Princeton University

Class of 1969

55th Reunion Yearbook

May, 2024

Contents:

  Cover page information (this page; scroll down to read):

      Links to Yearbook sections

      Class officers

      Class presidents 1969 to 2024

.     Honorary classmates

      55th Reunion committee

      Annual Giving team

      Class of'69 Service to Princeton Award winners

      Origin of our Class yin-yang logo

  Links to Yearbook sections:

Salute from President Eisgruber

An Appreciation from the Class President

Notes from the Reunions Chair

A Letter from the Editor

PICS (Princeton Internships in Civic Service) Update

Yearbook Explorer: Browsable Classmate Profiles

Class of 1969 Service History

Memories in Photos from our Undergraduate Years

Previous Reunion Class Photos

Deceased Classmates

Class Widows

Catching Up With index

Class Officers:

Class Presidents:

Honorary Classmates:                                                                                                                                                            

55th Reunion Committee:                                                                                                                                                                

Annual Giving Team:

Class Of '69 Service to Princeton Award Recipients      Doug Yeager     Jim Floyd     Paul Sittenfeld     David Fisher     Tom Fleming     Chuck Freyer     Bob Loveman     Bill Charrier

1992 1998 2006 2012 2015 2018 2022 2023

Origin of our Class Yin-Yang Logo:

Many years ago Ellie McLean (wife of Ted McLean) sat in the bleachers of Finney Field with Clay and Pinky McEldowney watching her husband, Ted, play Lacrosse. She was a graphicdesigner for Time Magazine so she volunteered to design a logo for the Class of 1969. Those were the days before computers when mechanical designs were drawn by hand and colors added using sheets of acetate overlay. Nowadays this work can be done quickly by using computer programs like Photoshop and others, but not then.

Clay asked Ellie to write a paragraph or two describing her thinking in designing the class logo, which is now used in literally everything having to do with the Princeton Class of ‘69. The idea behind using a version of the yin-yang symbol mostly has to do with the “hippie“ culture of the time, which emphasized peace, harmony and inclusion. Perfect for those two numbers, 6 and 9, which spoon together so delightfully.

Ellie chose an almost Taoist juxtaposition of the 6 and the 9 to reflect the Class of 69’s amalgam of unity and mutual respect, forged in those fiery years before graduation.

And there you have it.  Ellie is thrilled to be getting the recognition that she's longed for all these years!