Word: tilghman
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...Wright said that Rawson resisted such suggestions for several months because he felt that Tilghman was a valuable member of the committee whose input he did not want to lose and hesitated to ask Tilghman to step down before he was sure she would be a finalist...
...opportunity to discuss Tilghman as a candidate came when she left a search meeting early to teach. According to Wright, it was at that point that Rawson opened a discussion about Tilghman as a potential candidate...
...shortly after that meeting that Rawson approached Tilghman and asked her to consider stepping down from the committee to allow herself to be considered as a candidate...
Though the committee was concerned their affection for Tilghman might cloud their judgment, they took many precautions to avoid such bias, and according to Wright, “they actually held her to a higher standard...
Before coming to Princeton, Tilghman had already proven herself a leader in the fields of molecular biology and genetic research...