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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY The Two Hundred Sixty-Fifth Commencement The Fifth of June Two Thousand Twelve The Order of Exercises Princeton University The Two Hundred Sixty-Fifth Commencement The Fifth of June Two Thousand Twelve Page 2 Processional 2 Invocation 2 Greeting 2 Latin Salutatory Oration 3 Secondary School Teaching Prizes 4 Bachelor Degrees, Certificates and Departmental Honors Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science in Engineering Certificates of Proficiency Departmental Honors 21 Undergraduate Awards, Prizes and Commissions Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Xi Tau Beta Pi Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence General and Departmental Prizes Athletic Prizes Commissions and Military Awards Major Scholarships and Fellowships 33 Valedictory Oration 33 Advanced Degrees Master of Arts Master of Fine Arts Master of Arts in Near Eastern Studies Master in Finance Master of Architecture Master in Public Affairs Master in Public Policy Master of Science in Engineering Master of Engineering Doctor of Philosophy 40 Graduate Student Fellowships and Awards 44 The President’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching 45 Retirements 46 Honorary Degrees 48 Remarks by the President of the University 48 Benediction and Alma Mater 48 Recessional 48 A Commentary on Commencement 1 Processional Invocation and Greeting The audience will please rise when the Alison L. Boden faculty marshals enter. Dean of Religious Life and Dean of the Chapel Chief Marshal for University Convocations Douglas W. Clark Shirley M. Tilghman Marshals for Advanced Degrees President of the University Angela N. Creager Sanjeev R. Kulkarni Marshals for Bachelor Degrees Richard A. Register J. Nicole Shelton Latin Salutatory Oration Candidates for Advanced Degrees Elizabeth W. Butterworth Marshal for Band and Bachelor Degrees The Latin salutatory is awarded by vote of the faculty to one of the highest- Katherine T. Rohrer ranking candidates for bachelor degrees. The special qualifications of a student Candidates for Bachelor Degrees as salutatorian are taken into account, as well as scholastic standing. Marshals for Faculty and Administration Claire F. Gmachl Robert A. Kaster The Faculty and Administrative Officers Salutatio Associate Chief Marshal Sandra L. Bermann Habita in Comitiis Academicis Princetoniae Marshal for Recipients of Honorary Degrees In Nova Caesarea prid. Kal. Iun. and Trustee Escorts Anno Salutis MMXII Eric S. Gregory Anno Academiae CCLXV Recipients of Honorary Degrees and Trustee Escorts Cui dono lepidam novam oratiunculam? Vobis, mi amici! Abhinc The Trustees and Trustees Emeriti quattuor annis in primis praeceptionibus sedebamus, et magno cum Processional Guests metu eas orationes maiorum natu collegarum silentio audiebamus quas Mace-Bearer non comprehendere potuimus. Sed hos quattor annos multa didicimus. Jeff E. Nunokawa Nunc postremo una sedentes iterum collegae orationem quam non The Principals: comprehendere potestis auditis. Ostendamus nostro plausu nos primum Associate Dean of Religious Life and praeceptum praeceptionis didicisse, ut istis orationibus non metu of the Chapel silentioque sed simulata comprehensione respondeamus! Deborah K. Blanks Dean of Religious Life and of the Chapel Sed, ut ad seria veniam, dono lepidam novam oratiunculam tibi primae, Alison L. Boden praeses Tilghman, sapientissima doctissimaque gubernatrix huius Dean of the College gloriosae academiae. Et vobis, honorati curatores qui nostras communes Valerie A. Smith res rectissime dirigunt. Et vobis, doctissimi professores, namque, ut Dean of the Graduate School dicam verbis poetae Veronensis, vos solebatis meas esse aliquid putare William B. Russel nugas. Et vobis, nostri parentes, namque vos solebatis nostras esse putare Dean of the Faculty nugas multae pecuniae. Et tibi, academia Princetoniensis, optima alma David P. Dobkin mater in orbe terrarum! Hic in tuo gremio coluimus virtutem et artes et Provost Christopher L. Eisgruber amicitias. Nunc semperque alumnae et alumni maximis acclamationibus te honorabimus! University Orator Stephen A. Oxman Valete, mi amici. Hodie ad tristem discessionem venimus, sed non ad Chair of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University finem nostrarum amicitiarum. Cottidie adspiciam tuas imagines in illo Kathryn A. Hall mirifico libro facierum! Et conveniemus iterum iterumque ad conventus President annuos, ut Baccho suaves memorias ferente gaudeamus. Shirley M. Tilghman Marshal for the Principals Sed nunc tempus fugit. Mihi cessandum est, ne vos stertere coeperitis. Paul B. Muldoon Valete! Marshal for Processional Guests and Trustees Simon E. Gikandi 2 Secondary School Teaching Prizes Recognition, by Provost Christopher L. Eisgruber, of recipients of prizes for