To the Editor:

Last Saturday, a few friends (all Princeton students) and I attended a community barbecue. As we mingled with the other guests, we had the opportunity to speak with one of the candidates for mayor of the newly consolidated town of Princeton, who happened to be a Princeton alum as well (class of 1965).

Dick Woodbridge was knowledgeable and friendly, and he didn’t talk down to us just because we were students. He told us about his time studying electrical engineering at Princeton University, about having served in the volunteer fire department and about his experience as Mayor of Princeton Township and Council President in the Borough. He impressed us, and we left the event confident that he was the right man to make consolidation a success for Princeton.

When we graduate, we hope to make contributions to our communities as valuable as those made by Mr. Woodbridge to his.

Jacob Reses ‘13