Princeton Class of 1955

PAW Website

The Princeton Alumni Weekly board and staff are pleased to announce the new PAW website, www.paw.princeton.edu. The site makes it easy for alumni to comment on PAW’s articles and letters, and allows readers to post personal remembrances of deceased classmates to run along with memorials online. The site's appearance and navigation have improved dramatically, so it will be easier for you to find what you’re looking for. There’s additional content, including multimedia offerings and a regular column on Princeton history by Gregg Lange ’70.

One new feature is Tiger of the Week -- a way to highlight alumni who are distinguished in their chosen fields. So far, we’ve spotlighted a TV newsman’s big scoop, the award-winning work of two comedy writers, a biologist’s “genius” grant, a young journalist’s courageous comeback from cancer, and an art historian’s appointment as the first female dean of Yale College.

PAW is inviting you to nominate any alum who's in the news this week -- or any week. Nominate your Tiger of the Week by sending an e-mail to btomlins@princeton.edu.

Updates from the PAW Site

Welcome to this e-mail alert from PAW Online, a quick overview of what's new on the Princeton Alumni Weekly's Web site: paw.princeton.edu. And don't miss The Weekly Blog's Thursday football previews.

Web exclusives

Slide show: 90 years of mayhem Vintage archival photos of the Princeton University Band. Watch videos of band performances and go behind the scenes with band members.

Rally 'Round the Cannon Princeton's first capital campaign, which kicked off 50 years ago, set the pattern for the University's highly successful campaigns that followed. Available as a podcast.

Tiger of the Week Pianist and Beethoven authority Robert Taub '77.

Leading by listening Veteran conductor Roger Nierenberg '69's new book uses a symphony orchestra as a model for business organizations.

Highlights from the Nov. 4 issue

Yo, band! Alumni may squirm at its antics, but the Princeton University Band plays on. Share your favorite band story with PAW readers.

Remembering World War II A sampling of accounts by alumni of their memorable wartime experiences.

Professor Happiness Psychologist Daniel Gilbert *85 explains why we seek satisfaction in all the wrong places.

There's an app for that From music to medicine, alumni and students have created iPhone applications. Video: Watch Ge Wang *08 and friends play "Stairway to Heaven" on Ocarina, the popular application he developed to turn a phone into a flute.