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Eisgruber ’83 in conversation with alumni leaders at upcoming gatherings around the country to celebrate the Venture Forward campaign and learn what’s next for Princeton.  \nDecember 3, 2025  \nBOSTON  \nMelissa Wu ’99  \nChief Executive Officer, Education Pioneers  \nJanuary 21, 2026  \nCHICAGO  \nJohn Rogers ’80 Co-Chief Executive Officer, Ariel Capital Management  \nMarch 10, 2026  \nSAN FRANCISCO Mason Morfit ’97 Co-Chief Executive Officer,  \nValueAct Capital  \nMarch 12, 2026  \nLOS ANGELES  \nBob Peck ’88  \nManaging Director, Fremont Group  \nApril 16, 2026  \nNEW YORK  \nLouise Sams ’79  \nChair, Board of Trustees of Princeton University  \n“Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right,”President Eisgruber’s new book, will be available for purchase at the events.  \nLEARN MORE:  \nFollow @PrincetonAlumni    [Visit alumni.princeton.edu](Visit alumni.princeton.edu) for event information.  \nCONTENTS  \nDECEMBER 2025 VOLUME 126 NUMBER 4  \nAn editorially independent magazine by alumni for alumni since 1900  \nTRICK OR TREAT?  \nAre these the Louvre art thieves plotting their next heist, orjust students attending theart museum’s Halloween-night opening?  \nSeepage36.  \nTOR I REPP / FOTOBUDDY  \nFEATURES  \n30 The Contender  \nMichael Park ’98’s rise in the judiciary has made him a leading candidate for a Supreme Court seat.  \nBY P . G . SIT TE NFELD ’0 7  \n36 Night at the New Art Museum  \nNearly 22,000 people—many in costume—turned out for a 24-hour open house at Princeton’s  \nlong-awaited new museum.  \nBY MARK F . BERNS TEIN ’83  \nON THE COVER  \nMichael Park ’98 in his New York office, where he serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, a position he assumed following confirmation in May 2019. Photograph by Stephen Voss  \nDEPARTMENTS  \n2 The President’s Page  \n3 Inbox  \n6 On the Campus  \n19 Research  \n42 Princetonians  \n47 Class Notes  \n62 Memorials  \n71 Classifieds  \n72 Princeton Portrait  \nPrinceton Alumni Weekly (I.S.S.N. 0149-9270) is an editorially independent, nonprofit magazine supported by Princeton University and paid advertising. Its purpose is to report with impartiality news of the alumni, the administration, the faculty, and the student body ofPrinceton University. The views expressed in the Princeton Alumni Weekly do not necessarily represent official positions ofthe University. The magazine is published monthly  \nwith a combined July/August issue. Princeton Alumni Weekly, 194 Nassau Street, Suite 38, Princeton, NJ 08542. Tel 609-258-4885; [email paw@princeton.edu](email paw@princeton.edu); [website paw.princeton.edu. Printed by Fry Communications Inc](website paw.princeton.edu. Printed by Fry Communications Inc).,  \nMechanicsburg, Pa. Annual subscription: $30 ($34 outside the U.S.), single issue: $2. Copyright © 2025 the Trustees of Princeton University. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Periodicals postage paid at Princeton, N.J., and at additional mailing offices. 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