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Princeton Class of 1979 Home Page

Welcome to the NEW Website
for the Class of 1979

Our mission is to deepen the connections between our classmates, and with other Classes, the University, and the community. We encourage you to reach out to any of our Officers, for any issue, via the Contact links above.
--Your Class Officers
Reunions 2026 (our 47th) begins in 232 days :
May 21-24, 2026

Countdown to Our 50th Reunion:
1324 days

This new feature displays a variety of Classwide Activities (Events, Class Emails) and Classmate Notices (News, Publications, Passings, etc.).
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Reunions 2025

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  • Upcoming Events
  • For the full Calendar, go to the Events page.  Priority Items  Save The Date Notes 
  • Sat, October 25, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    Football
    Harvard Game Post-Game Reception
    Join us, our child Class of 2004, and our grandchild Class of 2029 for a reception following the Harvard Football Game (game time: noon). We will convene on the lawn behind Cap and Gown Club for cookies and hot beverages. But we need a head count so we can stock our pantry, so please RSVP. [Not a member of the Class of 1979, then just check the Not A C    
  • SAVE THE DATE
    Thu, April 16, 2026 - Sun, April 26, 2026 -- All Day Event
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    Argentina and Chile 2026 - Save The Date
    RSVPs here are only an expression of interest, not a commitment to make the trip.
    79'ers are on the move again with an incredible opportunity to experience the beauty, culture, and flavors of Argentina and Chile in April 2026! Trip Dates: -- Main
        
Classmates In Print

See also the Classmate Publications page.
(Showing the most recent 9 publications)
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 Honey Don't! & Drive-Away Dykes -- Published: November 4, 2025
Ethan Coen - Books - Co-Author
A double edition containing the screenplays for the movies HONEY DON'T! and DRIVE-AWAY DYKES.

HONEY DON’T!
No man can HAVE her . . .
No woman can HOLD her . . .
And no one better PISS HER OFF!

DRIVE-AWAY DYKES
Their love can’t be named – and can’t be stopped!
Strap in! Strap on! Dive in! Read on!
[Amazon]
 

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 Princetonians for Free Speech defends free speech for all -- Published: September 23, 2025
Leslie Spencer - Commentary - Co-Author
In a recent Opinion piece, Siyeon Lee and Charlie Yale critiqued a letter from Princetonians for Free Speech (PFS) to entering first-year students that appeared recently in The Princeton Tory, the University’s leading conservative political magazine. In their piece, Lee and Yale questioned why we chose to publish in “a journal that only appeals  

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 Royal Caleva: Raul: A Royal Family Forbidden Romance -- Published: September 24, 2025
Nancy Herkness - Books - Author
A prince bound by duty. A commoner who knows her place. Can they find a future for their forbidden passion?

After his cousin is kidnapped and tortured in his stead, Prince Raul works himself mercilessly so he can be worthy of such a sacrifice. When he collapses from exhaustion at a public ceremony, the prince is forced to take a vacation. He rel
 

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 Princeton must retire the Atatürk Professorship -- Published: September 4, 2025
Gregory Arzoomanian - Articles - Author
Ten years ago, Princeton’s Board of Trustees established a special committee to consider the usage of Woodrow Wilson’s name at Princeton. That work resulted in the ultimate removal of Wilson’s name from the School of Public and International Affairs, and the creation of a “Committee on Naming” of the Council of the Princeton University Co  

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 Richard Morse ’79 on the Historic Rise and Fall of the Hotel Oloffson -- Published: August 26, 2025
Richard Morse - Articles - Subject
For more than a century, the Hotel Oloffson stood as a cultural landmark in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, surviving political violence, dictatorships, and natural disasters. It welcomed celebrities such as Ernest Hemingway, Mick Jagger, and Graham Greene. Journalists, diplomats, businessmen, celebrities, and residents alike gathered to have dinner, meet p  

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 Late Meal Analog -- Published: May 1, 2025
Raphael Semmes - Letters - Author
James Swinehart ’27’s nourishing article on the culinary phenomenon of the Frist Campus Center “Late Meal” was a thoroughly appetizing read (Student Dispatch, February issue). To my surprise, the essay brought forth a flashback, not of any undergraduate episodes, but of later experience in service with the U.S. Navy. This is something I mig  

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 New Lesson, FREE Workshop, Harlem videos and more -- Published: July 5, 2025
Adam Gussow - Newsletters - Author
After my recent YouTube upload of some new historical footage of Sterling Magee and yours truly doing our Harlem thing, several viewers asked for a lesson on "Listen to the Music," the song we were playing. Happy to oblige, I tried to find common ground between the harmonica part played by the 31-year-old in the video and the way I hear th  

