United States historic place
Cloister Inn is one of the undergraduate
eating clubs at Princeton University in
Princeton ,
New Jersey ,
United States .
Founded in 1912, Cloister occupies a
neo-Gothic building on Prospect Avenue, between
Cap and Gown Club and
Charter Club . Cloister closed temporarily in 1972, becoming open to all Princeton alumni, before reopening as an undergraduate club in 1977. The club is "sign-in", meaning that it selects its members from a lottery process rather than the
bicker process used by several of the eating clubs.
[2] Cloister typically attracts an athletic crowd and its members often include a number of Olympians. The official motto of the club is “Where everybody knows your name”.
[3]
History
Cloister Inn was founded in 1912. The present building was constructed in 1924.
It was designed by architects R.H. Scannell and
Charles Lewis Bowman
NRHP
Cloister received mention in Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason's 2004 bestselling novel The Rule of Four . Caldwell, a 1998 graduate of Princeton, was a member of Cloister.
[4]
Notable alumni
Business
Literature and the arts
Politics, government, and public affairs
Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, president and CEO of the
New America Foundation and former
Director of Policy Planning for the
U.S. State Department
[6]
Eliot Spitzer '81, former New York governor
[7]
Elena Kagan '81, United States Supreme Court justice
[8] [
better source needed ]
Nan Hayworth '81, former
U.S. Representative for
New York's 19th congressional district
[9]
Chris Lu '88,
United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
[10]
Nuala O'Connor '89, current president of the
Center for Democracy and Technology and inaugural Chief Privacy Officer for the
US Department of Homeland Security [
citation needed ]
Charles W. Yost '28, U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Syria, Morocco, and U.S. Ambassador to the
United Nations [
citation needed ]
Sport
Frank Anger '61, member of the United States team in
Fencing at the Summer Olympics in
Tokyo in 1962
[11]
Derek Bouchard-Hall '92, former professional cyclist, competitor in the men's team pursuit in
Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics , and current CEO and president of
USA Cycling [
citation needed ]
Danika Holbrook '95, competitor for the United States in
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's quadruple sculls
[11]
Morgan Crooks '98, competitor for Canada in
Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
[11]
Chris Ahrens '98, gold medalist in the Men's Eights event in
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
[4]
Thomas Herschmiller '01, silver medalist for Canada in
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
[11]
Paul Teti '01, three-time member of the United States Olympic
rowing team
[11]
Lia Pernell '03, competitor for the United States in
Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
[11]
Juan Pablo Valdivieso '04, two-time member of
Peru 's Olympic swimming team
[11]
Samuel Loch '06, Australian
rower who competed in the
2008 Summer Olympics and
2012 Summer Olympics
[11]
Steven Coppola '06, bronze medalist for the United States in
Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's eight
[11]
Caroline Lind '06, two-time Olympic gold medalist for the United States in
Women's rowing
[11]
Genevra Stone '07, six-time winner of the women's championship singles event at
Head of the Charles Regatta and competitor for the United States in
Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's single sculls
[11]
Glenn Ochal '08, bronze medalist for the United States in
Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's coxless four
[11]
Douglas Lennox-Silva '09,
swimmer who represented
Puerto Rico in the
2008 Summer Olympics
[11]
Grant Wentworth '09, record holder in
open water swimming
[12] for the solo swim from
Cape Cod to
Nantucket
[11]
Sara Hendershot '10, representative of the United States in
Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
[11]
Robin Prendes '11, representative of the United States in
Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the
men's coxless four
[11]
Bryan Tay '12,
Singapore 's sole representative in men's
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
[11]
Susie Scanlan '14, American
epee fencer who won a bronze medal in the
2012 Summer Olympics
[11]
Hadley Clayton ‘23, founding member of the Princeton Varsity Women’s Rugby Team.
References
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