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PrincetonUniversity
Photo by Denise
Applewhite
Now is the time... "Now is the time for one last
look around this beautiful campus… All around us are
giant majestic trees," began engineering major Andrew Houck,
as he delivered the valedictory address at Princeton's 253rd
Commencement on May 30.
He observed that, during droughts,
the groundskeepers know that "older trees have deep enough
roots that they can draw water from well below the dry
surface. It is the young trees that are nurtured by this
University. We all have benefited from this practice; the
University and everyone around us have nurtured us until our
roots grew deep enough for us to sustain ourselves."
A total of 1,730 degrees were
awarded at Commencement: 934 bachelors of arts and 171
bachelors of science in engineering, 344 masters degrees,
and 281 PhDs. The ceremony also included an address by
President Shapiro, as well as the awarding of prizes for
excellence in teaching to Princeton faculty members (Oliver
Arnold, Peter Brown, Amy Gutmann and Howard Taylor),
graduate student assistants in instruction (Virgil
Moorefield, John Naud, Roman Shimanovich, Kimberlee Weaver
and Andromache Karanika) and N.J. secondary school teachers
(Agnes Colaneri, Julius Gottilla, Gerald Lamb and Linda
Penney).