Princetoniana - Chairs

Gregg Lange '70 joined the Princetoniana Committee in 2001 after seven years of service on the Committee on Reunions, including a term as Chair. His Princeton historical studies revolve around the podium narration of the annual Reunions P-rade, which he has conducted since 1993. He has been a Trustee of WPRB, the Princeton student radio station, for twenty years, and served for six as the President of the Corporation. He also served five-year terms as Reunions Chair and Secretary of the Great Class of 1970.

A resident of Montclair , New Jersey, he consults with media and entertainment companies on strategy, operations and interactive technology.

Jamie Spencer '66 (1997-2001)
jspencer@alumni.princeton.edu

Jamie Spencer '66 served as Chair of the Princetoniana Committee for two terms. When not helping to organize the university's archival records and mementos, he directs the Writing Center at the Florissant Valley campus of the St. Louis Community College. He also teaches English Composition at the college, and writes regular book reviews (plus occasional Op-ed pieces) for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He has been President of the Princeton Club of St. Louis, and has served on both the Schools and Regional Associations committees of the Alumni Council.

Cynthia Penney '83 (1995-1997)
cpenney@alumni.princeton.edu

Cynthia Penney â83 joined the Princetoniana Committee in 1994 and was appointed Chair the following year. Past volunteer work includes the Alumni Schools Committee, Annual Giving, and the Editorial Board of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Hugh de N. Wynne '39 (1987-1989)

Hugh Wynne retired from Exxon in 1976, and settled in Princeton where he has been extremely active in University and Community affairs. He has been President of his class for the past 15 years and a Vice President of the Historical Society of Princeton for 12.

In 1983, Wynne was instrumental in getting the Alumni Council to establish a Committee on Princetoniana for the purpose of accumulating worthwhile Princeton memorabilia for the archives or use on the campus. He has been intimately involved in many projects for the Princetoniana Committee:

Acquisition of the Palmer Tiger in Jadwin Gym (1983)
Publication of the Gargoyles Booklet for the Communications Office (1984)
Restoration of the 1879 Lions in Wilson College (1985-1999)
Return of the Princeton Student Statue in Jadwin Gym (1987)
Commenced research on beer jacket logos (1991)
Acquisition and Restoration of the FitzRandolph Gateway model (1994-1999)

Robert Alonzo Winters '35 (1982-1987)

Bob came to Princeton in 1935, after starting his schooling in a one-room school in Watkins New York and then attending Penn Yan Academy. Princeton changed his life: he majored in Economics, sang in the Choir for four years, and directed the University Orchestra for two years. He got to know Albert Einstein well, as well as Henry Norris Russell. He graduated magna cum laude. His friend, Dean J. Douglas Brown, told him "I was the first person cut off from Phi Beta Kappa.

His life after Princeton proved even more varied. He went on to earn a Masters from Tufts and a Ph D from Harvard. During the war he set rubber prices for the OPA. He ended his working life as a Princeton administrator.