Alumni News

Giri Nathan ’13 Captures a New Tennis Rivalry

Some say it’s too early to elevate Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, but the co-founder of Defector Media disagrees

Turbulence Times

Longtime U.S. F-15 pilot Michael Holl ’03 reenters the Middle East tinder box working with the Qatari air force

The Fall Guy

From DeNunzio Pool to the big screen, Kent De Mond ’07 has carved out a career as a stunt performer and brought his sister, Michelle ’07, along for the ride

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Princeton Aerospace Alumni Stick a Lunar Landing on First Attempt

Tom Markusic *02 co-founded Firefly Aerospace, whose Blue Ghost lander carried 10 payloads to the moon

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Ten Years Ago, Veda Sunassee ’10 Co-Founded a University in Africa

Sunassee is now the chief executive officer of African Leadership University, which has campuses in Mauritius and Rwanda

Rupert Elderkin *14 Keeps Fighting for the Victims of Rwanda’s Genocide

Elderkin previously prosecuted war crimes committed in Serbia and Kosovo

Aug. 26: Robin Givhan ’86 Leaves the Washington Post

Achille Tenkiang ’17 Founds Baldwin Institute to Foster Creative Resistance

The organization uses James Baldwin’s literature to engage youth in thoughtful conversations on literature and race

A Hula Hoop Changed This Chemical Engineering Alumna’s Life

A much-loved career in science made way for a love of performing, most recently on America’s Got Talent

July 29: Dale Caldwell ’82 Runs for Lt. Governor of New Jersey

After USAID Demolition, These Alumni Are Keeping Its Projects Alive

Caitlin Tulloch *15 and Rob Rosenbaum *13 are finding donors for the most cost-effective and life-saving USAID projects through their Project Resource Optimization initiative

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Annual Giving Raises $68.4 Million

Final months of campaign overlapped with Princeton’s call for alumni to ‘Stand Up’ for higher education

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John Kuhner ’98 Builds Community With a Secondhand Bookstore in Ohio

Kuhner’s first brush with book distribution was a free swap he started at Princeton

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July 1: Mark Guiducci ’10 Takes the Reins at ‘Vanity Fair’

Together They Adventure Race

Ryan Quigley ’20 Returns to New Orleans for Super Bowl After Terror Attack

The former Princeton football player was in the French Quarter when Tiger Bech ’21 was among 14 people killed on New Year’s Day

Stephen Lamberton ’99 Is Destigmatizing Suicide

As a volunteer with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Lamberton is sharing the story of his father’s death in 1985

Elena Kagan ’81 and David Card *83 to Receive Top Honors

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Bruce Kennedy ’92’s Netflix Show Angers Archaeologists

Scientists say the advanced Ice Age civilization depicted in the wildly popular Netflix series never existed, and promoting it fuels racist theories

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Princeton Cuts Alums’ Email Storage to 22GB

A squeeze from Google is prompting Princeton to slice the generous free email storage it offered alumni in the past

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What Was Pete Hegseth ’03 Like at Princeton?

Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, was a basketball player, a politics major, and a brash publisher of The Princeton Tory

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