Class of 2016 Welcome Event Coming Up!

Princeton Alumni Association of Nevada cordially invites you to the Class of 2016 Welcome Event for the southern chapter. Please come join us in welcoming southern Nevada's newly accepted tigers!!!!

There will be appetizers, drinks, and a chance to meet and greet some of the area's students that have been accepted to Princeton. Though some of them may not have made their final decision to come to Princeton yet, this is a great opportunity to welcome them into the Princeton family, and show how Princeton ties are key long after graduation.

We look forward to seeing you there! Please RSVP to Jaime Laxalt (see below), but feel free to pay the suggested donation via pay pal here on our site!

Class of 2016 Welcome!

Saturday, April 21, at 3pm

Republic Kitchen
9470 S. Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas, NV

$10 suggested donation for alums, free for newly accepted students
Please RSVP to Jaime Laxalt at jaimet2@alumni.princeton.edu by April 16

Happy Holidays!

We have been invited to join our Yale friends on December 29th for a holiday party. Please see below for details. Also, we are beginning our annual dues drive. Please mail in a check for $25.00 payable to Princeton Alumni Association of Neavada to:

PAANc/o Nick Donath
3008 Waterbury Peak Court
Henderson, NV 89052

Thanks and ....See you soon!

Date: Thursday, December 29Time: 6:30 - 9:00
Location: Mob Bar - 201 N. 3rd Street (Free validated parking available at garage between 3rd & 4th on Ogden).
RSVP: yaleclubnv@gmail.com

I am very happy to announce our 3rd Annual Speaker Event and Party! This year, as is our custom, we rotate back to Southern Nevada.Please join us in welcoming Princeton Professor Maria DiBattista as she delivers her popular talk: "Am I Laughing? Film Comedies of the Great
Depression" on Friday, October 28, 2011 at Republic Bar and Restaurant.

The event will be from 6:00-9:00 pm. Republic is located at 9470 S. Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89123. Check out Republic on their website: www.republickitchenandbar.com There is plenty of parking. Appetizers will be served; cash bar.

This year we will be inviting our Harvard, Yale and Stanford freinds so we expect quite a crowd.
Please RSVP to ndonath@bengalrealty.com . As always, even if you cannot commit in advance, you are always welcome last minute!

We are getting together on Thursday, March 3rd at Republic! Please join us at 6:00 pm for drinks, appetizers, billiards and general merriment at 9470 South Eastern (just south of the 215 on the west side of Eastern). The menu at Republic is great and the folks there have given us a
private room upstairs where all the fun is!

So far the response has been good. If you are available to stop in, please reply to this email.
Our first PAAN event of the year in Reno was a success as several of us, as well as a few of our Harvard friends, got together at the Brew House in Reno to cheer on the mens' hoops team as it dispatched of the Crimson.

Let's make the second PAAN event of the year a success!

Dear Nevada Princetonian!

On behalf of the Princeton Alumni Association of Nevada, I would like to wish you and your family happy and peaceful holiday season.

2010 was PAAN’s 2nd full year as an official regional alumni association. This year, we have continued our success in holding a diverse array of events in both the Reno and Las Vegas areas including: Our 2nd Annual Event in Reno, informal gatherings for televised lacrosse and football games in both the north and south, and an admitted students’ social in Las Vegas.

Our Alumni Schools Committee has also continued to be extremely successful in reaching out to all of the applicants to Princeton both for interviews, and once they have been admitted. As a result, our region boasts a very high yield.

This year, we are planning our 3rd Annual Event in Las Vegas for the spring as well as several casual get-togethers in Reno and Las Vegas throughout the year. I will be contacting you with details on upcoming events in January.

As we begin 2011, I would like to ask you to support PAAN in our 3rd full year as an official Princeton University regional alumni association with your annual dues contribution of $25.00. Your dues contribution and any additional donations should be tax deductible as we
have 501(c)(3) non-profit status.

If you are unable to contribute this year, or if you are only able to contribute a smaller amount, this in no way affects your status as a member of PAAN. All members are always welcome at all events! We have recently added the convenient option of donating to PAAN through PayPal. Please use the “donate” button on our website at www.paanevada.blogspot.com, or simply mail in a check payable to the Princeton Alumni Association of Nevada to:

Princeton Alumni Association of Nevadac/o Nick Donath '83
3008 Waterbury Peak Court
Henderson, NV 89052
Thank you!

