In response to: Going Back: ’97/’19

Mario Torres-Iribarren ’75

5 Years Ago

A Long Princeton Journey

(Via Facebook): Great story. As I was reading this I could feel a familiar chest tightness that I hadn’t felt in nearly 45 years. After graduating in 1975, I never returned to Princeton. I never wanted to feel that sensation again — the inadequacy, the overwhelming feeling of not fitting in. Who knows, maybe I’ll return for my 50th reunion in 2025.

Editor’s note: Other readers also responded on Facebook to the story of José Pabón. “Bravo, PAW and Lisa Belkin ’82: Princeton ultimately did right by this determined student,” wrote Lisa Swedenborg Getson ’93. Orin Kerr ’93 said “this was the best story I have read in PAW in many years, if not ever,” and Zanthe Taylor ’93 termed it “a gorgeous, inspiring story.”

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