In response to: Princeton Renames Wilson School and Residential College, Citing Former President’s Racism
Current issue
November 2024
Princetonians lead think tanks; the perfect football season of 1964; Nobel in physics.
Princeton’s decision to cancel out Woodrow Wilson’s honored memory is both wrong and a cowardly example of presentism. This is the nut of my strong complaint. I am matching words with action: This lifetime active and loyal alumnus, as well as father to Alex Donner (’75), is removing Princeton from his will just as Woodrow Wilson is now removed from what was “the best old place of all.”