For Shirley Tilghman, it was her last Alumni Day as Princeton’s president; a surprise video tribute included these numbers (PAW can’t vouch for the accuracy of them all!):
Speeches she’s given at major reunions: 240
Pairs of orange shoes ruined at Reunions: 24
Honorary class memberships: 21
Photos taken with alumni: 43,872
Times she has sung “Old Nassau”: 1,467
Locomotives in her honor: 1,022
High fives at the P-rade: 31,534
Alumni regional events attended: 110
Times she has said “the great class of ...”: 4,381
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