A VIDEO OF PROF. CHARLES GILLISPIE’S REMINISCENCES

Doug Galbi ’86

Click the Play button at the left on the control bar below to view the video. The opening scenes are of a lunch and dinner in Princeton on December 1, 2007 of the interview committee, composed of former Sachs Scholars, who selected Pauline Yeung as the Scholar from the Class of 2008. The interview took place the following day in Charles Gillispie H 60's apartment.

A monumental stone building remains long beyond the form of its namer's dust. But the fragile, decaying matter of human lives, connected in ordinary ways, prevails. Not merely prevails, but grows. Daniel M. Sachs, Princeton Class of 1960, was a mighty footballer and a top-honors student. He attended Worcester College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship, and then Harvard Law School, and then married and had a daughter. At age 28, he died of cancer. At his death about forty years ago, Dan Sachs' friends and classmates established a fund to support Dan's family. They provided that, if Dan's family's needs were met, remaining funds would be for a scholarship in Dan's name. Thus the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship arose. To Charles and Emily Gillispie, thank you for so carefully remembering Dan Sachs.

Sachs Scholarship Archives

  • the University’s official  announcement  of the Sachs Scholarship for the current academic year
  • the University’s press releases announcing the naming as Sachs scholars of:
    •  Rafil Kroll-Zaidi ’03 
    •  Vincent Vitale ’04 
    •  Kyle Jaros ’05 
    • Dan-el Padilla Peralta ’06 
      •  Henry Lord ’60’s letter  reflecting on the choosing of Dan-el Padilla Peralta as the 2006 Scholar
      • Padilla Peralta’s  PAW article, reflecting on his immigration status
      • Padilla Peralta participates in a campus symposium, held on 12 November 2010, on the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act; a brief notice from PAW is  here 
    •  Joshua Goldsmith and Emily Stolzenberg ’07 
    •  Pauline Yeung ’08 
    •  Alexander Barnard ’09 
      • PAW’s story on Barnard’s freegan lifestyle is  here .
      • President Shirley Tilghman spoke highly of Barnard during her interview on The Charlie Rose Show, which may be seen  here .
    •  Josh Grehan ’10 
      • On Class Day, Grehan was awarded the Allen Macy Dulles ’51 Award as “the senior whose activities while at Princeton best represent or exemplify the University’s informal motto, Princeton in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations” (more information is  here ).
      • Grehan was also awarded the Richard D. Challener Thesis Prize in Canadian Studies (details are  here ), and the Chris Mello rugby award given to the player “who best demonstrates loyalty to the team on and off the field.”
      • And if that is not enough, Grehan has been elected to a four-year term on the Board of Trustees of the University as the Young Alumni Trustee representing the classes of 2008-11 (more information is  here ).
      • Grehan emailed President Philip Detjens and Harry Lord, the Class’s liaison to the Sachs Scholarship Program, on 25 July 2011, describing his first year in Oxford and expressing appreciation for the Class’s “generosity and kindness.” Read his email  here .
    •  Veronica “Ronnie” Shue-Ron Shi ’11 
      • the feature article in  The Daily Princetonian 
      • Ronnie is co-winner of the Department of Classics’ John J. Keaney Prize for the best senior thesis.  More 
      • Ronnie is the Class Salutatorian, responsible for the Latin address given at graduation, a task that surely was easier for her than it has been for others.  More 
    •  Olivia Waring ’12 
      • Read the announcement in The Daily Princetonian  here .

 

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