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Here are the Princeton PhD group of 1980. I’m the hairy bearded fellow at right who’s looking the wrong way. My thesis advisor, Ernest Johnson is the suited fellow just left of center. Dave Ollis is in front of me, and Joe Calo is in front of him, etc. Visit my Facebook page to see how my friends tagged themselves. 35 years ago!
Princeton Chemical Engineering Grad-students, late 1970s. My thesis advisor is the tall fellow at center; I'm the bearded fellow at right looking the wrong way.

Princeton Chemical Engineering Grad-students, late 1970s. My thesis advisor is the tall fellow at center; I’m the bearded fellow at right looking the wrong way.

The dining room, and my room at the Princeton Grad College.

I took these pictures at reunions this year 2012; the first shot is the dining room at the Princeton Grad college. They favored robes for formal dinners when I started; the fellows in white are waiters– and we had stewards to help clean up our rooms. (Mine knew Einstein). The second photo shows the courtyard looking towards two of my dorm rooms. One year I was in the second floor room at left with the bay window. One year in the second floor room at upper right (barely visible).

GC dining 2 my dormroom

And here is the Grad Tower — Otherwise known as “Cleveland Tower” to honor Princeton alumnus, Grover Cleveland, and here’s the fireplace in the dining room. Reminds one of The School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in that book by JK Rowling– Boar-scabs, I think. The motto: bonus entra, melior exi: good coming, better leaving.

Grad tower  GC dining fireplace

Here’s my PhD class; at first glance, you would not think we belong.

Robert Buxbaum, June, 2012