PRINCETON PORTRAIT
Irreverent looks at historical figures
How the First Historian of the A-Bomb Achieved a Misinformation Coup
Henry DeWolf Smyth *1921 penned Atomic Energy for Military Purposes for the War Department
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PORTRAITS ACROSS THE YEARS
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Kenneth Clark 1905 Wrote ‘Going Back’
Kenneth Clark 1905
A Tragic Candidate in the Princeton ‘Conclave’ for University President
E. Harris ‘Jinks’ Harbison 1928
He Watched Biology from Up Close and Afar
Lewis Thomas ’33 (1913-1993)
He Inspired Hemingway Before Falling Out Over a Famous Fish
Henry Strater 1919
The Vatican Looked to Him to Build a Better Library
William Warner Bishop
A Traveler Among the First International Reporters
Herbert Adams Gibbons *1914
A Journal Finds Its Way Home
William Hamlin Neely 1917 (1896-1962)
Donated Death Mask Collection
Laurence Hutton
He Was Princeton’s Favorite Author During Prohibition
Norman Anthony (1889-1968)
She Brought America and Greece Together
Princeton Portrait: Mary Alison Frantz (1903-1995)
How CJ the DJ Gave the Beatles Their Big Break in America
Princeton Portrait: Carroll James ’58 (1937-1997)
He Wrote the Song That Poked Fun at Professors for Some 85 Years
Princeton Portrait | Andrew Clerk Imbrie 1895 (1875-1965)
Math Be Damned, He Fell Upward Through a Career in Medicine
Princeton Portrait: John Finney 1884 (1863-1942)
Princeton Portrait: He Wrote a Cookbook for Those Best at Making Reservations
Charles Browne 1896 *1899 (1875-1947)
His Name Made Him Worthy of America’s First Medical Degree
John Archer 1760 *1763 (1741-1810)
A Bond Forged While Advancing Mathematics
Emmy Noether (1882-1935) and Anna Pell Wheeler (1883-1966)
An Influential Author Who Got His Start at a Student Publication
José Donoso ’51 (1924-96)
This Librarian Lived Under a False Identity, and Did It With Class
Princeton Portrait: Belle da Costa Greene, 1879-1950
The University Architect Who Also Wrote About Haunted Buildings
Ralph Adams Cram, 1863-1942
An Art Professor Who Knew the Real Thing When He Saw It
Charles Rufus Morey (1877–1955)
He Founded ‘The New Yorker’ and Gave It a Second Chance
Raoul Fleischmann 1906 (1885-1969)
A Companionship Bound Through Diaries
James Gibson 1787 (1769-1856)
What Will Become of Farrand’s Beloved Ivy?
Beatrix Jones Farrand, 1872-1959
‘Hooked’ by Triangle, He Went on to Movie Stardom
José Ferrer ’33 (1912-1992)
Paw in print
July 2025
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
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