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B Y T H E N U M B E R S
The Graduate School
While formally established in 1900, Princeton's Graduate
School has a history that extends back more than 100
years.
- The first resident graduate student was a Scottish
native, Daniel Thane, Class of 1748, who stayed on to study
theology under President Aaron Burr Sr.
- James Madison, Class of 1771, may have been the first
graduate student to study something other than theology. The
future fourth president of the United States stayed on for
six months to study Hebrew and ethics under President John
Witherspoon.
- By the early 1800s there were two dozen "graduate
students," but they were not granted advanced degrees.
- While Princeton earlier awarded some honorary Ph.D.'s,
it did not confer the first "earned" doctorates until 1879,
when James Williamson took the first Ph.D. and William Libby
took the first D.Sc.
- Shortly after the turn of the century when the Graduate
School was officially established by the Board of Trustees,
enrollment had grown to more than 100 students.
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January 8, 2001
Vol. 90, No. 13
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Contents
Page 1
• Contest
prompts 'thinking about thinking'
• Morrison
wins humanities medal
Page 2
• People
/ Briefs
• Obituaries:
Three faculty remembered / Staff
• By
the numbers: The Graduate School
Page 3
• Writing
program revamped
• Graduate
School's 100th anniversary gala dinner dance
Page 4-5
• Calendar
of events
Page 7
• Two
named Rhodes, Marshall scholars
• Caution
urged in new roundabout
Page 8
• Nassau
notes
• Clothing
drive nets 2,000 items for Hire Attire
• King
observance scheduled
• Science
on Saturday talks set
• Learn
about Russian literature via audiotape, e-mail and live
lectures
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