1939
1939 content overview
How Princetonians Saved ‘The Great Gatsby’
Released 100 years ago, F. Scott Fitzgerald 1917’s defining work was all but forgotten until these alumni helped transform it into an American classic
Princeton Proust Questionnaire: Donald Fletcher ’39 *51, Princeton's Oldest Alum
Princetonians Team Up to Study China’s Demographics
‘The announcement produced headlines in media around the world about China’s demographic crisis. And I said, “That’s ridiculous. This is not a crisis,”’ recalls Lex Rieffel ’63
Discovering the Life of Gordon Merrick ’39, an Unlikely Gay Novelist
Joseph M. Ortiz *03’s biography is titled ‘Gordon Merrick and the Great Gay American Novel’
New Book Chronicles Urban Design Pioneer William Whyte ’39
Journalist Richard Rein ’69’s book chronicles Whyte’s impact
Journalist Richard Rein ’69 captures the creative mind of William Whyte ’39 in a new biography
The Notorious Fictitious Ephraim di Kahble ’39’s Candy Wrapper Exhibit
From the PAW Archives
They Called Him ‘Mr. Princeton’: Frederic Fox ’39
Princeton Portrait
Lives: Henry Morgenthau III ’39
In His Tenth Decade, a New Calling
Best Friend
Lem Billings ’39, confidant to the Kennedys, was always present — in the background
Poetry of Past and Present
At 100, a new poet emerges — Henry Morgenthau III ’39
Reading Room: Donald R. Fletcher ’39 *51
The Eternal Optimist
Freddy Fox goes to war
How a favorite son took his talent for theater to the battlefields of Europe