Princeton University. Office of the President.

Dates:
Active 1961
Active 2001

Biographical notes:

Harold T. Shapiro was the president of Princeton University from 1988-2001. Shapiro earned a Ph. D. in economics from Princeton in 1964 and returned to the University after serving for 8 years as the president of the University of Michigan. During his tenure as president Shapiro spearheaded the most successful fundraising campaign in Princeton's history, quadrupling the University's endowment. This fiscal surge translated into new undergraduate teaching initiatives as well as a campus building program that encompassed new dormitories and the Frist Campus Center. After Shapiro was succeeded as president by Shirley M. Tilghman in 2001, he returned to full-time teaching in the Department of Economics and at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

From the description of Office of the President records: Harold T. Shapiro, 1961-2001. ( 1987-2001) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 179276683

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  • College administrators
  • Universities and colleges

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  • New Jersey--Princeton (as recorded)

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