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Rocky Mountain Princeton Club NEWSLETTER
Fall 2007
Upcoming Events
Mark your Calendar

December 19, 2007: Annual Holiday Lunch at the University Club
An RSVP form is included in this newsletter
January 27, 2008 Tigerlilies in Concert - details to follow
March 2, 2008: Ski Train to Winter Park
(details below and VIA EMAIL closer to the event)
Monthly All-Ivy Happy Hours (Denver, Boulder, Ft. Collins)
(watch email announcements to Young Alumni)
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Annual Holiday Luncheon at the University Club

DECEMBER 19 (Wednesday)
The University Club
1673 Sherman Street
11:30 Cash bar
for 12:00 Lunch
Cost: $35

Our annual holiday luncheon will once again be held at the University Club in Denver. Please RSVP using the tear off strip included in this newsletter, or call Bob Ireland at 303-780-5812. Following tradition, current undergraduates will be our special guests and will offer a few words on their Princeton experiences.

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ASPIRE - A Plan for Princeton

On the evening of November 9, President Shirley Tilghman launched Princeton's latest capital campaign, seeking $1.75 billion over the next five years.

A Comprehensive Campaign

Princeton aspires to be a great research university with the heart and soul of a liberal arts college. It strives to open wide the doors of opportunity, and to make the world a better place through the power of the mind and the imagination, through the insights and discoveries of its faculty, and through the contributions of its alumni in their careers and communities, to their nations and all nations.
The President and Trustees announced a new five-year campaign that has three principal goals.

One is to enhance the programs and commitments that form the core of the Princeton experience inside and outside the classroom.

Another is to expand our capacities in selected areas, from engineering to the arts, and from a deeper un-derstanding of the mind to a broader citizenship in the world.

The third is to encourage all Princetonians to engage more fully in the life of this remarkable University and help shape its future.

All of us in this generation have benefited greatly from the aspirations and the generosity of earlier generations. Now it is our turn to aim high and be bold in making it possible for future generations of students and faculty to excel and invent, to imagine and discover, to connect and thrive. Through this campaign we ask all of our alumni, parents, and friends to help Princeton achieve its highest aspirations.
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Ski Train 2008 Aboard the Rail Car Mt. Princeton

Date: March 2, 2008 (Sunday)
Ski Train Location: Union Station, Denver, 17th and Wynkoop Streets, LoDo.
Parking: Available at Union Station for $10 CASH ONLY. Please allow 20-30 minutes to park and board the train. On Sundays, meters in the area are free.
Time: Boarding begins at 6:30AM, departure is promptly at 7:15AM. Departs Winter Park promptly at 4:15PM. Travel time is about 2 hours 15 minutes each way.
Train ticket cost: $44 for all ages.
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED!
Complete details will follow via e-mail. Just another reason to assure you that receive our RMPC email!
Organizer: Cole DeForest '06, phone 303-506-9725
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RMPC Annual Dues
(2007-2008)

The Rocky Mountain Princeton Club depends upon the continued support of its many members in Colorado and Wyoming.

Your tax-deductible dues payment covers the cost of mailings, supports our Schools Committee's work in attracting promising students to Princeton, underwrites community service projects, and allows visiting faculty and current undergrads to be our guests at functions.

Please return your dues check along with the tear-off strip. We thank you for your support, as your participation is vital to the success of the Club. We are especially grateful to those alumni who contribute generously at the level of Sustaining and Patron memberships. The RMPC scholarship fund is also available for your consideration.
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Julio Felipe May-Gamboa '09 Receives RMPC Scholarship

Again this academic year, the Rocky Mountain Princeton Club Scholarship has been awarded to Julio May-Gamboa of the Class of 2009.

Mr. May-Gamboa is a Germanic Language and Literature major, planning a career in journalism after Princeton. He is a member of Whig-Clio, the Evangelical Fellowship, plays intramural sports, and is on the staff of WPRB Radio.

Hopefully Julio can meet fellow RMPC folks at the December 19th luncheon!

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Rocky Mountain Princetonians volunteer for Habitat

On a sunny September Saturday, ten local Princetonians spent the day hammering for the homeless.

Habitat for Humanity of Colorado's Director of Operations, Irene Perez Law '92 recently con\veyed Blue Spruce Habitat's appreciation to the happy group you see pictured below.

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Colorado Princetonians of the Class of 2011

Colorado will be represented by six new members of Princeton's Class of 2011. There were 184 applicants to the University from Colorado this year, an increase of 17 from last year's 167 applicants. The new Princetonians were selected from 18,942 total applicants

Congratulations and welcome to:

Brooks Barron...................Dawson School
Maggie Boberg..................Mullen High School
Jordan Cruzzavala.............Telluride High School
Marissa Sampias..............Regis High School
Marcus Stewart................. Valley High School
Erin Tochihara...................Kent Denver School

Once again, THANKS to Don Kirkpatrick '71 and the volunteers of the RMPC Alumni Schools Committee.

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Obituary: Regretfully, the RMPC reports the July passing of former president David P. Schumacher '70. Dave was a spirited volunteer and will be greatly missed. The Club was represented by president Bob Ireland '76 at a memorial service held on July 22, 2007.

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Your phone number __________________

Your email address ___________________________________

Please have someone contact me about:

Schools Committee........................______

Other Volunteer opportunities........______

Holiday Luncheon: ___ people at $35.00 ______

Annual Dues:
Regular membership ($30)............______

Sustaining member ($50)...............______

Patron member ($100)....................______

Classes of '03-'07 ($15).................______

RMPC Scholarship............................______

............................................Total.........______

Please return this strip with your check
(payable to Rocky Mountain Princeton Club) to:

Rocky Mountain Princeton Club
c/o Bob Ireland '76
5590 S. Helena St.
Centennial, CO 80015

email: ireland@alumni.princeton.edu