PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

CLASS OF 1979

Classmate Confidential Pages

This is a new feature. We will periodically post information here about classmates which is too sensitive to be displayed on a public page. This page requires a login to access. This is the same login you used for Reunion Registration. If you do not have a UserName and Password yet, click Register Me on the login page and follow the instructions.

May 20, 2010: There is an update on the Classmate Confidential Information Page, which we urge you to read.

Attention Bloggers!

The University is interested in compiling a list of all alumni bloggers. If you are in that company, and you would like to be noted, please drop us a note with the details of your blog (address, topic(s), etc.) and we will pass it along.

Classmates in PAW

3/23/11 -- Bill Ford sees a greener future for cars.

Check out page 9 or here. Bill spoke at the Friend Center on February 15. (Check this out also.)

12/8/10 -- Cover and Page 26: Richard Morse - Into Haiti's Heart


Read about Rick's life in Haiti, his band RAM, and his life's story.

See also: Richard Morse tweets from Haiti - Classmate Richard Morse, manager of the Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince and long-time resident of Haiti, reports on life during and after the earthquake. See the PAW article in the Feb 24, 2010 PAW (page 33), or read the online article. Also check out this article.

12/8/10 -- Page 14: David E. Kelley Speaks On Campus

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 5 PM

For any of you who were unable to be on campus to hear David Kelley in a conversation with Broadway theater owner Jordan Roth '97 about his life and work, you can read the article or check out Princeton.edu/arts and The Lewis Center. This was held at the James M. Stewart '32 Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts, 185 Nassau Street and was presented by Performance Central. And check out David's Wikipedia page.


30th Reunion Recap

It's over. A year and a half of discussing, planning, working toward what, I believe, was a truly terrific event. Everything came together tremendously well, and even the Princeton May weather was not too bad, capped off with a tremendous Saturday and Sunday. To those of you who attended, thanks and we hope you had as great a time as we did. To those of you who did not or could not, you missed a great party, but don't worry, the 35th is not very far away! (Not to mention the 31st through 34th.)
Yearbook
Data Entry



View the Yearbook

So far, 28 classmates have entered demographics,
48 classmates have posted 61 essays,
and 22 classmates have posted 60 photos.
A couple of items worth mentioning:
  • First, the Yearbook: If you have not done your yearbook entry, it is not too late. We want every one of you represented. In contrast to past yearbooks, the demographics information part of this one is an ongoing project. We will keep it open on this site forever. We hope you will use it like an enhanced TigerNet, a place where you can come to look up information on your classmates, and, by extension, a place where you will go, as often as needed, to update your own information. So use the buttons on the right to create/edit your entry. Soon you will be able to view the Yearbook entries of your classmates.
  • Second, we hope to amass photos of the Reunion for the benefit of those who were there as well as those who were not. This feature will be available soon, so check back. And speaking of photos, don't miss that great Class Photo, which is now available for sale. (If you pre-ordered it, it will arrive soon in your mailbox.) Click the button to view and (optionally) purchase the photo.
In addition, we will post information here on other interesting Reunion items, as well as items of general interest to the class.

Finally, let's all thank our out-going and congratulate and welcome our new incoming class officers (including a few retreads in there). Our panel for the next five years is:

TITLEOFFICEREMAIL (@Princeton79.org)
President  Andrew Rainer  President
Vice-PresidentJack BoniniVicePresident
SecretariesDiane Edelman
Sue Liemer		Secretary
TreasurerJudith SmithTreasurer
HistorianGary KingHistorian
AG ChairDon SeitzAG
WebmasterHank LubinWebmaster

Classmate Kids Directory
A College Search Resource

Are you in the college planning phase for your kids? Have your kids enrolled in, or even graduated from, college? How about Graduate School? Help us build a reference directory so other classmates can connect with you or your kids to help them in the process. Click on Offspring College List in the Secure Pages section on the left and fill in your data. Come back and update it as often as needed. There are search functions so you can find others who have attended or are attending the schools you are interested in. (You will need to create a UserID and Password to access these pages. Click on Register Me on the Login page and follow the directions.)

Ehrlichs On Air

Though they are off the air now (previously on WBAL in Baltimore and via the internet), look for their return in a national format soon. And look for more news soon.

Coming Events 2011-2012

Join with us at the following events during the 2011 - 2012 academic year:
  		• 02/15/2012
    06:00 PM    		Princeton Night in New York
    With Paul Krugman
    Princeton Club of New York
    More Info
    Note: Camaraderie, cocktails and dinner and presentation of the annual Bud Schmucki Award
  		• 03/06/2012
    06:00 PM    		Tilghman Town Hall
    Willard Intercontinental Hotel, Washington, DC
    More Info
  		• 03/14/2012
    		Princeton Global NetNight 2012
    Developing Your Personal Brand
    Local Alumni Associations around the World
    More Info
    Note: sponsored by the Alumni Council Careers Committee in partnership with the Committee on Regional Associations. All alumni are invited to participate in person by finding an event near them.

ANNUAL GIVING - 2011 Final Report:

As part of an extraordinary 2010-2011 Princeton Annual Giving campaign, the Class of 1979 once again distinguished itself in several meaningful ways.

  • - We eclipsed $600,000 in total donations, the first time ever that a 32rd Reunion Class contributed achieved this milestone level of giving. Only two other non-major Reunion classes donated more than our class (the Classes of 1958 and 1962).
  • - 535 classmates in total, or just shy of one out of every two of us, donated this year.
  • - We now rank #8 of all reunion classes in total giving. Our class has donated an astounding $17.8 million since we graduated.
But, it's more than the numbers. Each of us, in our own way, continue to pave the way for those students who follow us to have a superior collegiate experience and to enable Princeton in so many ways to make a difference on a global scale. Thank you very much.

Overall, this year's campaign raised $50,010,045 - the second highest total in the history of Annual Giving - from 61.3% of all undergraduates. These unrestricted funds are critical to sustaining Princeton's commitment to excellence in teaching and research and to funding the financial needs of all students.

Thank you to Mimi Chen and Kim Withers-Brengle for leading the participation effort and to all of our classmates who gave this year.

Rick Grove and Don Seitz
Co-Chairs, Annual Giving

For the 2011-2012 campaign, please contact Don Seitz or Rick Grove if you have any questions or as you consider a donation. You can easily contribute by phone (800.258.5421 or 609.258.3373 if outside the U.S) or online.

As you know, AG is a key element of the five-year Aspire campaign. Annual Giving provides the opportunity for everyone who cares about Princeton to participate in helping to meet the University's highest priorities on a regular basis. Contributions to AG provide unrestricted funds for many key strategic initiatives - including financial aid and support of many academic and innovative research programs - that might otherwise not attract funding on their own. Moreover, AG is a largely volunteer effort involving a large number of our classmates; as such, it embodies the spirit and sense of shared community unlike almost any other effort among '79ers.

See the updated statistics on the Annual Giving History page.

More updates in the Classmates In Print, Classmate Events and Links to 79'er's Pages sections.

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