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{{Infobox NRHP
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| name =Cloister Inn
| name = Cloister Inn
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| partof = [[Princeton Historic District (Princeton, New Jersey)|Princeton Historic District]]
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| location= 65 Prospect Ave, [[Princeton, New Jersey]]
| location = 65 Prospect Ave, [[Princeton, New Jersey]]
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| lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 20 | lat_seconds = 55.0 | lat_direction = N
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| long_degrees = 74 | long_minutes = 39 | long_seconds = 02.0 | long_direction = W
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| locmapin = Mercer County, New Jersey
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| built = 1924
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| architect = Albert Relsen
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| built =1924
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| architecture = [[Collegiate Gothic]]
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| architect=Albert Relsen
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| added = 27 June 1975
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| architecture=[[Collegiate Gothic]]
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| added = 27 June, 1975
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{{for|the hotel in [[Boca Raton, Florida]]|Boca Raton Resort}}
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'''Cloister Inn''' is one of the undergraduate [[Eating club (Princeton University)|eating clubs at Princeton University]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States]].


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Founded in 1912, Cloister occupies a [[neo-Gothic]] building on Prospect Avenue, between [[Cap and Gown Club]] and [[Princeton Charter Club|Charter Club]]. Cloister closed temporarily in 1972, becoming open to all Princeton alumni, before reopening as an undergraduate club in 1977. The club is "sign-in", meaning that it selects its members from a lottery process rather than the [[Eating club (Princeton University)#Bicker|bicker]] process used by several of the eating clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etcweb.princeton.edu/Campus/text_Cloister.html|title=Cloister Inn|website=Princeton University|access-date=2016-04-16}}</ref> Cloister typically attracts an athletic crowd and its members often include a number of Olympians. The official motto of the club is “Where everybody knows your name”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://princetoneatingclubs.org/eating-club/cloister-inn/|title=Cloister Inn|website=The Eating Clubs of Princeton University|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-16}}</ref>
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'''Cloister Inn''' is one of the undergraduate [[Eating club (Princeton University)|eating clubs at Princeton University]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]], [[United States]].

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Founded in 1912, Cloister occupies a [[neo-Gothic]] building on Prospect Avenue, between [[Cap and Gown Club]] and [[Princeton Charter Club|Charter Club]]. Cloister closed temporarily in 1972, becoming open to all Princeton alumni, before reopening as an undergraduate club in 1977. The club is "sign-in", meaning that it selects its members from a lottery process rather than the [[Eating club (Princeton University)#Bicker|bicker]] process used by several of the eating clubs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cloister Inn|url=http://etcweb.princeton.edu/Campus/text_Cloister.html|website=Princeton University}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Cloister Inn was founded in 1912. The present building was constructed in 1924.
Cloister Inn was founded in 1912. The present building was constructed in 1924.


It was designed by architects R.H. Scannell and [[Charles Lewis Bowman]] [https://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/nr_nomntns_03_09_2017_SRB_drafts/Princeton%20HD%20(Bndry%20Incr+Additl%20Doc)_2017-01-03_WEB.pdf NRHP]
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More recently, Cloister received mention in Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason's 2004 bestselling novel ''The Rule of Four''. Caldwell, a 1998 graduate of Princeton, was a member of Cloister.<ref>[http://webscript.princeton.edu/~cloister/history.php Cloister Inn: History]</ref>

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Cloister received mention in Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason's 2004 bestselling novel ''The Rule of Four''. Caldwell, a 1998 graduate of Princeton, was a member of Cloister.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://cloisterinn.com/history/|title=History {{!}} Cloister Inn|website=cloisterinn.com|access-date=2016-04-16}}</ref>

== Notable alumni ==

=== Business ===
* [[Robert Briskman]] '54, co-founder of [[Sirius Satellite Radio]] and Technical Executive of [[Sirius XM Radio]]
* [[Tad Smith]] '87, chief executive of [[Sotheby's]]


