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In Honor of Tilghman

By Princeton Alumni Weekly
Published in the March 20, 2013 Issue

For Shirley Tilghman, it was her last Alumni Day as Princeton’s president; a ­surprise video tribute included these ­numbers (PAW can’t vouch for the accuracy of them all!):

Speeches she’s given at major reunions: 240

Pairs of orange shoes ruined at Reunions: 24

Honorary class memberships: 21

Photos taken with alumni: 43,872

Times she has sung “Old Nassau”: 1,467

Locomotives in her honor: 1,022

High fives at the P-rade: 31,534

Alumni regional events attended: 110

Times she has said “the great class of ...”: 4,381


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