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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 2025 (our 46th) begins in 23 days !!!
May 22-25, 2025


Countdown to Our 50th Reunion
1479 days

Alumni Day 2025

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  • Upcoming Events
  • For the full Calendar, go to the Events page.  Priority Items  Save The Date Notes 
  • Fri, June 20, 2025 - Mon, June 23, 2025 -- All Day Event
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    Margaritaville At Sea Cruise to the Bahamas
    Classmate Stu Shultz, once again invites the Class of '79 to set sail on a 3-day Margaritaville cruise! Join Stu and classmates for fun, frolic, and sun on the high seas to celebrate the 2025 Summer Solstice. Board the Margaritaville at Sea Paradise at the Port of Palm Beach, Florida on Friday June 20, 2025, then head to Nassau, Bahamas, and return    
  • Sat, September 27, 2025 - Sat, October 04, 2025 -- All Day Event
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    Rhine River Cruise 2025
    Contoured by vineyard-clad hills and castles from yesteryear, the legendary Rhine captivates. Experience the allure of France’s Alsace region in its welcoming capital, Strasbourg, and its priceless gem, Colmar. Discover Breisach, rising above the vineyards of the Rhine, and Freiburg, one of Germany’s sunniest cities and gateway to the Black    
  • Sat, May 24, 2025, 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
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    Reunion Luncheon 2025
    Join us for our annual (off-year) Reunion Luncheon. We will once again eat at the Bendheim Center for Finance (which you know better as Dial Lodge). Mingle with your classmates, cool down and rest up before the P-rade, and just hang out on the patio. We'll bring the food, you bring the vibe!    
Classmates In Print

See also the Classmate Publications page.
(Showing the most recent 7 publications)
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 Trump’s OWN Crash Will Follow His Self-Created Economic Disaster | Shrinking Trump -- Published: April 11, 2025
John Gartner - Commentary - Analyst/Pundit
Psychologists John Gartner and Harry Segal analyze the mental disturbance underlying Trumpā€˜s impulse to crash the world economy through tariffs. How do you stop a mad king? These issues and more are discussed by a very special guest.  

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 Sir Rod & the Blues Doctors will be hitting the road... -- Published: April 6, 2025
Adam Gussow - Newsletters - Author/Writer
...this Thursday for a four-day run, starting with a FREE book-and-music event in Atlanta. All four gigs, in fact, are FREE:
Here's the complete itinerary:
4/10/25: Atlanta, GA - A Cappella Books @ BeOnEdgewood (SRBD performance + book talk, 7 PM)
4/11/25: Greenwood, SC - Flynn's on Maxwell Uptown Wine & Beer (SRBD, 6-8 PM)
4/12/25:
 

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 Detriments of Theistic Religion in Politics and Its Effect on the Immigration Problem -- Published: September 6, 2024
Isidoro Talavera Baez - Books - Author/Writer
The intersection of theistic religion and politics sparks continued controversy, particularly when addressing complex social issues like immigration. When religious ideologies influence political decisions, they can lead to policies that are less informed by empirical evidence and more driven by doctrinal beliefs. The consequences are not only detr  

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 The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing -- Published: March 18, 2025
Joshua Hammer - Books - Author/Writer
A rollicking adventure starring three free-spirited Victorians on a twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the world—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu. [From Amazon]  

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 Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco -- Published: March 11, 2025
Gary Krist - Books - Author/Writer
The sensational, forgotten true story of a woman who murdered her married lover in Gilded Age San Francisco and the trial that epitomized the city's transformation from raucous frontier town into modern metropolis—from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Sin [From Amazon]  

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 Dems Lick Their Chops At Thought Of Trump Resurrecting Biden-Era Lawfare -- Published: March 4, 2025
Robert Ehrlich - Commentary - Author/Writer
The left’s original iteration of Trump era lawfare (circa 2017-2020) was two-pronged: choose and simply run to any progressive federal judge in order to secure an injunction and/or simply impeach the guy as many times as you like. History reflects rather limited success on both fronts though both inflicted (some) political damage on the target.
 

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 Trump Plays Chess While His Opponents Play Checkers -- Published: February 21, 2025
Robert Ehrlich - Commentary - Author/Writer
Democrats seem intent on taking every single syllable spoken by Donald J. Trump literally, regardless of context or circumstance.

This insistence on literal interpretation has in fact blossomed into a key symptom of Trump Derangement Syndrome — and a major problem for lefties attempting to keep up with the furious pace of executive orders and
 

Classmate News & Updates

See also the Classmate News pages.   

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Pioneer of modern data privacy Cynthia Dwork wins National Medal of Science -- Cited for ā€˜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.
 

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Naomi Schalit and John Christie to join New England Newspaper and Press Association hall of fame -- The co-founders of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting will be recognized for their excep -- March 7, 2025
The New England Newspaper and Press Association will be inducting four new members into its hall of fame in March, including Naomi Schalit '79 and John Christie, the two co-founders of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, which publishes The Maine Monitor.  

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Moorhead Kennedy Jr. ’52 Survived to Recount the Iranian Hostage Crisis -- ā€˜Some people come out of a trauma stronger,’ said his son, Moorhead ’Mark’ Kennedy III ’79 -- February 1, 2025
Our own Moorhead Kennedy III is quoted in the piece about his father in the February 2025 Lives Lived & Lost issue of PAW (page 37).  

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Chris Moylan appointed to the Board of Directors of HART -- September 24, 2024
Chris reports that he has just been appointed to the Board of Directors of HART (Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation), the first train system in the state of Hawaii. Chris says he got his start in local government in California by being appointed to the Santa Clara County Transportation Commission, and it went on from there. He says "I  

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ECE chair responds to ā€˜Princeton’s Genocide Incubator’ article targeting professors’ research -- September 18, 2024
ECE Chair James Sturm defended the research programs targeted in the piece in an email sent Monday to the ECE listserv obtained by The Daily Princetonian. The inciting article, published on a new website run ā€œin collaboration with student group Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divestā€ (PIAD) claiming that University research labs are ā€œgenocide inc  

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Laurie Landeau Foundation endows the DNA Learning Center at CCNY College of Technology -- July 14, 2024
The Laurie Landeau '79 Foundation is the founding contributor to The DNA Learning Center at City Tech in Brooklyn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and the City University of New York (CUNY) announce the opening of the DNA Learning Center NYC (DNALC NYC) at the New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn, New York. The 18,000 square-fo  

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Andrew Houck ’00 is making quantum leaps to unlock a metaverse of possibilities -- February 29, 2024
There is an order to Andrew Houck’s office that isn’t apparent to the naked eye. Houck ’00, the Anthony H.P. Lee ’79 P11 P14 Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and co-director of the Princeton Quantum Initiative, is talking about the state of particles in objects, and how quantum science and engineering open a metaverse of pos  

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TigerTalks: Search Fund: An Alternative Path to Entrepreneurship -- February 28, 2024
Moderator: Don Seitz, ’79. A search fund is an investment vehicle in which the entrepreneur (or team) initially raises a small pool of capital from several investors to fund a search (of up to 24 months) for a suitable small business to acquire. Typically, these are usually a family business without a clear succession plan and/or in need of