== Notable Alumni ==
=== Literature and the arts ===
* [[Craig Mazin]] '92, screenwriter and director <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/clmazin/status/389182318922854400|title=Craig Mazin on Twitter|website=Twitter|access-date=2016-04-16}}</ref>
=== Literature and the Arts ===
*[[Ian Caldwell]] '98, co-author of the bestselling novel "[[The Rule of Four (book)|The Rule of Four]]", which was set at Princeton and includes several scenes that take place at Cloister <ref>[http://cloisterinn.com/history/]</ref>
* [[Ian Caldwell]] '98, co-author of the bestselling novel ''[[The Rule of Four (book)|The Rule of Four]]'', which was set at Princeton and includes several scenes that take place at Cloister<ref name=":0" />
*[[Nicholas Confessore]] '98, political correspondent for [[The New York Times]]
* [[Nicholas Confessore]] '98, political correspondent for ''[[The New York Times]]''


=== Politics, Government, and Public Affairs ===
=== Politics, government, and public affairs ===
*[[Anne-Marie Slaughter]] '80, president and CEO of the [[New America Foundation]] and former [[Director of Policy Planning]] for the [[U.S. State Department]] <ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2013/05/as-she-transitions-out-of-princeton-slaughter-80-remembers-undergraduate-years/]</ref>
* [[Anne-Marie Slaughter]] '80, president and CEO of the [[New America Foundation]] and former [[director of policy planning]] for the [[U.S. State Department]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2013/05/as-she-transitions-out-of-princeton-slaughter-80-remembers-undergraduate-years/|title=As she transitions out of Princeton, Slaughter '80 remembers undergraduate years|last=Duazo|first=Catherine|date=2013-05-01|website=The Daily Princetonian|access-date=2016-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505235109/http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2013/05/as-she-transitions-out-of-princeton-slaughter-80-remembers-undergraduate-years/|archive-date=2016-05-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Eliot Spitzer]] '81, former New York governor <ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2008/03/spitzer-81-resigns-as-n-y-gov Spitzer '81 resigns as N.Y. gov]</ref>
* [[Eliot Spitzer]] '81, former New York governor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2008/03/spitzer-81-resigns-as-n-y-gov|title=Spitzer '81 resigns as N.Y. Gov.|last=Lack|first=Kelly|date=2008-03-13|website=The Daily Princetonian|access-date=2016-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604074319/http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2008/03/spitzer-81-resigns-as-n-y-gov/|archive-date=2016-06-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Elena Kagan]] '81, United States Supreme Court justice <ref>[http://webscript.princeton.edu/~cloister/information.php Cloister Inn]</ref>
* [[Elena Kagan]] '81, United States Supreme Court justice<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://webscript.princeton.edu/~cloister/information.php |title=Cloister Inn |access-date=2008-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003080324/http://webscript.princeton.edu/~cloister/information.php |archive-date=2008-10-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Better source|date=April 2016}}
*[[Nan Hayworth]] '81, former [[U.S. Representative]] for [[New York's 19th congressional district]] <ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2010/11/eyeing-congress-hayworth-81/]</ref>
*[[Nan Hayworth]] '81, former [[U.S. representative]] for [[New York's 19th congressional district]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2010/11/eyeing-congress-hayworth-81/|title=Eyeing Congress: Hayworth ’81|last=Brown|first=Randolph|date=2010-11-24|website=The Daily Princetonian|access-date=2016-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505210301/http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2010/11/eyeing-congress-hayworth-81/|archive-date=2016-05-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Chris Lu]] '88, [[United States Deputy Secretary of Labor]] <ref>[http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/04/chris-lu-profile/]</ref>
* [[Chris Lu]] '88, [[United States Deputy Secretary of Labor]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/04/chris-lu-profile/|title=Long time Obama aide and long time writer of classmate news: Chris Lu '88|last=Donnelly|first=Jacob|date=2014-04-20|website=The Daily Princetonian|access-date=2016-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428163224/http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/04/chris-lu-profile/|archive-date=2016-04-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Nuala O'Connor]] '89, current president of the [[Center for Democracy and Technology]] and inaugural Chief Privacy Officer for the [[US Department of Homeland Security]]
* [[Nuala O'Connor (technologist)|Nuala O'Connor]] '89, current president of the [[Center for Democracy and Technology]] and inaugural Chief Privacy Officer for the [[US Department of Homeland Security]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}
* [[Charles W. Yost]] '28, U.S. ambassador to Laos, Syria, Morocco, and U.S. ambassador to the [[United Nations]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}


