Elyse Graham

Princeton Portrait: He Became a ‘Folk Hero’ After Being Shunned

Bruce McMarion Wright h’01 (1917-2005)

Three Brothers Who Became University Presidents

Princeton Portrait: Karl Compton *1912 h’34, Wilson Compton *1915, and Arthur Compton *1916

Princeton Portrait: They Wrote the First (Not-So-Great) American Novel

Hugh Henry Brackenridge 1771 (1748-1816) and Philip Freneau 1771 (1752-1832)

He Returned To Die in Paradise

George “Horse” Kerr Edwards 1889 (1866-1897)

Princeton Portrait: In a POW Camp, an Atheist Found God

Ernest Gordon (1916-2002)

New ‘Princeton Companion’ Collects Fascinating Stories

50 years is enough time to demand a new history

A Literary Voice Born on Campus

Jesse Lynch Williams 1892 (1871-1929)

New Book Details Thomas Mann’s Time at Princeton

Mann’s time at Princeton left a permanent mark on his work

Princeton Portrait: The Student Detective

George Strawbridge 1802 (1784-1859)

Princeton Portrait: The Polish Logician of Firestone

Rose Rand (1903-1980)

Princeton Portrait: A Samurai in a Distant Land

Hikoichi Orita 1876 (1849-1920)

A Ritchie Boy

Before Victor Brombert became a beloved Princeton professor, he journeyed home to war in Europe

Princeton Portrait: A Hunter of Lost Art and Lost Alumni

Sarah Sillcocks (1913-2008)

Professor Hadley Cantril Studied Hysteria After ‘War of the Worlds’

Princeton Portrait: A. Hadley Cantril (1906-1969)

Ghosts of Princeton

Some things are even scarier than your thesis

He Led His Life Like A Game of Football

Princeton Portrait: William Hanford Edwards 1900 (1877–1943)

Harvey Smith 1917 Invented a Legendary Princetonian

Princeton Portrait: Harvey Smith 1917 (1895–1969)

Traveler, Scholar, Soldier, Spy

Princeton Portrait: William Alfred Eddy 1917 *1921 (1896–1962)

A Cicada Reunion

Every 17 years, a Princeton ‘major’

‘First Lady Of Physics’ to Appear on Postage Stamp

Princeton Portrait: Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997)

Photographer Elizabeth Menzies Showed Princeton to the World

Princeton Portrait: Elizabeth Grant Cranbrook Menzies (1915–2003)

Sculptor of Nassau Hall’s Bronze Tigers Was a Cowboy

Princeton Portrait: Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860–1950)

An Innocent Sent Abroad to Raise Funds For the College

Princeton Portrait: Samuel Davies (1723–1761)

An Indian Agent Whose Work Got Him Fired

Princeton Portrait: Leonard D. Shaw 1784 (1766–1808)