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Associates say he is a man of both caution and action, and that while Princeton can expect no dramatic changes right away, Goheen certainly "looks forward" and will use an impressive imagination to better the status quo. He will listen, seek to find, weigh, and then decide...
...Goheen's first major chance to decide will be on the controversial Eating Club issue. Despite alumni pressure, there have been growing rumblings of discontent at the Club's apparent discriminatory and undemocratic practices...
...Goheen's, according to one faculty member, is a "Princeton man, do or die," but he's not "the Old Grad type." The new president, Princeton's youngest since 1761, will consider the club issue in the light of how they serve the university, not how they stimulate alumni fund raising. "He's a non-aristocratic person, and he's simply a darn nice guy," a friend said last night...
...nice guy, Goheen has had an incredibly intense academic career. Born in Vengurla, India of two distinguished Presbyterian medical missionaries, he lived in the Orient for 15 years before entering Lawrenceville. At Princeton, Goheen studied Classics, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, won the coveted M. Taylor-Pyne Honor prize, played varsity soccer, was president of the Intra-mural Athletic Association, and graduated with highest honors...
...year after graduation, Goheen enlisted in the Infantry as a Second Lieutenant, soon saw duty in the intelligence corps in Australia, New Guinea, and Leyte, and emerged in 1945 as assistant chief of Staff for Intelligence...