ANNUAL DINNER
FEATURING Princeton Professor Coleen T. Murphy

- Monday, APRIL 28, 2025 -

 

To Tigers of all stripes!

Let's enjoy each other's company again at the historic Chicago landmark City Hall, starting with an extended cocktail/apps party (in lieu of a sit-down dinner) at the adjacent bar Recess, before adjourning to the program next door.

annual-dinner-2025_coleen-murphy-pu-photo-12-2024--002-Join fellow alumni, parents, and friends (see attendee list below) as we enjoy a robust program, including a keynote by Professor Coleen T. Murphy, the James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences in Molecular Biology at Princeton University, where she has been a faculty member since 2005. Leading the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at the university, she also is the Director of the Glenn Foundation for Research on Aging at Princeton and the Director of the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity in the Aging Brain. We are thrilled to hear her research insights on longevity and healthspan, topics relevant to all audiences.

 

We will also recognize two alumni for their distinguished service to Princeton and to our Chicagoland community.

Lastly, Jennifer Caputo, the Princeton's Deputy Vice President for Alumni Engagement, will be presenting the 2024 Austin P. Leland Award to the Princeton Club of Chicago, "in recognition of general excellence in regional alumni activities." Come one and all to celebrate the Club and our community together!


 

The Princeton Club of Chicago 

cordially invites you and your guests to the 
 

2025 Annual Dinner:

Welcoming back all Tigers!

 

Monday, April 28th, 2025
 

5:00 p.m. - Reception for Friends of the Dinner and Sponsors 

5:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Food Stations

7:30 p.m. - Program

8:30 p.m. - After-program mingling

9 p.m. - After-party with cash bar
 

City Hall

838 W Kinzie, Chicago, IL 60642

(cocktail reception & dinner at Recess, next door)

 

This year’s dinner features a keynote on 

 

"The Science of Longevity"

by

Professor Coleen T. Murphy

Princeton University

Director of Lewis-Siegler Institute

Director of the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and Aging in the Brain

Director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for Aging Research

James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences

Professor of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

 

 

The Club will also honor two alumni with the John Fish '55 Distinguished Service to the Community Award and the Arnold M. Berlin ’46 Distinguished Service to Princeton Award.
 
Jennifer Caputo, Princeton's Deputy Vice President for Alumni Engagement, will present the Austin P. Leland Award to the Club in recognition for general excellence of regional alumni activities in 2024.
 
 

 

Reservations will be held at the door

 

Cocktail Casual attire. Orange and Black attire strongly encouraged!

 

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Please note that ALL on-line reservations are confirmed via e-mail from the Princeton Club of Chicago.  
Please review to make sure your reservation is correct.  Thank you!

Tickets available in March 2025!

Questions?  

Contact Annual Dinner Co-Chairs, Brigitte Anderson '02 at brigitteranderson@gmail.com and Al Chan '91 at akcp91@gmail.com or Club President, Yung Bong Lim '87 at yungblim@alumni.princeton.edu.


  • ProfCTMurphy-ad250428Professor Coleen T. Murphy

    Coleen T. Murphy is the James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences in Molecular Biology at Princeton University, where she has been a faculty member since 2005. She was appointed the Director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics in 2023. Additionally, she is the Director of the Glenn Foundation for Research on Aging at Princeton and the Director of the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity in the Aging Brain. In Dr. Murphy’s lab, her team’s research into the science of longevity includes identifying genetic pathways that can extend cognitive and reproductive processes with age. Her book, “How We Age” (Princeton University Press, 2023), provides a guide to the science behind longevity and aging research.

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    Professor Murphy’s awards for her research include being named a Pew Scholar, March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Scholar, Keck Scholar, McKnight Fellow, Sloan Fellow, Glenn Medical Research Foundation awardee, Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Simons Faculty Scholar, and she was awarded the New Innovator, Transformative R01, and two Pioneer awards from the NIH Director’s office. She has won both the Women in Cell Biology Junior and Mid-Career Awards for Excellence in Research from the American Society for Cell Biology.

When:

5:30PM - 9:00PM Mon 29 Apr 2024, Central timezone

Where:

City Hall Events/Recess
838 W Kinzie
Chicago, IL 60642

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