface and Colloid Chemistry from the ate Student Goverment, and Audrey and welcome back graduate alumni. within the typical five-year period to American Chemical Society; the 1999 Yau, a graduate student in geosciences, Russel noted that he is proud of many have access and often support for up Bingham Medal from the Society of are also on the committee. improvements spanning academics, to two more years; improvements in Rheology, for outstanding contributions Princeton 8 university Bulletin Oct. 10, 2013

tration would be more meaningful to students, their time is expensive and • That all social and economic groups Installation me than anywhere else.” valuable.” should have access to the education Continued from page 1 Among the most pressing responsi- Reflecting on his own experience, resources of this great University and to bilities, Eisgruber said Princeton must Eisgruber recognized two teachers in higher education more generally; lead a renewed commitment in America the audience who have served as men- • That we as a University, and we it with intelligence and judgment, to the ideals of a liberal arts university. tors throughout his career: Pat Canan, us alumni, must constantly rededicate with imagination and courage, with Guided by his two lifelong passions his physics teacher at Corvallis High ourselves to the nation’s service and to integrity and wisdom, and with — constitutional democracy and educa- School in Oregon, and Jeffrey Tulis, the service of all nations; and, abiding principles of excellence, honor, tion — Eisgruber expressed concern an associate professor of government • That a great university can and justice and truth.” that short-term interests are threatening at the University of Texas-Austin who should be the heart of an alumni Joined on stage with University the long-term goals of higher education. previously taught political theory at community that not only engages in officers, trustees, faculty and his three He said liberal arts education, like Princeton when Eisgruber was an a lifetime of learning, leadership and immediate predecessors — former pres- constitutionalism, is an enduring enter- undergraduate. service, but that continues to do all it idents Shirley M. Tilghman, Harold prise that aims to “cultivate our talents, “Great colleges and universities are can to sustain, strengthen and nourish T. Shapiro and William G. Bowen — orient us toward the common good, and not cheap. They require big invest- the University. Eisgruber wore a black gown with 20 make us the best that we can be.” ments, and they are also among the Following the installation, students, gold bands to represent the number of He added: “Great teachers, and very best investments that this nation, faculty, staff, alumni and guests gath- presidents who have guided Princeton great universities, make extraordinary or any nation, can make,” Eisgruber ered for a reception on the lawn behind since its founding in 1746. He smiled investments in students and research in said. “And, as I have said in the past, Alexander Hall. warmly as he received well wishes from anticipation of future benefits that are great universities are also places where Forbes College residential college representatives of the University and usually unknowable and occasionally the human spirit soars. They are special adviser Gabriella Ravida attended the higher education community. implausible.” communities where students, teach- ceremony with her 13 freshman advisees. “President Eisgruber realizes that But in today’s world where we ers and researchers strive to transcend “I wanted to bring them to see a little it is important to not only make sure “demand that messaging be instant their limitations and, on occasion, part of Princeton history,” said Ravida, Princeton is great today, but that it is and we talk in tweets,” Eisgruber said to expand the boundaries of human a junior. “I really loved what President remarkable and rewarding for every- notions of the common good and prom- achievement.” Eisgruber said in his speech about the one tomorrow,” said junior Shawon ises about future returns feel abstract In closing, Eisgruber called on the value of higher education. It was great Jackson, president of the Undergradu- when compared with immediate results. University community to rededicate for my freshmen coming in to hear that ate Student Government. Jackson was “This short-term perspective threat- itself to Princeton’s basic convictions, all their hard work will pay off.” followed by sincere, and often humor- ens America’s colleges and universities. which will guide his leadership as Blessing Agunwamba, a member of ous, greetings from Friederike Funk, Already it has done significant harm. president. the Class of 2010, said the installation president of the Graduate Student Our nation has reduced its support for • That liberal arts education is a vital was a wonderful reason to spend the Government; Deborah Prentice, the public colleges and universities, and it foundation for both individual flourish- day on campus. Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of has squeezed the funding needed for ing and the well-being of our society; “I hope he continues on the track Psychology and Public Affairs; Sankar research, innovation and scholarship,” • That residential and extracurricu- that President Tilghman established Suryanarayan, University counsel; he said. “In so doing, we risk squander- lar experience both supplement and for diversity,” she said. “It’s lovely Nancy Newman, president of the ing a national treasure.” reinforce the lessons of the classroom, every time we come back to see how Alumni Association; and Hunter Raw- Princeton, he said, has an opportu- building character and skills that last a each subsequent class looks more and lings III, president of the Association nity to play a leadership role in public lifetime; more diverse. And I hope the diversity of American Universities. discussions about the value of research • That rigorous research and is not just in looks, but in [students’] As he began his remarks, Eisgruber and collegiate education today. It has scholarship are indispensable for under- socioeconomic backgrounds, cultures, humbly admitted he never would have an obligation to answer those who standing the human condition and everything, because I feel that will enrich imagined this day when he arrived at question whether a college education is improving the world; the lives of everyone at Princeton.” Princeton as a student, nor when he worth the cost. • That learning, discovery and Wearing his orange-and-black first joined the faculty in 2001 as a “Make no mistake about it: those of understanding are valuable not only striped class blazer, Class of 1983 Constitutional scholar — his “dream us who lead universities must make our instrumentally but also for their own member Robert Adler said he is look- job.” institutions as efficient as possible. We sake, as sources of the joy and fulfillment ing forward to Eisgruber’s tenure as “I thought that by becoming a law must also ensure, through financial aid that make a human life worth living; president as a fellow classmate and as a professor at a university without a law and other programs, that our colleges • That scholarship and teaching are parent of a Princeton freshman. school, I had reduced if not eliminated are accessible and affordable to students mutually reinforcing activities — that “President Eisgruber’s experience as any chance that large administrative from every sector of our society,” he scholars learn from their students’ ques- provost for the last nine years means he assignments might ever distract me said. “But there is a difference between tions, and that students learn best when knows Princeton inside and out, and he from the teaching and research that I expense and inefficiency. Expensive they are exposed to, and can participate clearly knows the issues facing society loved,” he said as the crowd laughed. investments can be both efficient and in, research that extends the frontiers of and Princeton,” Adler said. “He is very “Of course, by returning to Princeton, valuable if their returns are sufficiently knowledge; committed to liberal arts education.” I had also come home to a university high.” • That we must cultivate new gen- The day’s festivities concluded with that I loved more than any other, and For example, he said, “when profes- erations of talent enthusiastically and a concert by Grace Potter & The Noc- where the responsibilities of adminis- sors provide individual attention to unselfishly; turnals at Blair Arch.

