by April C. Armstrong *14
In this week’s installment of our recurring series, a scholarship program aims to boost diversity, a recent graduate sets out to Princeton via stagecoach to seek advice about a job offer, and more.
July 28, 2016—Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski *61 is inaugurated president of Peru.
July 29, 1953—Princeton University has selected 17 high school graduates to receive its National Scholarships. The program, established after World War II, seeks to encourage diversity of representation among geographic regions of origin and socioeconomic class. One scholarship is available per region.
August 1, 1993—Infamous local Tamas Barnabas is scheduled to appear in court on charges related to an incident in which he is accused of “bilking Princeton University out of $1.95 worth of breakfast foods.”
August 2, 1773—Philip Vickers Fithian, Class of 1772, decides to set off for Princeton to get advice from John Witherspoon about a job offer to work as a tutor on a Virginia plantation. He spends the afternoon getting ready for the trip, then walks to meet the stagecoach.
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