Princeton Class of 2011 Graduation Events

In late May, 2011, Kareem Maddox, my nephew, graduated from Princeton University, after a successful four years of basketball and academics. Family arrived from as far away as Abu Dhabi to celebrate his accomplishments at a variety campus events over three days.

A key member of the 2010-2011 Ivy League mens basketball champion Princeton Tigers, Kareem was first team All Ivy League and Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, in his senior season. He will play basketball professionally in Holland next year.





























Baseball great Henry Aaron receives an honorary degree

Princeton Class of 1987 grad Brooke Shields delivers Class Day keynote speech

Day in DC

On our way to New Jersey for my brother’s older son’s Princeton graduation, Liis and I spent May 28, 2011, in Washington DC. Only four days after Liis’ U.S. citizenship ceremony, it was instructive to be in the nation’s capitol and experience demonstrations in front of the White House, exemplifying what she’d studied in preparation for her citizenship exam. We ambled around the mall and White House areas on a very warm day, with no particular goal in mind.