Alumni Day
Planned for Feb. 19, 2022, Alumni Day provides a glimpse of campus life when the University is in session, featuring lectures by alumni award winners and Princeton’s top faculty, the annual Service of Remembrance, family programming, and more.
The Woodrow Wilson Award and James Madison Medal
Before we announce this year’s Alumni Day award winners, take a look back at the past recipients of the most prestigious awards presented at Alumni Day.
History of Alumni Day
First observed on Lincoln’s birthday in 1915, the day drew 100 alumni to what the PAW called “an intellectual pilgrimage” to Princeton. From 1916 to 1955, it was on Washington’s birthday; thereafter, it has been on a Saturday nearest February 22.
Service of Remembrance 2021
A cherished part of Alumni Day, the University’s annual memorial service honors those Princetonians — alumni, students, faculty and staff — whose deaths were recorded during the prior calendar year.
Nominations for Alumni Day’s Highest Honors
Recipients of the Woodrow Wilson Award and Madison Medal 2020
Alumni Day 2022 will be held on campus on February 19, and you can find details here as they develop.
Other Alumni Day Awards
Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize
The Pyne Honor Prize, established in 1921, is awarded to the senior who has most clearly manifested excellent scholarship, strength of character and effective leadership. Previous recipients include former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and current U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship
The Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton's top honor for graduate students, supports the final year of study and is awarded to students whose work has exhibited the highest scholarly excellence.
