Newsmakers

Three alumni received honors at Princeton’s Commencement June 4. Above, from left: DEANE R. STEPANSKY ’73 was one of four New Jersey secondary school teachers to earn an award. She is a Latin teacher at Nutley High School. ANDREW A. HOUCK ’00 and DAVID N. SPERGEL ’82 received President’s Awards for their distinguished teaching at Princeton. Houck is an associate professor of ­electrical engineering. Spergel is a ­professor of astrophysical sciences and chairman of the Department of Astrophysical Sciences. ... DAVID DONOHO ’78, a professor of the humanities and sciences and of statistics at Stanford University, was named the 2013 Shaw Laureate in mathematics, which has a $1 million award. ... Apple has hired LISA JACKSON *86, the former Environ­mental Protection Agency administrator, as vice president for environmental initiatives.

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