distinguished secondary school teaching in the State of New Jersey. Daniel R. Kaplan *82 Enzo Paterno Matawan High School Middlesex County Academy for Science, Teacher of Physics Mathematics and Engineering Technologies Teacher of Electronic and Computer Engineering As testimony to the depth of Daniel Kaplan’s mastery of physics, we refer you to his Princeton doctoral Enzo Paterno holds three patents from his previous dissertation on “Inelastic Scattering from X-ray Standing career, and his colleagues say he holds the patent for the Waves.” As testimony to the excellence of his teaching, we curriculum at Middlesex County Academy for Science, refer you to his students and fellow teachers at Matawan Mathematics and Engineering Technologies. That High School who call him knowledgeable, passionate, curriculum raises the bar by introducing more demanding and energizing; their cheerleader. His students master courses at lower grade levels. He likens teaching to the practical knowledge necessary to pass tests, to relate acting; the stage he sets for his students allows them the laws of physics to real life and to work successfully to play the role of a professional engineer, introducing as a team. But beyond the practical lies the magical: design reviews, presentations and teamwork. His credo his ability to prove to students that physics can be is the “survival of the brightest,” and because of his care beautiful — and fun. for his students, he insures that they not only survive but thrive. Dana H. Maloney Tenafly High School Victorina Wasmuth Teacher of English Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School Teacher Mathematics The most commonly used word in Dana Maloney’s vocabulary is “more.” She wants more from herself For Victorina Wasmuth math is not a subject; it’s a and took deliberate steps to grow from teacher-learner religion. For her students at McNair Academic High to teacher-leader. She wants more from her students School in Jersey City, who sometimes must face obstacles who with her encouragement find they can stretch their posed by life in the inner city, math is a way to make abilities from adequate to excellent. Because for her the sense of the world, a language that explains how reason classroom walls at Tenafly High School are permeable, works. She shows them knowledge is power. Her teaching she can show her students how to step outside a literary unlocks math’s seemingly impenetrable mysteries, letting text to put their learning into action. She teaches that her students experience those revelatory “ah-ha!” literature enables us to read the world, and that lesson moments of understanding that they call “brain booms.” helps her students write their own success stories. What they learn in her classroom and from her example frees them to raise their sights exponentially. 3 Bachelor Degrees Presentation to the president, by Dean of David Robert Axline Jr., Ecology and Sydney Raven Booker, Woodrow Wilson the College Valerie Smith, of candidates for Evolutionary Biology School bachelor degrees; conferral of the degrees David Javier Aynat, Economics Brian Nathaniel Boone, Anthropology Chelsea Ann Ayres-Priest, Sociology Chloe La Verne Bordewich, Near Eastern by the president. Abiodun Oluwaseye Azeez, Woodrow Wilson Studies School Cayley Catherine Bowles, Ecology and Bachelor of Arts Alexandra Marie Azzolino, Religion Evolutionary Biology Catherine Dory Bachur, Psychology Travis James Boyce, Economics DEGREE AWARDED Christina Elaine Badaracco, Ecology and Arda Ates Bozyigit, Economics 24 SEPTEMBER 2011 Evolutionary Biology Lauren Michelle Brachman, Sociology Kathleen Brennan, Anthropology Ania Ariadna Baetica, Mathematics Flavia C. Brancusi, Molecular Biology Leslie Chatelain Jr., Ecology and Evolutionary Laura Elizabeth Bagamery, Molecular Biology Solomon Peretz Braun, Psychology Biology Nina Narayan Bahadur, Anthropology Peter Neale Breen, Mathematics Carissa Angela Fu, Anthropology Willoughby English Bain, Psychology Morris A. Breitbart, Politics Nicole Frances Ng, Molecular Biology Katherine Cosgrove Baker, English Tegan Siobhan Brennan, Mathematics Brooke Elyse Russell, Physics Pinchas Raphael Balsam, Near Eastern Studies Lucas Galbier Briger, History Harry Daniel Schiff, Psychology Patricia Bandeira Vieira, Politics Andrew Wayne Bristow, Sociology Joy Tao, Anthropology Monica Mala Banerjee, Molecular Biology Breanne Virginia Britton, Religion Micaela Anne Vie Brock, Psychology Alexandra Marie Banfich, History Kerry Brodie, Near Eastern Studies Anna Erika Walter, Anthropology Caitlin Elizabeth Baran, History Victoria Leigh Brophey, History Benjamin Howarth Zeppos, Comparative Vincent James Joseph Anthony Barbuto, Arthur Brousseau, Politics Literature History Aaron Barton Brown, School of Architecture DEGREE AWARDED Leslie Dickinson Bargmann, History Alexandria Camille Phyllis Brown, Sociology 19