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7 unusual facts about Moses Taylor Pyne


Arthur Stephen Lane

Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, Lane received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1934, where he received the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, Princeton's highest undergraduate honor.

John W. Douglas

He earned his undergraduate degree in 1943 from Princeton University, where he received the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest honor bestowed on an undergraduate.

Karl G. Harr, Jr.

At Princeton Harr was awarded the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, Princeton's highest undergraduate honor.

Moses Taylor Pyne

The son of Percy Rivington Pyne and Albertina Shelton Taylor, Pyne was born in New York City in 1855, and graduated from Princeton in 1877.

Settling in the town of Princeton, his beautiful estate, Drumthwacket, is now the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey.

Percy R. Pyne

His older brother, Moses Taylor Pyne, inherited much of the family fortune and was a major benefactor of Princeton University.

Walter B. Slocombe

Slocombe received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1963, where he received the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate.



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