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In her senior thesis “An Argument and Plan for the Creation of the Teacher Corps,” Wendy Kopp ’89 created a program for recent college graduates to teach in the most under-resourced American public schools. Upon graduation, she launched “Teach For America,” which today reaches more than 100,000 children at 15 locations throughout the country, from the South Bronx to the Mississippi Delta. In 1993 Kopp became the youngest person and first woman to ever receive the Woodrow Wilson Award, which Princeton University grants to alumni in recognition of their exemplary service to the nation. She is the author of the book One Day, All Children and received an honorary doctorate from the university in 2000.

• To learn more about Wendy Kopp, see Café Vivian picture #107.
  
  
• To learn more about Woodrow Wilson Award winners, see quotation #16, 17, 19, 21, 33, and 37, and Café Vivian picture #17, and 122.
  
  
• To learn more about recipients of Princeton honorary degrees, see quotation #2, 3, 12, 25, and 35, and Café Vivian picture #14, 21, 65, and 86.
  
  
• To learn more about notable Princeton undergraduate alumni, see icon #4, 5, and 10, quotation #3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 33, 36, 37, and 41, and Café Vivian picture #1, 5, 7, 15, 17, 39, 41, 55, 57, 59, 74, 76, 84, 88, 99, 101, 102, 107, 110, and 123.
  
  
• To learn more about Princetonians in national service, see quotation #3, 11, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 33, and 41, and Café Vivian picture #5, 15, 35, 41, 42, 74, 107, 110, and 119.

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