1979
1979 content overview
Black and White and the Blues
Who profits from a cultural tradition?
PAWcast: Author David Michaelis ’79 on Rediscovering Eleanor Roosevelt
‘That was really my project with Eleanor ... to tell her in a way that was closer, maybe, closer to the way she had actually lived her life’
Law Professor Rick Pildes ’79 On How to Make Your Vote Count
‘We’re at risk of not getting the message out about how important it is for people to vote in person’
Essay: Rereading Camus’s ‘The Plague’ Amid the Coronavirus
Amy L. Friedman ’79: Helping to Deliver the Gift of A Lifetime
Dave King ’77 and Steve Davis ’79: Paths Cross
Some 30 years after meeting at Princeton, two friends find common cause at PATH
Relationships That Endure
Alumni and their mentors reflect on guidance, wisdom, and friendship
Lily McNair ’79: The Trailblazer
Tuskegee’s first female president seeks excellence through mentorship, accountability, and amity
Tiger Laureate Frances Arnold ’79
Chemistry met evolution — then came a Nobel
Together Again: Simone Schloss ’79
PAW Tracks
Our Most Influential Alumni
25 Princetonians who are shaking up the world
Reading Room: Constance Hale ’79
Not Just Grass Skirts: A History Of Hula
Ethan Coen ’79: O Ethan, Where Art Thou?
The student life of a famous filmmaker
Life: 35 Years Out ...
After raising her children, Lauren Taslitz ’79 tackles ‘emptynesterhood,’ and brings it to the stage
Giving the devil his due
Adam Gussow ’79 *00 knows the blues
Into Haiti’s heart
Richard Morse ’79 finds his roots
The evolution of God
Journalist Robert Wright ’79 examines how people’s understanding of God has matured
Tiger of the Week: Keyboardist Gavin Black ’79
Evolution Gets an Assist
Other people breed puppies. Frances Arnold ’79 breeds proteins by rewriting their DNA.




