=== Sport ===
=== Sport ===
*[[Frank Anger]] '61, member of the United States team in [[Fencing at the Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]] in 1962 <ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Frank Anger]] '61, member of the United States team in [[Fencing at the Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]] in 1962<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d|title=Cloister Innsider: Fall 2015|website=Issuu|access-date=2016-04-16}}</ref>
*[[Derek Bouchard-Hall]] '92, former professional cyclist, competitor in the men's team pursuit in [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics]], and current CEO and president of [[USA Cycling]]
* [[Derek Bouchard-Hall]] '92, former professional cyclist, competitor in the men's team pursuit in [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics]], and current CEO and president of [[USA Cycling]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}
*[[Danika Holbrook]] '95, competitor for the United States in [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's quadruple sculls]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
*[[Danika Holbrook]] '95, competitor for the United States in [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's quadruple sculls]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Morgan Crooks]] '98, competitor for Canada in [[Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Morgan Crooks]] '98, competitor for Canada in [[Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Chris Ahrens (rower)|Chris Ahrens]] '98, gold medalist in the Men's Eights event in [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[http://cloisterinn.com/history/]</ref>
* [[Chris Ahrens (rower)|Chris Ahrens]] '98, gold medalist in the Men's Eights event in [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Thomas Herschmiller]] '01, silver medalist for Canada in [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Thomas Herschmiller]] '01, silver medalist for Canada in [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Paul Teti]] '01, three-time member of the United States Olympic [[rowing]] team<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Paul Teti]] '01, three-time member of the United States Olympic [[rowing (sport)|rowing]] team<ref name=":1" />
*[[Lia Pernell]] '03, competitor for the United States in [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Lia Pernell]] '03, competitor for the United States in [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Juan Pablo Valdivieso]] '04, two-time member of [[Peru]]'s Olympic swimming team<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Juan Pablo Valdivieso]] '04, two-time member of [[Peru]]'s Olympic swimming team<ref name=":1" />
*[[Samuel Loch]] '06, Australian [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] who competed in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics]] <ref>[http://cloisterinn.com/history/]</ref>
* [[Samuel Loch]] '06, Australian [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] who competed in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Steven Coppola]] '06, bronze medalist for the United States in [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's eight]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Steven Coppola]] '06, bronze medalist for the United States in [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's eight]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Caroline Lind]] '06, two-time Olympic gold medalist for the United States in [[Women's rowing]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Caroline Lind]] '06, two-time Olympic gold medalist for the United States in [[Women's rowing]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Genevra Stone]] '07, six-time winner of the women's championship singles event at [[Head of the Charles Regatta]] and competitor for the United States in [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's single sculls]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Genevra Stone]] '07, six-time winner of the women's championship singles event at [[Head of the Charles Regatta]] and competitor for the United States in [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's single sculls]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Glenn Ochal]] '08, bronze medalist for the United States in [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's coxless four]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Glenn Ochal]] '08, bronze medalist for the United States in [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's coxless four]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Douglas Lennox-Silva]] '09, [[swimmer]] who represented [[Puerto Rico]] in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Douglas Lennox-Silva]] '09, [[swimmer]] who represented [[Puerto Rico]] in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Grant Wentworth]] '09, record holder in [[open water swimming]]<ref>[https://blogs.princeton.edu/paw/2015/08/tiger-of-the-week-grant-wentworth-09-swims-with-sharks-to-raise-money-for-cancer-care/]</ref> for the solo swim from [[Cape Cod]] to [[Nantucket]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Grant Wentworth]] '09, record holder in [[open water swimming]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.princeton.edu/paw/2015/08/tiger-of-the-week-grant-wentworth-09-swims-with-sharks-to-raise-money-for-cancer-care/|title=Tiger of the Week: Grant Wentworth ’09 Swims With Sharks to Raise Money for Cancer Care|website=Princeton Alumni Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-16}}</ref> for the solo swim from [[Cape Cod]] to [[Nantucket]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Sara Hendershot]] '10, representative of the United States in [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Sara Hendershot]] '10, representative of the United States in [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Robin Prendes]] '11, representative of the United States in [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's coxless four|men's coxless four]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Robin Prendes]] '11, representative of the United States in [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's coxless four|men's coxless four]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Bryan Tay]] '12, [[Singapore]]'s sole representative in men's [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Bryan Tay]] '12, [[Singapore]]'s sole representative in men's [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Susie Scanlan]] '14, American [[epee]] fencer who won a bronze medal in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]</ref>[http://issuu.com/cloisterinn/docs/151124__1040_innsider_f_15_design_d]</ref>
* [[Susie Scanlan]] '14, American [[epee]] fencer who won a bronze medal in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":1" />
* [[Nick Mead (rower)|Nick Mead]] '17, gold medalist for the United States in Rowing at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] - [[Coxless four|Men's coxless four]]
* Hadley Clayton ‘23, founding member of the Princeton Varsity Women’s Rugby Team.


