Once again, the fall brings a series of mailings asking for all sorts of Princeton-related giving. These include letters and e-mails soliciting us for Class Dues, our Class of ’71 Foundation, the Saving the Wild Life Fund (STWLF), as well as university-wide requests for Annual Giving and, occasionally, the University’s capital requests. Of course, you can add to that gift requests from eating clubs, Friends organizations, as well as regional and other local Princeton organizations.

In this Treasurer’s letter, I’d like to focus primarily on class dues, though I’ll mention some of the other class-related areas where contributions continue to be important ...

Crew racing is one of the most physically taxing sports in existence, requiring tremendous stamina and exacting technique honed over months of training in and out of the water. Even for collegians, it’s a huge physical grind.

So what was a bunch of 60-year-olds, some of whom hadn’t been in a race for many years, doing at a regatta this past October – and a three-mile race at that? Not only that: They were the oldest rowers there, and it was their first race together as a team since our freshman year ...