Princeton University Prez
Name: Shirley Tilghman
Occupation on Campus: President
Major: Molecular Biology
Hometown: Princeton
Who’s your favorite Princetonian, living or dead, real or fictional?
My daughter Becca ’03
What is your greatest guilty pleasure?
Ice cream.
What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in Princeton?
Any meal cooked by Sally Lewis Lamonica, the chef at Lowrie House
In one sentence, what do you actually do all day?
I work to ensure that in the future, including tomorrow, Princeton University is fulfilling to the greatest extent possible its potential to transform the lives of its students, and discover new knowledge.
Best place on campus?
Icahn Lab
Worst place on campus?
My daughter’s former dorm room in Wilson College
What are your favorite ways to relax?
Ski
What’s the last student performance you saw?
Orpheus Waking – Friday night
What’s hanging above your desk and/or bed?
Icahn Lab water color by Rafael Vinoly, the architect of Icahn Lab
Where do you do your best thinking?
Walking
Do you know all the words to Old Nassau?
Yes
If you could change something about Princeton, what would it be?
I would move the entire campus, lock, stock and barrel, to the site of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. This would combine the most beautiful campus architecture (Princeton) with the most stunning natural setting (UBC).
What’s your drink?
Diet Coke
What’s your top vacation destination?
Colorado
How often do you cook?
Christmas and Thanksgiving
When’s bedtime?
11:30 pm
New Butler or Old Butler?
New Butler!
Who is your mortal enemy?
Complacency
When’s the last time you used cash?
Today
In 10 years, I will be…
doing something else
What makes someone a Princetonian?
Life long intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to use one’s education to make the world a better place
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One Comment
It’s hard to believe if there’s ANY truth in Ms. Tilghmans statement “to use one’s education to make the world a better place” when at Green Hall and under her leadership there are laboratory animals being brutalized by so called researchers with no concern shown for even minimum care for the very beings they cut open and torture. How is this making the world a better place while she allows this to continue in spite of violations of the Animal Welfare Act and US Department of Agriculture regulations in July 2011 while animals were deprived of water, confined to restraining chairs and bolts driven into their skulls. Does she consider them using their education to make the world a better place as she espouses? Before retiring Ms. Tilghman you need to investigate more thoroughly how Asif Ghazanfar, E. Gould and M. Graziano are still employed with these atrocities having taken place. Tommy Ivors