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 Trump 2.0: Revolution, Redemption, Revival -- Published: June 19, 2025
Robert Ehrlich - Books - Author
This third addition to Governor Ehrlich’s Trump trilogy (joining Bet You Didn’t See That One Coming and Original, Unconventional & Inconvenient: Donald J. Trump and His MAGA Movement) chronicles the rise, fall, and return of the most polarizing and consequential leader of his era. In Trump 2.0, astute analysis is given to the last year of the B  

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 Two Bluesy Events Upcoming -- Published: June 11, 2025
Adam Gussow - Newsletters - Author
Ronnie Shellist and I are conspiring on a webinar this Saturday, June 14: 11 AM Central / 12 noon Eastern / 5 PM in the UK. We're going to mine our long careers as blues harmonica players and teachers to extract meaningful stories, shareable music, and impactful wisdom that will, we hope, help YOU take another step or two down the path to blu  

Classmate News & Updates

See also the Classmate News pages.   

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78/79 Minutes: Eye of the Tiger 2: Our New Art Museum! -- September 18, 2025
Starting at the FitzRandolph Gate, take a video walk down memory lane as Graham Wyatt ’79 describes the history of Princeton’s campus and its Art Museum. Thanks to President James McCosh who moved the University’s art collection out of Nassau Hall, the Art Museum has stood on the same site at the heart of campus since the late 1880’s. Growi  

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Elizabeth Banks to play Karen Read in new Prime Video series executive produced by David Kelley -- August 28, 2025
Massachusetts native Elizabeth Banks will play Karen Read in a new limited series for Prime Video, according to multiple reports.

Deadline first reported that Banks would star in the Prime Video and Warner Brothers Television series, although the Hollywood Reporter and Variety have since confirmed the news.

The show will be run by Justin Nobl

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Meet First Tiger Tony Rodriguez ’79! -- July 22, 2025
Tony Rodriguez ’79 grew up in Newark, New Jersey. At Princeton, he majored in Economics in order to pursue a career in business. He also concentrated in Romance Languages. Tony chose Princeton because it was the best university in a variety of respects. In fact, his guidance counselor explained that, at Princeton, he would be able to attain a hig  

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Gangs in Haiti burn beloved Gothic gingerbread hotel that rose to international fame -- Richard Morse -- July 8, 2025
Haiti’s once-illustrious Grand Hôtel Oloffson, a beloved Gothic gingerbread home that inspired books, hosted parties until dawn and attracted visitors from Mick Jagger to Haitian presidents, was burned down by gangs this past weekend. Longtime hotel manager Richard Morse, who had been overseeing the property remotely from the United States since  

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Andrew Houck ’00 has been appointed Dean of the University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science -- the Anthony H.P. Lee ’79 Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering -- July 8, 2025
Andrew Houck ’00 appointed dean of Princeton engineering
Houck, the Anthony H.P. Lee ’79 P11 P14 Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and co-director of the Princeton Quantum Initiative, has been appointed dean of the University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, effective Aug. 1. He has consulted widely across industry
 

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Robert Long Elected University Trustee -- May 30, 2025
At its annual meeting on May 23, the Alumni Council announced the election of (among others) Robert Long ’79 for Alumni Trustee. He will serve from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2029, through our 50th Reunion. (Make your plans now!)  

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Prentis Hall Leads the P-rade -- May 24, 2025
Watch the 2025 Reunions Recap on the AG page. Don't blink when it starts or you'll miss Class President Prentis Hall as leader of the pack!  

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Gary King quoted in "Princeton Prize in Race Relations awardees recognized at campus symposium" -- May 6, 2025
Princeton University celebrated 33 Princeton Prize in Race Relations (PPRR) award recipients at the annual Princeton Prize Symposium on Race, held on campus April 25-26. Students arrived from across the country to present their award-winning projects, trade encouragement and ideas, talk with past prize winners and receive guidance from Princeton al  

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Pioneer of modern data privacy Cynthia Dwork wins National Medal of Science -- Cited for ‘visionary contributions to the field of computer science’ -- April 3, 2025
Apple phones analyze user data without revealing information about individuals. Google Maps shows how busy public places are without disclosing people’s locations. Researchers query vast troves of sensitive medical records to study disease patterns while protecting patient privacy. Computer scientist Cynthia Dwork has had a hand in all of it.