I look forward to seeing all of you in 2011.

2nd Annual Event in Reno a Hit!

PAAN continues to gain momentum.

On Saturday, August 7^th, approximately 25 Tigers as well as 10 Harvard and Yale alums met at the beautiful home of John and Carol Ann Badwick p’11, p’13 in Reno for an afternoon (and evening!) of merriment and edification.

Professor Lawrence Rosen from the Princeton Department of Anthropology was the guest speaker and entertained the audience with a 45-minute talk taking the listeners on a walk through a typical Arab town. This cultural expose’ was followed by questions and answers and, of course, more wine, cheese and sushi.

Princetonians in attendance included: Kirk Keil ’92, Matt McCormack ’93, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brown p’06, Dr. and Mrs. Mike Lee ’55, Eric Casas ’00, Mr. and Mrs. John Badwick p’11 and p’13, James Badwick ’13, Mr. and Mrs. Norm Stephens ’64, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Gustafson ’55, PAAN Secretary Tim Lyons ’94, PAAN Technology Chair Greg Duncan ‘84, PAAN Northern Nevada Events Coordinator “Woody” Woodhouse ’59, Sybil Woodhouse s’59, PAAN ASC Chair Matt Mullin ’01, PAAN President Nick Donath ’83 and Professor Lawrence Rosen.

As is becoming our tradition to rotate between the North and South, we will be holding our 3^rd Annual Meeting in the Las Vegas area in the Spring.

2nd Annual Meeting and Speaker Event

Dear Nevada Princetonian!

In just 10 days, we will be having our 2nd Annual Association Meeting and Speaker Event in Reno!

So far, quite a few of you have already indicated you will be attending. Your PAAN officers, Matt Mullin '01 (ASC Chair), Greg Duncan '84 (Technology Chair), Tim Lyons '94 (Secretary) and I will all be there! Three of us are flying up from Las Vegas and are looking forward to a cooler day!

We have extended the invitation to include local Harvard and Yale alumni as well - several of whom will be attending!

Please RSVP to Woody Woodhouse '59 by email.

Event details:

Guest Speaker: Professor Lawrence Rosen, Princeton University Department of Anthropology

Date and Time: Saturday, August 7th from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location: The Home of John and Carol Ann Badwick p'11, p'13, Reno, NV

Here is a brief "bio" of our guest speaker:

Lawrence Rosen’s interest in anthropology developed while he was an undergraduate at Brandeis University, and during his junior year at the University of London. Initially, he wanted to do fieldwork for his Ph.D. in Indonesia, but after civil war broke out there he

transferred his project to Morocco, completing his degree at the University of Chicago in 1968.

He was immediately offered a job at Princeton but turned it down and spent the next three years on postdoctoral fellowships, including one at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He had always been interested in socio-legal problems, and decided to return for a law degree at Chicago (“a very primitive society, indeed!”). While in law school he developed his interests in the legal problems of Native Americans, and from time to time over the years has done pro bono work for a variety of Indian groups.

After three years on the faculty at Duke University he came to Princeton in 1977. Since that time he has also held an appointment as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and has been a visiting professor at the law schools of Georgetown, Northwestern, and the University of Pennsylvania.

In 1981, he was named to the first group of recipients of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Award. He has been a fellow of colleges at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the Fulbright Commission, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He served as chair of his department at Princeton for eleven years; he has also served as chair of the University’s Judicial Committee, as a member of the Priorities [Budget] Committee, and on the panel that helped plan the Frist Campus Center. At Princeton he has also been awarded the President’s Distinguished Teaching Award and has been honored by the Ombudsman’s Office and several university women’s organizations. The author of seven books on North African society, Islamic law, American law, and the culture of Islam he is currently at work on a study of memory in Morocco. His newest book, Varieties of Muslim Experience, will be published by the University of Chicago Press in the spring of 2008.

It is definitely not too late to RSVP and come join fellow alumni and their guests for an afternoon of merriment and fascinating discussion!

See you soon.

Nick

Nick Donath '83

President