== References ==
== References ==
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Cloister Inn
Cloister Inn is located in Mercer County, New Jersey
Cloister Inn
Cloister Inn is located in New Jersey
Cloister Inn
Cloister Inn is located in the United States
Cloister Inn
Location65 Prospect Ave, Princeton, New Jersey
Coordinates40°20′55.0″N 74°39′02.0″W / 40.348611°N 74.650556°W / 40.348611; -74.650556
Built1924
ArchitectAlbert Relsen
Architectural styleCollegiate Gothic
Part ofPrinceton Historic District (ID75001143[1])
Added to NRHP27 June 1975
For the hotel in Boca Raton, Florida, see Boca Raton Resort.

Cloister Inn is one of the undergraduate eating clubs at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.

Founded in 1912, Cloister occupies a neo-Gothic building on Prospect Avenue, between Cap and Gown Club and Charter Club. Cloister closed temporarily in 1972, becoming open to all Princeton alumni, before reopening as an undergraduate club in 1977. The club is "sign-in", meaning that it selects its members from a lottery process rather than the bicker process used by several of the eating clubs.[2] Cloister typically attracts an athletic crowd and its members often include a number of Olympians. The official motto of the club is “Where everybody knows your name”.[3]

History

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Cloister Inn was founded in 1912. The present building was constructed in 1924.

It was designed by architects R.H. Scannell and Charles Lewis Bowman NRHP

Cloister received mention in Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason's 2004 bestselling novel The Rule of Four. Caldwell, a 1998 graduate of Princeton, was a member of Cloister.[4]

Notable alumni

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Business

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Literature and the arts

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Politics, government, and public affairs

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Sport

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References

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  1. ^ "Princeton Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ^ "Cloister Inn". Princeton University. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  3. ^ "Cloister Inn". The Eating Clubs of Princeton University. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  4. ^ a b c "History | Cloister Inn". cloisterinn.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  5. ^ "Craig Mazin on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  6. ^ Duazo, Catherine (2013-05-01). "As she transitions out of Princeton, Slaughter '80 remembers undergraduate years". The Daily Princetonian. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  7. ^ Lack, Kelly (2008-03-13). "Spitzer '81 resigns as N.Y. Gov". The Daily Princetonian. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  8. ^ "Cloister Inn". Archived from the original on 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  9. ^ Brown, Randolph (2010-11-24). "Eyeing Congress: Hayworth '81". The Daily Princetonian. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  10. ^ Donnelly, Jacob (2014-04-20). "Long time Obama aide and long time writer of classmate news: Chris Lu '88". The Daily Princetonian. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Cloister Innsider: Fall 2015". Issuu. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  12. ^ "Tiger of the Week: Grant Wentworth '09 Swims With Sharks to Raise Money for Cancer Care". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
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