Shirley Tilghman (born September 17, 1946) (photo) succeeded Harold Shapiro as President of Princeton University in 2001. Before her appointment, she held the Howard Prior Professorship of the Life Sciences in Princeton's molecular biology department.

External information

  • [1], A Tilghman timeline
  • [1], The announcement of Tilghman's appointment as the 17th president of Princeton
  • [1], Tilghman's lab group's home page