People: Jun. 23, 1961

Amid the complacent pleasures of commencement week, 680 Princeton seniors trooped into University Chapel to hear President Robert F. Goheen preach the baccalaureate. "If you feel that you have both feet planted on level ground," said he, "then the university has failed you."

While this year's Harmon International Aviator's Trophy honoring "the world's outstanding pilot" predictably went to a team of X-15 jockeys — Test Pilots A. Scott Crossfield of North American Aviation, Joseph A. Walker of the NASA and Air Force Major Robert M. White —the 1961 Collier Trophy "for the greatest...

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