Eras Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

I was a history major at Princeton University; I took exams in war and diplomacy, and I find those things very fascinating.

— Dean Cain

Princeton ignited my intellectual curiosity and introduced me to a new social world. It... challenged me on the most fundamental levels imaginable. It was…

— Bill Bradley

I loved college, I loved Princeton.

— Mellody Hobson

I went to Princeton specifically to study physics.

— Jeff Bezos

In 1992, when I was 16, I moved to the United States to start working on my Ph.D. at Princeton University in New Jersey.

— Terence Tao

And then, when I left Princeton in the middle of my sophomore year, I went into the navy.

— Harry Mathews

At BYU, I discovered history, then historiography. I became fascinated with the study of historians and historical trends, with the idea that the way…

— Tara Westover

Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies…

— Harold E. Varmus

Princeton has made an enormous difference in my life, and I am delighted to be able to express my gratitude in such a tangible…

— Gordon Wu

A generation earlier, I think that somebody from my background probably would not have felt fully comfortable at a college like Princeton. But, by…

— Samuel Alito

I left Princeton, but I graduated Harvard, in 1952.

— Harry Mathews

The truth is, I love history and studied it in college, with a particular focus on early American history. My love is so deep,…

— Alexandra Bracken