The Trustees of Princeton University is a 40-member board responsible for managing

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's endowment, real estate, instructional programs, and admission. The Trustees include at least 13 members elected by alumni classes, and the

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and the President of the university as ''ex officio'' members. The Trustees' mission and responsibilities stem from the original Charter of the college, written in 1746. The Trustees oversee the budget of the university through the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO). Notable recent policy decisions include implementing the residential college system, accepting

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, and increasing the size of the undergraduate student body. Unlike most other governing boards of universities, the Trustees of Princeton University is chartered as a 40-member

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in its own right that has the authority to establish and govern Princeton University and to grant degrees in the same. This is similar to most of the oldest universities and colleges in the United States (including all of the Ivy League universities except for

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), such as the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the

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Current Trustees

Officers of the Board *

Christopher L. Eisgruber Christopher Ludwig Eisgruber (born September 24, 1961) is an American academic and legal scholar who is serving as the 20th President of Princeton University, where he is also the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Princeto ...

'83, President of the university * Louise S. Sams '79, chair of the Board * Brent L. Henry '69, Vice Chair of the Board * Peter C. Wendell '72, Clerk of the Board * Hilary A. Parker ’01, Secretary of the University Ex officio * Christopher L. Eisgruber — President of the University *

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— Governor of New Jersey Members of the Board

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Official website
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Current Trustees

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