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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 335 days :
May 21-24, 2026

Countdown to Our 50th Reunion:
1427 days

Reunions 2025

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FLi Mentors Needed
I hope your summer is off to a great start! We're a week out from beginning to match FLI undergraduates with mentors and WE NEED MORE MENTORS! There are currently 104 students registered and only 37 mentors; we need at least 20 more mentors!

Our FLI Tigers & Friends Mentorship Program is a wonderful way to connect with current undergraduates, support them as they continue their educational journey, and help them develop their network of Princeton connections.

We (the Class of '79) helped launch this program in 2019 as our 40th reunion class legacy project, so it would be great if the Class was better represented among the mentors.

For more details: [Link Link]. To Register, click: [Link Link].
  • 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    
  • Wed, July 9, 2025, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    Class of '79 Chicago Pizza Party
    Please join class president Prentis Hall ‘79 at one of Chicago’s top pizzerias.50 Top Pizza ranked Robert’s Pizza at No. 10 in the U.S. (Princeton alum Yung Lim ‘87 is an investor.) Classes of ’78, ‘80 and 2004 are cordially invited to attend as well.    
  • 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
    Still in the final stages of planning, we wanted you to know about this planned trip. Begin in Iguazu 4/16-18, then continue to Buenos Aires and on to Santiago. (You can join in Iguazu or Buenos Aires.) We'll visit San Antonio de Areco and the culinary capital of Brazil. In Chile, we'll visit Valparaiso and the Casablanca Wine Country and the 1    
Classmates In Print

See also the Classmate Publications page.
(Showing the most recent 8 publications)
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 Trump 2.0: Revolution, Redemption, Revival -- Published: June 19, 2025
Robert Ehrlich - Books - Author/Writer
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/Writer
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  

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 Financial Management with Focus on Moral Innovations -- Published: August 1, 2012
David Wu - Books - Editor
Financial Management Textbook for required core course taught by Professor David S Wu at HULT International Business School, Shanghai campus, 2012-2013. Compiled by David S. Wu.

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 Final reminder: Gussow book events (with music) -- Published: May 13, 2025
Adam Gussow - Newsletters - Author/Writer
This is a quick reminder that I'll be on the move for the next month, doing four book events in three states (SC, NY, and LA). Although I hadn't planned to play harmonica at these events, feedback over the past couple of months has convinced me to do that. So I'll have my harps and a Mouse amp with me, and I'll give you a taste--j  

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 That's My Son... -- Published: May 3, 2025
Adam Gussow - Newsletters - Author/Writer
playing bass with dad at a recent Mississippi busking adventure--and the adventure is documented in two videos below. (My New Delta Jukes pal, Andrew "Shine" Turner," is wearing the big floppy hat.)
This MBH newsletter is chock-full of content, so get ready.
 

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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  

Classmate News & Updates

See also the Classmate News pages.   

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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 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