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Friday afternoon, Harold T. Shapiro of Princeton University said that at the end of the year he will step down from his post as president...
...tenure of the university president is also shrinking. With 12 years of service, Princeton's Shapiro is now the longest-serving president in the Ivy League--a term that is a far cry from the 40-year tenure of Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1857, who served from...
Kitchens added that Shapiro focused his attention on undergraduates, investing resources in dorms and academic buildings...
...Shapiro's willingness to take risks was also impressive, Kitchens added. In addition to expanding Princeton's student body, Shapiro ended a longtime Princeton tradition--the Nude Olympics--and was responsible for one of the most controversial faculty hires ever, bioethicist Peter Singer. Critics take issue with Singer's views on euthanasia...
...While Shapiro could have consulted students more on some decisions, Kitchens said, "he may have felt the pulse of the undergraduates better than our student government at times...