School Days

New Yorker by Jeffrey Toobin | Jun. 8, 2009 (Interview)

William G. Bowen joined the faculty of Princeton in 1958. He became provost in 1967 and served as president of Princeton from 1972, the year Sonia Sotomayor matriculated as a freshman, until 1988. At Princeton, Bowen was involved in the decision to admit women to the university and recruit more minority applicants and faculty, and his 1998 book, “The Shape of the River,” co-written with the former Harvard University president Derek Bok, was the first ... Full Story »

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Tanya J. Maurer
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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Jun. 9, 2009

The title tells very little. The interview speaks of Sotomayor and Princeton, and speaks of civil rights and affirmative action.

I think the criticisms that you identified are entirely off-the-mark. This is a woman of enormous ability. She was going to succeed and going to thrive wherever she was, in any setting. And she did. She accomplished what she accomplished because she was good! I mean, not only was she incredibly smart, as I think there’s plenty of evidence to demonstrate, but she was … very steady and mature. Remarkably mature. That’s one of the things I remember about her. And so she put her talents to very good use, to very constructive use.

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