Bicentennial Preceptorships, which were conceived soon after the University's two hundredth anniversary in 1946-1947, were first awarded in 1950. Their purpose is to recognize young faculty members of high promise and to encourage the development of their teaching capacity and scholarship. Each award is made for a period of three years and provides a year's leave of absence at full salary for scholarly work, along with an allowance for research expenses.
Ten preceptorships were endowed with gifts from the Classes of 1931 and 1936 and bequests from Philip Rollins 1889 and Beulah Rollins, Arthur H. Scribner 1881, Mrs. Helen Annan Scribner, and Ferris Thompson 1888; others are supported through Annual Giving.
From Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton
University Press (1978).
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