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This Week in Princeton History for September 4-10
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a tropical storm batters the campus, a mountain is named after a professor, and more. September 4, 2001—Anthony Romero ’87 becomes the American Civil Liberties Union’s first Latino and first openly gay executive director.
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This Week in Princeton History for August 28-September 3
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a sophomore is suspended for multiple infractions, the Tigertones perform for the U.S. President, and more. August 29, 1803—Sophomore Francis A. DeLiesselin, Class of 1805, is brought before the faculty to address several infractions:…
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This Week in Princeton History for August 21-27
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, NASA takes a Princeton telescope to space, a graduate takes Olympic gold, and more. August 21, 1972—A telescope built by Princeton University is on board for the launch of NASA’s Copernicus satellite.
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This Week in Princeton History for August 14-20
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, mail service to dorms changes, a member of the Class of 1992 reports the murder of his parents, and more. August 14, 1997—Two antique Chinese snuff bottles (together worth a quarter of a million…
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“The Future Princeton Is Whatever Emerges from the Battle Now Joined”: The Concerned Alumni of Princeton, 1972-1986
By Mario Garcia ’18 In the aftermath of various social movements that transformed the United States throughout the 1960s, the late 1960s and early 1970s served as its own transformative era for Princeton University: with the introduction of undergraduate coeducation, increased enrollment of racial minorities, and formation of the first recognized student group for gay…
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This Week in Princeton History for August 7-13
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Chelsea Clinton visits the campus, a graduate wins an Olympic medal for soccer, and more. August 7, 1996—As Chelsea Clinton considers potential colleges, she and First Lady Hillary Clinton visit Princeton.
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Lobby Exhibit Highlights Some of Princeton’s Connections to Slavery
A small exhibit currently on display in the lobby of Mudd Library contains archival material highlighting Princeton’s connections to slavery. The exhibit includes an offer of financial support on the condition that students be admitted “irrespective of Color” rejected by the Board of Trustees in 1835 and an 1861 note in a student’s autograph book…
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This Week in Princeton History for July 31-August 6
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, an Olympian’s visa is revoked, laundry services are scarce, and more. July 31, 1996—Media Services loses about 30% of its equipment and three staff members are stranded on an elevator in 3-foot-high water when…
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“Make This World Safe for the Babies”: The Liberty Loan Committee’s Appeal to American Women
Exactly a century ago this summer, the United States began borrowing money from its own citizens. World War I brought with it the need for dramatic increases in government spending, and appealing to patriotism was one way to find the funding. The Liberty Loan Committee, one of the largest committees in American history, organized highly…
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This Week in Princeton History for July 24-30
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a religious group’s predictions do not appear to come true, a hobby horse causes a disturbance, and more. July 24, 1982—Najib Khuri ’82 and his “Church at Princeton” (nine students who have withdrawn from…
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