Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni

	Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni James Madison Medalists 1973 – John Bardeen Physics 36 Inventor of the transistor, discoverer of the theory of superconductivity, twice Nobel Laureate in Physics 1974 – Thornton N. Wilder Modern Languages 26 (Novelist) Three-time Pulitzer Prize recipient, winner of the National Book Award for fiction and one of the most consistently experimental American writers 1975 – William O. Baker Chemistry 39 (Bell Labs Scientist) Scientist, business executive, statesman and distinguished pioneer in the application of modern science for the welfare of humanity 1976 – Andrew J. Goodpaster Civil Engineering 49 Politics 50 (NATO Commander) Soldier, Statesman, and Scholar 1977 – John W. Milnor Mathematics 54 (Topologist) Mathematician, creator of modern differential topology 1978 – Frederick Seitz, Jr. Physics 34 (President, Rockefeller University) Physicist and Statesman of Science 1979 – W. Michael Blumenthal Woodrow Wilson School 53 Economics 56 Treasury Secretary, Business Executive, Economist, Internationalist and Devoted Princetonian 1980 – Lowell Thomas History and Politics 16 (Broadcaster/Journalist) World explorer, chronicler, and master of the modern media for over half a century 1981 – Ira O. Wade Modern Languages And Literature 24 (Professor of Romance Languages) Il A Cultivé Son Jardin 1982 – Jack W. Peltason Politics 47 (Pres. of American Council on Education) Teacher, Scholar, Advocate, Leader 1983 – Lewis H. Sarett Chemistry 42 (Scientist) Inventor, scientist, research executive and distinguished leader in the use of science for the good of humanity 1984 – John W. Tukey Mathematics 39 (Professor of Statistics) Teacher, scientist, creative pioneer in modern data analysis and influential advisor on public issues 1985 – Robert Venturi Architecture '47 50 Il rachètera l'Art superbe épuisé par...tant de lignes inanimées! --Paul Valery, "Paradoxe sur l'architecte", 1891 1986 – Milton B. Babbitt Music 42 Composer, Teacher, Scholar “We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” T. S. Eliot 1987 – John Hugh MacLennon Philosophy 35 Novelist, Essayist, Teacher He has defined the identity of a people, as he has charted their movements to a consciousness of that identity, in a prose that can reach, in the words of Edmund Wilson ’16, “the point of genius.” 1988 – Robert F. Goheen Classics '40 48 Teacher, scholar, statesman, leader in the effort to assure graduate education its place of high honor in the nation’s conscience 1989 – Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Physics 38 Astronomer, Physicist, Teacher, Leader The force that through the green fuse drives the flower drives my green age… … (nor am I) dumb to tell a weather’s wind how time has ticked a heaven ‘round the stars. … after Dylan Thomas 1990 – William J. Crowe, Jr. Politics 65 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 1985 – 1989 Admiral, Scholar, Unifier, Peacemaker 1991 – Steven Weinberg Physics 57 Unifier of the Forces 1992 – George F. Will Politics 68 Political Analyst, Social Commentator, Scholar of the American Pastime 1993 – Edward Witten Physics 76 He binds the universe's past and the future with superstrings, knotting nature's forces in symmetry 1994 – William G. Bowen Economics 58 Ever the teacher, ever the leader, he calls upon us to follow the power of the mind and the promptings of the heart 1995 – Norman R. Augustine Aeronautical Engineering ’57 59 Engineer, industrialist, statesman, charitarian, whose visionary leadership gives flight to innovation 1996 – Cornel R. West Philosophy 80 Scholar, teacher, freedom fighter, a brother who speaks this truth to power, that all, especially the least of us, matter 1997 – W. Anthony K. Lake Woodrow Wilson School 74 Forceful advocate of a foreign policy of “engagement and enlargement,” his advice to the President combined a realist’s understanding of the possible with an idealist’s conviction of the necessary 1998 – Charles Rosen Modern Languages and Literature ’48 51 Pianist, author, scholar: a prodigious contributor to the fields of music, literature and intellectual history, his life's work uniquely combines elegant scholarship with artistic intuition. 1999 – Ralph E. Gomory Mathematics 54 Scholar with a practitioner's hand, practitioner with a scholar's mind, and with an engaging wit beside. 2000 – Chang-Lin Tien Mechanical Engineering 59 Engineer, scientist, educator. He accents excellence, inspires others and radiates good judgment in all his undertakings. 2001 – N. Lloyd Axworthy Politics 72 Shaping practice to vision, this exemplary Canadian led the world to a path-breaking landmines treaty 2002 – George B. Rathmann Chemistry 51 Scientist with Insight Entrepreneur with Foresight Pioneer with Vision 2003 – Peter D. Bell Woodrow Wilson School 64 Global philanthropist Humanitarian 2004 – Harold T. Shapiro Economics 64 Educator, scholar, and public servant "who taught us all to hear, and heed, the highest call." 2005 – Nathan P. Myhrvold Applied Mathematics 83 Physicist, champion of research and invention, and Renaissance man ... society is richer for the generosity with which he shares his vision 2006 – Arthur D. Levinson Chemistry 77 A leader and innovator in scientific research and business, he inspires by example for the benefit of mankind 2007 – Julius E. Coles Woodrow Wilson School 66 Dedicated public servant and humanitarian, distinguished educator, supportive mentor, inspiring role model 2008 – Lawrence P. Goldman Woodrow Wilson School 69 76 Passionate visionary of urban transformation and champion of the arts for all 2009 – Claire E. Max Astrophysical Sciences 72 Pioneering astronomer whose adaptive optics revolutionized the capabilities of ground-based telescopes 2010 – David H. Petraeus Woodrow Wilson School 85 87 Most distinguished soldier of his generation and embodiment of Princeton in the Nation's service