fellow; and Stacy Wolf, professor of the- ater in the Lewis Center for the Arts and Walters to step down as athletic director director of the Princeton Atelier. Coaches: Mitch Henderson, Class of Da n i e l Day Said Cynthia Cherrey, vice president team. Under Walters, 1998, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward for campus life: “Beyond the numerous recreation programs G. Green ’40 Head Coach of men’s bas- ary Walters, the Ford Family national championships, Ivy League including intramural ketball; and Kristen Holmes-Winn, head Director of Athletics under whose titles, coaching accolades, student- and club sports have coach, women’s field hockey G leadership Princeton Univer- athlete awards, and new facilities that also flourished. He is Students: Eric Wang, Class of 2015, sity student-athletes have won 214 Ivy flourished under his leadership, Gary’s credited for overseeing at-large member of the Club Sports League championships and 48 national most enduring legacy will be his com- wide-ranging upgrades Executive Council, economics major, team or individual titles since 1994, will mitment, both on campus and off, to of the University’s club swimmer; and Tiana Woolridge, Walters step down at the end of June. ‘Education through Athletics.’ That sports facilities. Class of 2015, secretary of the Varsity “I did my best to ensure that our philosophy aims for both academic and When he steps down, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, coaches, players and administrators did athletic achievement for each student Walters will serve in a volunteer role as major in the Woodrow Wilson School things right and did the right thing,” athlete and emphasizes character- an academic athletic fellow-at-large. of Public and International Affairs, vol- Walters said. “I am most proud of the based coaching.” Walters was a standout basketball leyball player. integrity associated with our depart- During every year of Walters’ tenure, player for the Tigers as an under- Administration: Clayton Marsh, Class ment’s commitment to Education Princeton has won at least one indi- graduate member of the Class of 1967. of 1985, deputy dean of the college; and Through Athletics as we have pursued vidual or team national title, as well In 1970, Middlebury College hired Janet Rapelye, dean of admission. excellence with a heart and with a soul.” as winning the unofficial Ivy League Walters as the youngest head basket- Alumni: Emily Goodfellow, who During his tenure as athletic direc- all-sports championship. In 2011, the ball coach in NCAA history. He then played lacrosse, field hockey and squash tor, he has presided over widespread director of athletics position was named coached at Union College, Princeton, as a member of the Class of 1976, cal- athletic success and has been prominent by a gift from William Clay Ford Jr., a Dartmouth College, Providence College ligrapher, Goodandmerry Inc., former in national collegiate athletics, including member of the Class of 1979, and Lisa and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials. women’s squash coach, member of serving a five-year term on the NCAA Vanderzee Ford of the Class of 1982. In 1981 he joined Kidder, Peabody & Princeton Varsity Club board; Jon Division I men’s basketball committee. Walters is known for the professional Co. as an investment representative. He Hess, who played lacrosse as a mem- “Gary Walters has made Princeton’s development of his coaches and admin- left as a senior vice president and part- ber of the Class of 1998, equity trader athletic program a model for the nation,” istrators — 17 coaches he hired have ner in 1990 to become senior partner of with CapRok Capital LLC, president Princeton President Christopher L. gone on to win Ivy League or national Woolf Associates Sports Management in of Princeton Friends of Lacrosse; and Eisgruber said. “His leadership has championships and seven members of Boston, and in 1992 became managing Terdema Ussery II, who played foot- produced not only sustained competi- his staff have become athletic directors director of Seaward Management, an ball as a member of the Class of 1981, tive excellence, but, more importantly, or Division I conference commissioners. investment advisory firm. He returned to president and chief executive officer of a program that cares first and foremost Two of Walters’ hallmark initiatives Princeton as athletic director in 1994. the Dallas Mavericks and member of about the education and character of the include the creation of the Princeton A committee has been appointed to the Princeton Varsity Club board. students who participate in it. At a time Varsity Club, which provides broad- find a successor. Cherrey chairs the com- The committee is staffed by Tara when many colleges have cynically aban- based support for the University’s 38 mittee, and its other members are: Christie Kinsey, who played softball as doned the ideal of the scholar-athlete, intercollegiate teams, and the launch of Faculty: Sanjeev Kulkarni, professor a member of the Class of 1997. She is an Gary has upheld it with unstinting the Princeton Academic-Athletic Fellows of electrical engineering, director of the associate dean in the Office of the Dean passion and energy.” program, through which faculty and Keller Center, director of the Program in of the College and Office of the Vice administrators provide support to each Technology and Society, and a football President for Campus Life.