Princeton Weekly Bulletin June 5, 2000 Vol. 89, No. 29 [<] [>] [archive]

Page one news and features • Commencement 2000 • Princeton honors teaching • Secondary school teachers win awards for excellence • APGA gives prizes to graduate assitants in instruction Inside • Class Day 2000 • "All around us are giant majestic trees" • Historians celebrate "exceptional output" • President Shapiro's Commencement address People • Trustees appoint four to tenured faculty • Faculty resignations • More... Sections • Calendar • Employment

Commencement 2000 Princeton conferred a total of 1,730 bachelor and advanced degrees at its 253rd Commencement on May 30. There were 576 men and 524 women from the Class of 2000 awarded undergraduate degrees, 929 bachelors of arts and 171 bachelors of science in engineering. In addition, five BAs were awarded to candidates from earlier Princeton classes. The University awarded 625 advanced degrees: 281 doctors of philosophy, 211 masters of arts, 55 masters in public affairs, 17 masters in public policy, 18 masters of architecture, 18 masters of science in engineering, eight masters of engineering, five masters of fine arts, four masters of Near Eastern studies and eight masters in public affairs and urban and regional planning. (Photos by Denise Applewhite) Graduating students enjoyed the Latin salutatory (right). Honorary degree recipients included Mae Jemison (below), Dartmouth College professor, former astronaut, and founder of the Jemison Group Inc., which seeks to foster sustainable development in developing nations; Val Fitch, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in physics; Wendy Kopp '89, founder and president of Teach For America; British geneticist Mary Lyon; and Gordon Moore, cofounder of Intel Corp. Related pages: • Princeton honors teaching • APGA gives prizes to graduate asssitants in instruction • Electrical engineering major Andrew Houck delivers Valedictory Address • Secondary school teachers win awards for excellence • Class Day 2000

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