Our Founding

With approximately $800,000 in our Class Memorial Fund prior to our 25th Reunion, a task force appointed by then Class President Marc Miller recommended that 50% of the Memorial fund be retained under class auspices and directed toward (1) making a contribution to community service globally; (2) stimulating community service activity by Princeton students and enhancing their education through related experiential opportunities; and (3) providing members of our class with opportunities to become deeply involved with both students and community service organizations that are important to class members. The results of the task force's work was the founding of the Class of 1969 Community Service Fund (CSF).  CSF sponsored the first interns in the summer of 1996 - 13 placements with a grant total of $34,000.  In 2006 the internship program expanded to include all summer internships previously administered by Princeton Project 55 and received a name: "Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS)."