History

Fall 2024

Having Community Conversations

Lawrenceville’s ongoing special speaker series is designed to help students understand the context and complexities of the Middle East conflict.

Under the Stars

After years of obscurity, Lawrenceville’s astronomical observatory is being rediscovered by drivers arriving on campus through the new Gaw Entrance.

Inside the Gates: Fall 2024

More History

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: Philip Riker III, Class of 1964, P’90

The ink was barely dry on Philip Riker III’s Lawrenceville diploma when he competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the 200-meter butterfly.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: H. Boyce Budd, Class of 1957

Even as Boyce Budd was rowing toward gold in the men’s eight with coxswain during the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, his path to the finish line was anything but a straight line.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: Michael Schoettle, Class of 1954

Mike Schoettle stands alone among his fellow Lawrenceville Olympians as the only one who had yet to graduate from the School when he competed.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: John Edwin Brown Wofford, Class of 1949

Alongside John E.B. “Jeb” Wofford’s senior portrait in the 1949 Olla Podrida is printed a quote from Shakespeare’s Richard III that foretold his Olympic future: “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” He rode one to a bronze medal in the team eventing competition at at the 1952 Helsinki Games.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: George Bissland Moore, Class of 1937, P’69 ’71

George Bissland “Biss” Moore ended Lawrenceville's four-decade Olympic drought with a silver-medal performance in the modern pentathlon in 1948.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: James Alcorn Rector, Class of 1906

James Alcorn Rector entered the 1908 London Olympics poised to win his event in the eyes of many. Touted as “America’s Greatest Amateur Sprinter,” Rector had the record to back the claim.

Spring 2024

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: John Riegel DeWitt, Class of 1900

As the reigning collegiate champion in the 16-pound hammer-throw for Princeton University, John R. DeWitt entered the 1904 Summer Games in St. Louis as a favorite to capture the gold medal.

Spring 2024

Inside the Gates: Spring 2024

Spring 2024

A Curtain Rises

Although the Allan P. Kirby Arts Center celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2023, its roots actually go back a full century, to November 1923.