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Hailed for her leadership and scientific contributions,
President Tilghman has recently received honorary
doctor of science degrees from Yale University, Bard
College, Dickinson College, Westminster Choir College and
Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, her alma mater. She
will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from the
University of Oxford on June 19.
As Tilghman received her honorary degree
at Yale's commencement ceremony, President Richard Levin
stated, "From participation in cloning the first mammalian
gene to groundbreaking discoveries about the nature of
genetic determinism, you have made a lasting mark on the
progress of science. Through research into imprinting and
the molecular mechanisms underlying gene silencing, you have
deepened our understanding of the origin of the species. You
bring a distinguished record as a teacher, scientist and
advocate for science to the presidency of Princeton
University."
Robert Fagles, the Arthur Marks
'19 Professor of Comparative Literature, also received an
honorary degree at the Yale commencement. "You are gifted as
a teacher, a scholar and a poet," read the citation for the
doctor of letters.
President Emeritus Harold T. Shapiro was honored
June 13 at the National Conference for Community and
Justice-New Jersey Region Princeton Area Capital Chapter
Humanitarian Awards Dinner. He was recognized for his
efforts on behalf of individuals of all cultural, ethnic and
religious backgrounds.
Alexander Nehamas, the Edmund Carpenter II Class
of 1943 Professor in the Humanities, professor of philosophy
and professor of comparative literature, has been elected
vice president of the Eastern Division of the American
Philosophical Association.
He will take office in January 2003, and
will become president of the division in January 2004. The
Eastern Division is the oldest and largest of the
association's three divisions. Its annual meeting is the
largest gathering of philosophers in the English-speaking
world.
Two other members of Princeton's
Department of Philosophy have preceded Nehamas in this
position: Harry Frankfurt and John Cooper. Nehamas, a
faculty member since 1990, recently stepped down as chair of
the Council of the Humanities and director of the Society of
Fellows in the Liberal Arts and of the Program in Hellenic
Studies.
The New England Complex Systems Institute has awarded its
2002 Herbert Simon Award to physicist Philip Anderson
for his contributions to the study of complex systems.
The institute cited Anderson for being
the "originator of studies on spin glasses and many works on
the collective properties of condensed matter systems."
Anderson, the Joseph Henry Professor of Physics Emeritus,
joined the Princeton faculty in 1975. He is a co-recipient
of the 1977 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the
electronic structure of disordered systems.
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June 17, 2002
Vol. 92, No. 29
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Contents
Commencement 2002
•Tilghman urges
graduates to carry on 'the spirit of
Princeton'
•Four faculty members
recognized for their outstanding
teaching
•Commencement
highlights on Web
•Photographs from
Commencement 2002
•By the numbers:
Commencement 2002
Inside
•Spence gift creates
Ludwig endowment
•University libraries
have designs on the future
Science
•Study tracks death
of iguanas in the Galapagos
•$7.5 million funds
work in 'organic' electronics
•Students take
challenging class assignment to the
wall
•Scholars go to the
schools to teach science
Faculty news
•Malkiel, Taylor
reappointed
•Faculty members
named to endowed chairs
•Board approves
promotions
•New faculty members
appointed
•Twelve faculty
members transfer to emeritus status
Sections
•People,
spotlight
•People,
briefs
•Calendar
of events
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